How’s the high keys and regimentation like for MP specs in proterm?

As stated in title, got called up for first reservist in 2025 after ord in 2019. Curious how it’s going to be like, wondering if anyone here has experienced it

From No watch to people buying own casio watch to being given fitbit versa 4 by SAF. I heard now they are giving Polar watch? I got the Fitbit Versa 4 in BMT and fitbit has stop production. So what is given out now in BMT?

For some reason even tho my strava is synced, it doesnt reflect on the ahm website. Even when I press refresh it still doesnt show. Hence I have been using the manually submit option to clock my distances.

However, my leaderboard ranking is still unchanged (5000++) even tho I have covered abt 7 km so far (fyi ppl at 2000 ranking hv 0 km recorded). Does anyone know if the leaderboard ranking will go up or if by manually submitting theres an issue?

Any clarifications are welcomed. Thanks

Could be an NSF sergeant, regular, encik etc. Maybe someone who helped you through a tough time, the most brother, the best welfare, etc. Share some good stories please.

Gonna ORD soon, went into NS with a very negative outlook rejected all opportunities given to me including CDO. Although I had a lot of freedom and fun, can’t help but wonder, what if?

Also very interested in those who are from OCS in CDO/NDU, thanks!

Have been thinking about signing on as an NDU spec and currently in SCS. However having thoughts on whether to try to crossover to OCS to sign as an officer or just sign NDU as a spec. Having considering the pay difference between both.

Anyways it was mentioned to me that you can only sign on NDU as a spec? is that true

just finished confinement but i havent adapted into tekong life at all. feeling unwell, body hurts like mad, mentally all over the place. even cried myself to sleep on 5 separate nights. what really messes with me the most is i've got another 5 bloody months of this lifestyle to go. was forced to be the toilet ic so now i got even more things messing with my head. feel like if i talk to superiors all they wld say is "suck thumb" "just endure surely can make it one". first bookout and i dread the thought of going back in. what to do man

Just wanna check if there are any offers available for public transport (be it concession or normal fares) as I'm gonna ORD in a weeks' time and yet to secure a full-time job (not intending to pursue a Uni degree). Previously was leveraging on the privilege of my SAF ez-link card whereby I would only purchase the bus concession pass on a monthly basis for $55.50 (cos I seldom take train), which saved me a lot of money from using adult fares. However, my privilege will be gone very soon and I have no idea what to do to survive till I secure my first FT role (or even internship). Saw the price of concession for adults ($128.00 for unlimited train and bus rides) which scares me, so I'm wondering if there could be cheaper alternatives for public transport fares, especially the train rides seem to be rather redundant for me now.

Any advice or suggestions are genuinely appreciated! :)

Context: Basically, I was preparing for NS. I happened to log in to my oneNS portal as a precaution, as I have encountered a lot of problems with medical check-ups and registration.

How it happened: I happened to login on the 6/11/24 and notice that I am fined, I have no idea what am I being charged with. Prior to this, I did not receive any letter or official documents informing me about this fine. The fine is $250. When I click on the payment option, there’s an error on the page and sometimes it will show 0 outstanding payment.

What I have done: I brought this matter up with CMPB on the 6/11/24 and they have yet to get back to me regarding this matter. They suspected that I did not applied for exit permit. However, I have not been overseas for more than 3 months. I also emailed them,regarding this matter, I have yet to receive a reply still. But on the 8th of November, the fine magically disappeared. And later today 9th November it reappeared.

Possible reason: There was an issue with my medical screening in the past, as I was tasked to come down on days they stated. However, I didn’t receive any letters, emails or even SMS telling me to go down. But I have made it clear to CMPB that I did not receive any letters regarding my medical checkups. And this happened earlier this year in April. It’s the same issue with this fine now, could that be the reason I am being fined ? What can I do ? As of now, I can only keep pushing them regarding this issue.

Context: I’m a REC in BMTC, expected to POP March 2025.

Hi guys, I recently visited the MO for an injury and mentioned that I also feel unwell mentally (panic & anxiety attacks, trouble sleeping, frequent nightmares) so he referred me to PCC.

An appointment hasn’t been made yet but what can I expect? I assume I’ll be evaluated by the PCC, so after evaluation, does that mean I’ll be down PES’d?

Thanks in advance, PMs are welcomed too.

