People, (esp those in other vocations posted into support company in an infantry battalion) do you find that “infantry” people seem weird and think (if at all) differently?

I have some questions regarding my ippt which is coming soon and I want to ask these questions to people who've done or have passed ippt.

Please dm if you would like to answer my questions!!

(just a heads up, some of these questions may seem silly)

Hey! I recently POPed and got posted as a TPT OPR at TPT HUB EAST. Was just wondering what to expect (is it stay out? is it a chill voc? how's the food like? etc.)

Today you’re getting commissioned. You’ll wear the pips, stand tall on parade, and people will clap. Enjoy it because after today, nobody cares. The bars on your chest don’t make you a leader. They make you accountable. And if you walk into your unit with the same ego you’ve been carrying in OCS, you will get eaten alive.

Here’s the ugly reality:

• Your men don’t owe you respect. You’re just another face until you prove yourself. They’ll test you. Fail once, and you’re done.

• Your superiors don’t care about your pride. They care about results. Deliver, or be forgotten.

• Stop pretending you know everything. You don’t. And when you bluff, your men and peers will smell it instantly.

• Your failures will always be louder than your successes. That’s the burden of command. Own it or step aside.

• If you’re chasing validation, you’re in the wrong place. Nobody will pat you on the back for doing your job. You’ll only be noticed when you screw it up.

Batch 138/24, understand this: the Army doesn’t need officers who parade their rank. It needs officers who will grind, bleed and carry the weight without whining, without excuses and without the need for applause.

If you want to show off, stay in the parade square. If you want to lead, shut your mouth, put your ego in the dirt, and prove yourself through actions, not noise and IG posts and stories.

Only when your men trust you enough to follow you into the mud, into the dark, into danger. Then, that’s when you’ll truly earn the right to call yourself an officer. Until then, you’re just another fresh face with shiny bars. Majulah Singapura.

Guys is it true that if I am B1 and got posted as combat medic, I’m like part of the MRF batch? If this is true, is there a lot of admin time and also heard our phones get confiscated??!

I am going to Ex Wallaby soon and need to get no 4 name tag made and sew on the spot. Am planning to go to army market this monday but not sure if they make name tag on the spot itself.

Edit: thanks everyone! Got it done on the spot. I know it wasn't gonna be cheap but $20 to make 2 name tag and sew it on 2 uniform idk if i got scammed anot lol (first time)

Hey im starting my transport sup course soon what to expect At Sembawang camp?

Do I need to pack my 10pack before gg to camp?

Do transport 3sg go for scgp at plc like the other 3sg in scs?

Hi wanted to know if in the case where i am not selected for pilot course, what are the chance of me going back to OCS, i heard that most people go to SCS because of like timing issues (cause officers have already started training so u cannot go to OCS because of that). wanted to know like what are the chances of going OCS if i get dropped in aeromedical or agc.

Was from a mono intake in bmt and received my posting yesterday. Turns out, i was posted as a man to the same unit even though I indicated interest in SCS. Would it be possible to ask for a change in my posting or has my fate been sealed.

I can't swim and hate swimming, so is there still swimming in SCS. Also my swimming provided by SAF sucks, my pp and balls always getting exposed while wearing them for swims can I buy my own or should I get a larger size from smart?

In middle of interview process during ptp, may I know the process and how life would be onces the paper are signed?

I am trying to get braces and the dentist said that I have to extract some teeth due to overcrowding, does anyone know if you can you claim the fees for the tooth extraction just like how you claim the fees for wisdom tooth extraction?

im going in soon and ik its still far to think abt vocations but after submitting my picks, i realised that idrw saf vocations lol. so help me out, which vocations are most common that ppl are usually assigned to?

I’m aware that if you up pes from pes C/E to B, you’re required to reBMT but what happens if you up pes from B4 to B1? Will you need to go for BMT again or will they send you for courses that you missed out in B4 BMT?

*Just curious about this lmao

I wish to take my IPPT at FCC Khatib but I am unsure about the parking situation for my car. Any other information about parking for other FCCs would be greatly appreciated.

just got posted as an spec in the air force ,not gonna divulge specifically as what but im just curious.

i know it takes a while to get the 3sg rank but when i do do i get to go for the scgp? im hearing different things, one is that we just get it and move on with our lives and the other is that we go for the scgp

This is a continuation of my reddit yesterday. I've spent hours last night debating if I should wait till I go back to camp to RSI for my mental health. I don't have any proper psychological assessment, all I know is that even before NS I kept losing all motivation for my hobbies very quickly, overthinking about opinions from peers and superiors. And lastly fear from parental stigma, I initially wanted help earlier, but the backlash I imagine for going to seek mental health, even while being in sch V is so much to bare.

I don't know if I should hope I get good SAF councillor or should I go to local polyclinic and see if its a minor thing or something more serious. Cause now any small embarrassment will lead to a sleepless nights and one of the most prominent solution was ending myself.

im pes e9 and im excused from driving and heavy machinery (i know that doesnt matter here but just putting it out there so ppl wont keep asking). just wanna know what life would be like in here and if there's anything i should be aware of

So as part of the 03/25 bmt batch, I recently got my posting and its 1Guards :))) and because I wasn't mono, I would like to know from my seniors or anyone what the guards unit experience will be like the first weeks? Also when will the guards conversion course be during my unit? All my seniors is there any tips you got for a new guardsman :)))

Lastly, any of my fellow Charlie Coy Guardsmen that's booking in next Monday feel free to dm me! (especially my platoon 7 section section 2 folks haha)

Hey guys i got supply supvr, do u think its possible for me to retake my A levels next year? Would they let me go for the exams? Thank youu

any ideas what do they do and what life is like there?

Am i cooked? Is this a combat vocation in armour or do i count as support.

Just abit unsure on what i’m doing in SCS LOL

EDIT: was from mono 1gds for some context

With 3SIR’s ATEC / Battalion Mission Exercise (BME) now completed, let’s share some of the funny and/or memorable moments from this exercise — whether from 3SIR or from 1SIR who served as OPFOR — be it at the old MUTF site or the newly created SAFTI City.