Field camp - HELL WEEK!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Long time since i've blogged about my army life. I have the time today, so i shall blog a little bit about what i am going through! From the fateful day of 091210, it has been almost 3 months since i have enlisted into the army. I would say that i am proud of myself for having endured the hardship throughout the past 3 months. As of now, i am proud to announce that my POP is in about a month's time! :) For those who aren't aware, POP actually stands for Passing Out Parade. It is a day when you have officially completed your BMT (Basic Military Training) and will be moving on to a more advanced level of training phase. But yea, i'm really looking forward to my POP day! It would be on the 9th of April and to mark the significance of that day, we would have to march a whopping 24km with full battle gear which is roughly around 20kg at least i guess? We will be marching the 24km to Marina Floating Platform where we will have our parade in front of our loved ones!
So yea, on a closer note, this upcoming week is gonna be horror week for me! I'll be booking back into camp this evening. As of tmw, it will be the start of my field camp and it will stretch till thursday. The field camp is something that i dread a lot! Though i haven't been through it yet, my seniors and sergeants are all telling us that it is gonna be hell break loose! Here's a rough guide of what i guess we will be going through. First up will be our 8km march with full battle gear to our field camp destination. We have to dig a personal trench called a shell scrape that is long enough to fit ourselves and our field pack into it. I heard that we have to sleep in it and if the weather is gonna be rainy, then we will be drenched in the trenches! Yea, that's the first major setback - uncomfortable sleeping conditions. Next up is our food. We will be eating army combat rations so the portions and food quality is gonna be pathetic. I heard from my seniors that the biscuits are so hard that they dont break into two when you bite on it. Hmm then next will be the hygiene issue. We wont be able to bathe during this 5 days so we're gonna itch and stink like hell! And besides that, whenever we need to take a piss or pass motion, there wont be toilets in the jungle so we gotta dig another hole to do our 'business'! Yea all in all, this 5 days are gonna be like hell coz we have to adapt to living in the jungle. I even heard that there are wild boars, monkeys and snakes! So yea, i just have to suck it up and it will be a passing phase. :)
And this is me below in my army uniform! :)
Wish me all the best for my field camp, and i'll update when i'm back! :D
Some snapshots of what field camp is like!
And this is me below in my army uniform! :)
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