National Service Case Study

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Approach My group has decided that our sub-theme to the main theme ‘We are the Citizens’ would be about ‘National Service', as national service is one of the unique things that our country Singapore has. My bottle design would be of a SAF NS recruit in No.3 uniform (as shown below). Information (National Service) All Singaporean males who are 18 years old are required to join National Service (Both Citizens and Permanent Residents). They could serve for 22/24 months as Full Time National Servicemen (NSFs) in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Singapore Police Force (SPF), or Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). I notice that it was quite understandable to believe that NS men belong solely in the Army. Well, because of the manpower …show more content…

Sit test is used to assess trainees who have the potential to be posted to command schools (like Specialist Cadet School and Officer Cadet School). Those who are not as medically fit, however, depending their medical condition, may have to go for a Modified BMT or an induction program for recruits with certain medical conditions. There are also possibilities that there are NS men who are medically fit but have failed pre-enlistment National Physical Fitness Award (NAPFA). These men would then have to go for an additional 2-month Physical Training Phase (PTP). How about those who are obese? Well, they also have to go for a special BMT program which lasts for 19 weeks. For those who are chosen to go for police service, they will serve in the SPF as well as undergo training at the Home Team Academy. There, they study the Penal Code and standard police protocol and then they will be posted to other various departments of the SPF (like Special Operations Command, Logistics, Land Divisions, Airport police. But for the Police Coast Guard or Police KINS, they will still undergo further

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