Whee!

Today's training before school reopens, went pretty well in my opinion. Well, of course! My batch took over for the first time. Actually I felt pretty neutral about it during training. Like, oh, teach those guys something... take some responsibility... show some leadership et cetera. For some reason, when i decided to post this, it's like a spark and then I got all excited. Weird eh?

Anyway, today's training was suppose to get us back into training mood before school starts. My batch taught the juniors some IFC. 2 of the 4 components.

(skip this para if you're not interested in the IFC details)
IFC stands for individual field craft. the 4 components are field signals, movement by day, judging distances and target indication. We taught them field signals and movement by day. Field signals taught were fall in, space out, scout, slow down, 2x up, take cover, ally, foe, etc. Movement by day taught were high crawl (baby crawl), low crawl (leopard crawl), worm crawl (although not sure whether still in syllabus), roll, monkey dash (also not sure whether still in syllabus), high alert, normal alert (I was taught this as low, but sb just went for spec course and said they taught him that so what the hell...), and low alert.

After training, talked with the seniors about the posts stuff etc. Went to MacDonalds for lunch with my friends after that.

Going back to school for CCA soon...

School is about to reopen and I have yet to complete my holiday assignments. In addition, this LAMS website is spoilt. First, there was the overcrowding site error. Now, it is on maintainance! I'll never complete the work posted there... Not like I actually finished my Chinese holiday assignment that was handed out... Although I'm sure I can finish it by the end of the holidays...

Oops... That should be placed on my other blog shouldn't it....

Anyway... Back to the matter... Will have to get back to school for NCC on the 25th... Friday, 1pm. Full no. 4. Hmm.... Wonder what's gonna happen now that my batch just took over. Looks like things will get interesting there...

Camping!

Tomorrow having NCC camp. 2 days 1 night. In school. I belong to team Alpha. I'm second day IC (in-charge) for my team. Packed my bag and ready for tomorrow.

However, school comes first. Sad, sad, sad... After school then proceed to camp. Can't wait for it. Teehehe.

Anyway, 1st day IC gotta do something like orienteering. They plan themselves. SMs already have a plan for us. We just make sure things go smoothly.

Gotta bring a few things there clothes and all. Not too bulky. I've gone for countless camps, so I consider myself pretty experienced. I know what is needed and excess can be drop. Removal of all dead weight. Compulsory items gotta bring though... like whistle and standardised 1.5L coke bottle.

I'm not sure where we'll be sleeping. Probably in the classrooms. However, in case they decide to build tents on the field, a higly unlikely possibility, I'm going to have to bring the sleeping bag as asked. I'm pretty weak against the cold. I don't really like the air-conditioner either. Fans are better.

Anyway, since we'll be taking over our senior soon, this camp is pretty much one of the last few times we'll be seeing our seniors. Only the USM post has been confirmed. For now the USM will give us temporary posts.

On Standby

Going on standby due to Mid yr exam. Seniors stepping down. We'll be taking over... Will miss them.

Having annual camp on 20 May. Other than that, not much....

Whoo! Live firing!

Went for live firing using SAR21 at Pasir Laba Camp.First time for me using real rounds. It was great! Wasn't even close to scary.

Got 21/24 shots. 8 practice rounds before the shots. All hit. Foxhole position was first time for me as well. Always asked us to prone. Supported and unsupported for figure 15 and fig 12. Weird thing was I hit all except for 3 rounds... And it was on the unsupported fowhole position fig 15. The bigger one I think... Guess I got complacent.

Anyway, got marksman badge. 5 out of the 17 who passed IMT. 4 got 21, 1 got 22. Got thrown into dustbin today after physical training. Custom for us to throw us into the pond, the dustbin, or whack our crotch on the pole, during promotion or when getting some award that require to go through testing.

Wish I could go again. Oddly, I'm the type who shoot fast. I aim then fire 6 rounds near consecutively. Pretty good eh? Those who actually followed procedure, as in hold breath when firing, which I think should not be done, some got marksman but the rest did not. Our IMT top scorer went James Bond... 007 hits only... lowest in our school.

Yeah so that's it for now. Will be having to do mutals on Friday.

SISPEC

Came back form spec course 17/3/2010 - 19/3/2010. Camp was great. Met a few new friends and one primary school friend. Loads of fun. However, platoon's discipline not up to level, made me depressed.

Made us sit down most of the time. Resulted in ass pain, leg numb and knee pain. That's for me. Till now, 7 hrs ++ and my sole of my feet still numb.

My platoon, Echo 5, Sir and Ma'am were really nice. Brithdays the same, on Christmas eve. They were kind and caring. Hope I can see them again one day.

Camp was generally great. Great food, great beds, great Sirs and Ma'ams. Really starting to miss these things. Other things like making us sit nearly all the time, not a wanted memory.

Went to IGTS. Stands for Infantry Gunnery and Tatical Simulator. Demonstrated the mortar and some homing missile thing. Tried out the grenade launcher, the machine gun and the Metador. Real fun but I like the granade launcher best. Beatifully mounted on guns. Real sleek looking.

That's it for that. Yeah. Promoted to 3rd sergeant. Not 2nd sad... But not senior cpl whoo!

Specialist camp

Coming Wednesday, 17/03/2010, to Friday, 19/03/2010. Real happy. I really don't like staying at home. Now and then, I love to go out for camp's or hang out with friend. However it's not because I'm lonely or an extrovert. In fact, I consider myself an introvert. This blogs are probably the best way to get things out of me. And I kinda like the dark, but it must be cool not cold. And if it's bright, it's gotta be hot. Any mismatching and I would feel really sick.

Anyway, abot the camp. I'll get my sergeant rank if I go for it. Of course there'll be those who become senior cpl instead. However, I'm pretty confident about myself.

With votes from other people, I'll be able to be promoted to higher ranks like PS, ASM or USM. Not sure how to get RSM though... But I'm pretty much aiming for ASM or USM...

Of course, I gotta remeber the pledge *so-so tick*, the 7 values * tick*, stripping and assembly of M16 *tick*, stripping and assembly of SAR21 *tick*, the parts of the guns *NOT tick*, etc...

Haven't got the packin list. Can guess some of the items... Good luck to me!