I became so interested in military stuff after watching that show, it "made" me to start reading about soldier's gears, rank structures, ceremony procedures, uniforms/fatigues and more. I visited soldier’s blog, different military forums and read news article, and everything seems so “beautiful” and “perfect”.
I am now very
Maybe I am just being exposed to too much “SAF propaganda”. (Those “cool” looking posters and recruitment advertisements.)
But of course, they are the fears too, like
- What isit like living with some other strangers. (Will we 'click'?)
- Can I cope with the training?
- Will something bad happen during training to me?
- Will I lose interest after I eventually see the real thing for myself.
Maybe life just got too bored for me…
…and maybe that why I wrote this.
And oh, sorry for my poor piece of writing, I am trying my best already, ;-) and oh don’t flame me.
12 comments:
Good for you!
BDSM isn't my thing, so.
Just remember that 3 things have stayed constant in the SAF since its inception: Stupidity, Sadism and Senselessness.
Hey Edwin,
I think the one thing you need to keep in mind is that what you -think- is the SAF and what -actually- is the SAF are two very different things.
the world out there is already unfair...
so it is only right that in saf thing is also unfair...
?!
Life is suffering.
So it is only right that we should suffer.
Wth.
oops language always screws me up...
i mean, it will be pretty normal for unfairness in the saf cause the world itself is unfair....
argh,
i hate english... :|
Edwin,
May I suggest that you just need to go through BMT before making a decision on whether SAF is really as you expect it to be?
Anthony : sure i will...
You would definitely be a rare breed of 'unusual' recruits. Most of my recruits (including myself) cant wait to get out. Remember the word "record". REC for recruit. ORD for ppl like me. Hahaha.
no worries, u're just suffering from a malady termed the In/Out Syndrome. main symptom: when u're not in the army, u want a taste of what its like. once u're in, all u want's out. happens all the time. :)
Common sense plus lots of teeth grinding is absolutely necessary to survive (not even thrive) inside...
That said, what you will experience inside is nothing like you had before, the whole spectrum from good and bad. Memorable in that sense (both good and bad), but I wouldn't want to repeat it.
don't compare band of brothers to NS. the band of brothers are fighting a war somewhere back then; here we're just figuring out how we would fight a war if one does break out. and tasting BMT isn't quite the same as sampling what the SAF has to offer - jobs are so varied, it's almost like a mini-government (but most of the jobs are still shit). If you're lucky enough you might get superiors who can really enrich your NS life, if not you can try to be a saint and enirch someone else's ;-)
An army is formed with a purpose in mind. This purpose is so important, that an army will be kept in readiness for the one day that purpose will be realised.
Band of Brothers consisted of men who fought in WWII. Most of this men were volunteers, whose purpose was to stop a war waged by another country. When this war ended, most of them went home to their jobs and families. That was their purpose.
Eisenhower rejected most of the flowery rhetoric offered by his staff on the transmission from GHQ on the surrender of the German forces.
He simply put in words, that the Allied force accomphlished the mission given to them. That's all.
Somewhere along the way, during peace time, and simply too much free time, the SAF became what it is today.I do not disagree with the mission and values that SAF was founded upon, one day when such a purpose is not required, SAF will simply cease to exist. However, SAF is nowadays in serious need of reform. For some reason it's churning out people who are bitter about it all like me, I don't want to be like this, but this is what the organisation has become, I can't help it.
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