Will be embarking on Ex-lancer soon as part of OCS's ST, and from what I have heard, it sounds very challenging. Has anyone here completed JCC? How hard is it and how should I prepare for it?

Did y’all throw away/recycle or donate to Salvation Army

basically on the day i orded the person said they ran out of the sticker for my 11b (the one that replaces NSF with NSman if I'm not wrong) but i wasn't the only one. he took down our home addresses and said it'll be sent to us but I've orded for more than a year already HAHA.

just curious if this small sticker will make life difficult during reservist or something

got sent there for pro term. what can i expect from the training? will i become first aid certified too? what is the training programme like? hope there arent too many outfields…

Kind of a dumb question but I would genuinely like to know. I’m going in soon and wanted to ask if it’s okay to bring in my AirPods to use during free time (make calls, music etc) ? Thank you

When i bookout, i seem to miss all the NS commands and often get my NS friends to say it out loud for me so i can follow the commands. It just makes my heart beat faster like i am on a roller coaster and i am addicted to it.

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Are you allowed to wear no.4 to Friday prayers as a REC after bookout if the timing is close to prayer time?

The general guideline I was given is get home asap and do wtv u want in ur CV clothes. But sometimes bookout timings can be really close to prayers where we may need to attend otw home.

Saw the post regarding officer. What about 3SG? Other than being appointed PS, is there a way to be promoted to 2SG before you ord? What are the criteria

So I messed up by booking an overseas trip during mob manning. told my sir and explained by saying how my internship ends on 3 Jan and I only have that one week window to travel before the sem starts and he told me to just apply for deferment. does anyone have a similar experience? and would it help that my trip is technically around the end of the mob manning period? cause I heard that it's typically on a Saturday and I'm flying on 5th Jan (Sun) and my mob manning period ends on 9th Jan.

Hi all, a month back I injured my knee and was referred to TTSH orthopaedics. Recently, I fell on the same knee again and the pain and function got a lot worse. I need to take painkillers everyday.

The specialist referred me to a private clinic to do a MRI, and said that it could probably get covered under 11B. However, the clinic quoted me a price of around $500, and said that 11B does not cover. I called that TTSH clinic and they confirmed that 11B indeed does not cover.

Just wanted to know if anyone had similar experiences to this.

The next available TTSH MRI slot is 4 months away and I really do not want to tahan until then

Hello Everyone,

So I'm going for a biopsy as well as removal surgery soon for a skin cancer tumor I have. From what I see online of the type of skin cancer I have, it has a 50% chance of metastasis and I'm worried of the impact it has for the rest of my life. But if there's one gd thing from this, I hope I can downpes so I don't have to go back to my reservist unit for ICT (I didn't have a good experience in my NSF unit during those 2 yrs). What PES status am I looking at depending what stage of cancer I'm diagnosed with?

Hi all, just want to check, there is a NS LifeSG credits of 200 given to all NSmen. My dad and uncles have already received theirs but my brother has not. He ORDed in Aug 2022 but is a E9 personnel due to his injury, do yall know if he will receive the 200 since he have not and probably will not be going to reservice? And also whats the best way to take the money out? I remember that my brother transferred it to youtrip and take it out when he received his 1000 but that method is no longer available. Thank you in advance :))

I do not mind learning how to operate new weapon, doing fire movement, urban ops, navigate and stuff

But I like to do it as a man not as a 3rd sergeant . I don't rly want to have additional responsibilities of teaching pple, doing extra duty like COS etc and even planning for ICT reservist

I'm the type of person that scared lose face, signing extra seem like a nightmare and reading online and asking my sgts, 3sg always get the most shit on, anything got prob will always arrow 3sg

Also if I make a mistake in front of my men during training, I think I wld just forfeit my rank and go back corporal

Shld I tell my PC during found term or when I'm in pro term [not gonna lie this going to sound stupid but I want learn whatever that's going to be taught in pro term but I just dowan to lead]

For some context, i’m pes c9 and just recently ooc-ed from SCS PT. Wondering where the camp is? what to expect there in terms of workload? how are the people there?

Hi, I’ve been an SCT since 23 Sept 2024 but my name in the payslip for October in the OneNS app says I’m a CPL?? Just wanted to check if that is normal.

My bf is currently training to be an officer in OCS. He'll have a social night soon in Jan, however I'll be overseas during that time and can't make it. What to do? He possibly may ask a sec schl friend to come along instead.

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