And so I'm finally blogging about my army life - first entry.
I will try my very best to update what I had been through the previous 4 weeks before the field camp, and I will talk about my field camp in brief. Haha.
Day 1 - 8 km Route March & Basha Day
8 km route march to camp site. It was not that shag actually, probably because of the singing though repetitive. People can say we do not have team spirit, we do not have pride, but I believe Pegasus Coy Platoon 3 has what it takes to beat the rest, because we have PRIDE. what is PRIDE? People Rest I Do Extra!
Building of the basha tent was a chore really. It didn't help when my buddy suffered from physical exhaustion and passed out before midway. He did come back after a few hours of rest at the medic point but progress was slow. Thank you Section 4 for helping me, especially Ravi for his physical attributes.
Heavy rain followed. The lack of proper drainage system caused us dearly as our area would be flooded if not for the help of Platoon Sergeant Darren and Platoon Commander Jordan. Although they can be fuck-ed up when they tekan us, they are good commanders because they care for soldiers.
Day 2 & 3 - Training
I couldn't quite remember what training we had, but the few I remember were walking in file formation, forming Cigar Formation, taking cover, executing hand signals, running through contact fire, retrogade and danger area drills and some others.
Buddy fell again on Day 3, sent to Medical Centre for review so more energy was expended.
Day 4 - Artillery Drill & Shell Scrape Day
Arti-drill in short. 5 am in the morning, artillery fire was contacted. Soldiers hurriedly packed their basha tent and got punished by commanders for being too slow and unresponsive. Jumping jacks with rifle and field pack were no joke at all! Phew~ And that's when I broke my 5.5 week old specs ... ... ...
Shell scrape digging. The rest of the day was dedicated to this. I did not do a proper job in the end (the final work was assessed by commanders on day 5 evening), thus was made to stay through day 5 to day 6. The better ones went back to Coy line to clean their rifles on Day 5.
We didn't sleep in our 'graves' because of the heavy rain that flooded most of them. Fibua village was just next to our campsite, so we slept in the vacated shophouses. Finally a proper sleeping area.
Day 5 - Group Battle Course & More Shell Scrape Digging
Started the day with the continuation with our shell scrape. I have mentioned that my shell scrape couldn't make it although I put in my best effort, but I was quite satisfied.
Group battle course was after lunch and I was paired with Liang Hui and Ming Hui. Hmm ... Didn't go as well as planned, but I thought we did okay. Some parts we were in a blur, but I believe the course made us more familiar with the drills, so I am glad with the outcome.
As mentioned ... I didn't dig properly so I stayed at Fibua for another night after covering up our shell scrape ...
Day 6 - Book Out Day
Finally our 6 days of field camp has come to an end. The few of us who did not meet the requirement for our shell scrapes were asked to do area cleaning and also cover up remaining shell scrapes. By 1030, we all arrived at Coy line and began our hectic cleaning session of our rifles and another equipment. Hmm ... no other words other than 'hectic'. Haha!
The whole of the field camp was actually quite an experience, and I proved myself to be mentally-able to take the stress, but physically, I am still weak because I required a lot of help from my section mates. More work to be done if my OCS dream is to be fulfilled. HAHA. Looking forward to live range and SIT Test these coming 2 weeks respectively, woohoo~~
Tough times don't last, but tough men do. Section 4, let's show the others what we are made of!
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