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With great power comes great responsibilities

My Commissioning Ceremony The funny thing about the conscription system in Singapore is how it places a disproportionate amount of...

“I did not think of that!”

My fellow Air Force Officer Cadets After five weeks of general training as a military officer at OCS, I was posted to the Air Force...

Zzzzzz

4 weeks into OCS and I FELT LIKE DYING. OCS was not entirely what I expected. In BMT, we mainly did physical training whereas in OCS,...

To Lead, To Excel, To Overcome.

To Lead, To Excel, To Overcome. Those were the first words I saw when I arrived outside the Officer Cadet School (OCS) one week after my...

POP LO!

P-O-P LO! After 9 weeks of BMT, this day finally arrived! In Singapore, the Passing Out Parade (POP) is regarded as a transition point...

Survival of the Fittest

Soldier with the Singapore Assault Rifle 21 (SAR-21) in a live firing exercise Seven weeks into BMT, I had my first field camp and live...

FREEDOM (For 2 days...)

Recruits singing the cadence song 'Training to be Soldiers' My first bookout was liberating, to say the least. I was finally free to do...

D-Day

I stepped off the ferry onto Tekong Island, an offshore island where most of Singapore’s Basic Military Training is conducted. I was with...

D-4 MONTHS

I received my enlistment letter when I got home from school. 5th Feb 2014, 0900HRS – that was the date and time I was supposed to enlist...