well the moment we go inside the army we are already spilt up into different Companies. Each company has up to 200 men. With each company they further divide you into Platoons of 50 ppl and then into Sections of 12-13 men. My company Pegasus is a Direct Enhanced batch which means we got at least a silver in napfa and skipped the 3 weeks PTP for those who failed, and also that we are all at least A-level. However there are some also unsaid classifications...like we are all PES B and if i'm not wrong we all have bad results. Cos in my platoon there is only two other vj guys and we all have bad results :) The rest come from like CJC and SRJC and TPJC and stuff. Oh and theres only one RJC fella.
Hmm lets see what we do...for the first week or so they handhold you like a baby because we don't noe anything and theres a lot of admin stuff to do like sign drug declaration forms and stuff. so for the majority of the first week they make you wait like crazy. make you wait for the food make you wait for the instructors make you wait in line to sign the stupid form....then u dun really get to do physical training because they have to teach you all the exercises and stuff then they let you move your hands and legs again before moving you o the the next lesson. laso they hold a damm lot of stupid orientation talks with the whos whos in your companies....damm sianz ah. Also they rush you rliek mad and you dun get a lot of free time to yourself. like max 15 mins a day only.
Things only start to pick up in the second week as they start going thru the whoel lesson proper and stuff...there are different forms of training but the ones i like are : 30 60 which is basically your sprint for 30 seconds then u rest/slow jog for 60 seconds. and also the agility group run which is basically running flat out for the time they allocated to you. Theres also strength training like moving weights around but i hate that well bcos... i'm small. Also cos i can't swim i have to take swimming lessons every week while my platoon rests for the afternoon...but its quite fun lar
Hmm then we have the weapon lessons. We are all assigned a weapon which we have to learn how to handle and stuff...but since that information is slightly sensitive well i dun want to risk landing in db or kenna extras for that so i won't tok about it. DB stands for detention barracks which is a nicer word for army prison. Same principles apply more than one week in db and its bye bye to university for you. extras are guard dutys which run from 6 at night to 6 in the morning. You work 2 hour shifts with 2 4 hour breaks so actually they sleep more than us....but if your extra lands on a weekend..well good luck :). Oh and you have to repeat crucial lessons if you missed them bcos of extras. so....i'm not going to try my luck.
theres also the discipline. Now theres a new kinder overall in charge so a lot of things have changed actually...its a bit more relaxed now..but there are still regulars who still prefer the old way of doing things and some cocksters who went thru hell and will do the same to you. In that respect i'm lucky bcos my commanders all went thru hell so they understand what it feels like and they won't punish if they see we are trying our best...be negligent or be funny however and they will come down hard...
So actually bmtc is quite fun except for some really bloody irritating stuff. like route marchs. which is basicaly walking in step with an 8kg field pack 3 kg sbo(some kind of slinging thing) and 4kg rifle. so it adds up to arnd 15 kg. which is arnd 1/3 my weight. Not fun. I always come back with aching backs and stiff shoulders. And the confinement period is damm sianz. You just want to get out of thee fast bcos every day u do the same thing and going to sleep knowing that your going to do the same thing tmr and waking up the next day realising the same..can drive you crazy after 1 and a 1/2 weeks. but now that i'm out i dun really know what to do also..so i'm just slacking here at home. and resting my tired muscles.
there are some stuff to do in there that can help to lessen the load abit...like bringing in food and coins to buy drinks and also passing the swiming test and ippt so that you get soem time off free. Also joining the extra stuff like the drill squad like me. However i'm not confirmed yet...but its pretty fun we get to compete with other companies later in the year. First prize i think is a day off...no harm trying :) Also if you have aching back or watever you can apply for status like excuse heavy loads or excuse activities involving upper limb. You can also get this thing called an "attnb" if u have flu or fever. Which means no physical activites :) The best? "attnc" which means you go home and come back another time.
eh thats all i am willing to give at this moment...theres a fucking lot of stuff thats also too boring to tok about...bottom line? NS SUX.
posted by ginji-kun @ 10:12 PM
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