tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post3250591621903609123..comments2024-03-16T15:49:59.567+08:00Comments on Senang Diri: Singapore's defence burden - Something no maid can carryDavid Boeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11401913253357584603noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-76221656272798343312011-08-06T22:05:53.886+08:002011-08-06T22:05:53.886+08:00Does Jalan Padang Tembak refer to the Malaysian MO...Does Jalan Padang Tembak refer to the Malaysian MOD? I am clueless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-78658391345883901732011-05-24T11:06:57.978+08:002011-05-24T11:06:57.978+08:00money cant buy everything, but it can make your ma...money cant buy everything, but it can make your maid carries your bags for yaroutermenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12899342059810294150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-65875033155694530802011-05-24T07:04:21.524+08:002011-05-24T07:04:21.524+08:00Call a spade a spade,
This report has made the SA...Call a spade a spade,<br /><br />This report has made the SAF the laughing stock in the region. Even me who's been away for so many years, and yes I completed my reservist obligations as well as a 6 year regular stint in the army in the 80's, was made aware of it by my Ang Mo friends who are ex military,so all my boasting about how "tough" we Singaporean men are became kinda moot. If you can recall in the 70's we used to have the "use your hands" campaign in schools and parents used to send their maids to do the menial work because they did'nt want sonnyboy's hands to get dirty, well sonnyboy is now daddy and maybe he told his maid to carry little sonnyboy's fullpack. <br /><br />This is a reflection of the society we live in, in the 70's and 80's up to the late 90's the saf was pretty tough, now i'm not so sure, as technology improves the welfare of the solider, it also reduces his "toughness". <br /><br />The measure of a well trained Infantry rifle man (not guards or commandos) is to patrol his environment(the jungle in our context) and to effectively employ his weapon. Whether you're cook, clerk, driver, that is what BMT is supposed to teach you to do. How many SAF men do you know truthfully who can do that for a week straight? I personally know very few.exregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-88707656615299870092011-04-10T04:06:50.166+08:002011-04-10T04:06:50.166+08:00He can get big trouble since this case get much at...He can get big trouble since this case get much attentionTiknohttp://love-ely.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-51224882656583086642011-03-31T21:00:04.842+08:002011-03-31T21:00:04.842+08:00Dr. Bernard Loo of RSIS brought up the anecdote of...Dr. Bernard Loo of RSIS brought up the anecdote of the incident involving soldiers, parangs, rifles loaded with blanks and Youtube as a similar incident casting a negative image of the SAF. <br /><br />The MINDEF response to this, was to ban all cameras from camps, which resulted in massive inconvienience to NSmen and a boom in primitive cameraless mobile phone sales. A pity, because this means that memories of NS training are only confined to official photographs, which may be posed, or only cover the POV of the commanders.<br /><br />What manner of knee-jerk overreaction there will be from this incident, I can only wonder...<br /><br />Moral is, don't spoil the market...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-57836546940354597032011-03-31T08:50:56.304+08:002011-03-31T08:50:56.304+08:00Anonymous said...
Xenophobia. Your ancestors ...Anonymous said...<br /><br /> Xenophobia. Your ancestors were all immigrants.<br /> March 30, 2011 4:14 PM <br /><br />----------<br /><br />ANON March 30, 2011 4:14 PM<br /><br />Our ancestors didn't NEED to serve NS.<br /><br />Majullah Singapura.PanzerGrenadierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836438378215893219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-87351770792472713612011-03-31T08:48:56.074+08:002011-03-31T08:48:56.074+08:00The NSF could have genuine reasons for letting his...The NSF could have genuine reasons for letting his maid carry the fullpack e.g. on medical review for a sprained back etc.<br /><br />Besides the public relations fallout, the more pressing question is whether this NSF is typical of his generation?<br /><br />If it is, perhaps mandatory conscription in its current form for the army especially is not longer relevant. We may need to consider an all-volunteer force even as Germany just recently voted to end mandatory conscription to the Bundeswehr and event Taiwan is moving towards an all-volunteer force.<br /><br />Our navy and air force already operate wtih regulars mostly and it is the army that is still eating up billions of our tax dollars on a bloated and bureaucratic system where all the real work is done mostly by NSFs whilst many regulars coast along.<br /><br />If the average NSF CMI (cannot make it), then we may have to recruit people who are WILLING and ABLE to volunteer for the army and be paid a decent renumeration for it instead of forcibly conscripting male citizens to defend a country that has close to 34% non-citizens.<br /><br />Majullah Singapura.PanzerGrenadierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836438378215893219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-59683188284417430162011-03-30T22:54:37.782+08:002011-03-30T22:54:37.782+08:00No need to worry about the officers getting their ...No need to worry about the officers getting their maids to wash their MID cars, the NSFs do that in camp for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-1913837088043165572011-03-30T16:14:49.380+08:002011-03-30T16:14:49.380+08:00Xenophobia. Your ancestors were all immigrants.Xenophobia. Your ancestors were all immigrants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-77185066178007468122011-03-30T10:30:40.640+08:002011-03-30T10:30:40.640+08:00Brudder,
Now we defend ah tiong, bangala and ang m...Brudder,<br />Now we defend ah tiong, bangala and ang moh FTs, which will among first to run if in case of war come to Sg!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-4891531766296411182011-03-30T09:36:09.822+08:002011-03-30T09:36:09.822+08:00My initial reaction was quite similar to those who...My initial reaction was quite similar to those who had completed our NS obligations. But after reading through another blog, I realised that NS in my days and now, is totally different. Back then, at least if you walk the streets, you see all true blue S'poreans. Now, I don't feel at home in my own country. It's kind of difficult to feel patriotic when you are not sure who you are actually defending. Who cares, serve and f**k off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-27499659976319093232011-03-29T23:38:46.292+08:002011-03-29T23:38:46.292+08:00Perhaps letting our watchers feel over-confident a...Perhaps letting our watchers feel over-confident and putting us down might give us a degree of unconventional advantage in the perception game. <br /><br />Maids, cepat jalan!Mackindernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-80244241213675647202011-03-29T22:21:46.952+08:002011-03-29T22:21:46.952+08:00Who's the idiot that take this photo and began...Who's the idiot that take this photo and began the kaypoh? At the end it was the SAF that take all the heat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-11431224616607735062011-03-29T22:14:31.765+08:002011-03-29T22:14:31.765+08:00seen some fellas browsing this matter at the depar...seen some fellas browsing this matter at the departure lounge, not surprise if it tickle some ppl overseasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com