Is SAF only <20% as fighting fit as should be?!!!

[cherry6]

SAF is only <20% as operationally ready/ fit as it ought to be???!!!

SAF is only <20% combat ready (fitness) as it ought to be???!!!
(only <20% NSmen actually manage to pass physical fitness test; >60% NSmen are declared so terribly disabled/ infirm, they are unable to undergo physical fitness test of any kind).

Operationally-ready national servicemen (NSmen) running as part of IPPT Preparatory Training (IPT) programme in Maju Camp on Sept 8, 2014. -- ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN -

Calculation:
'300,000-plus operationally ready national servicemen (NSmen) who form the backbone of the SAF': [SAF bends and stretches over IPPT: My Paper; 01Jul2014]

'...Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT)... ...The 2010 figures from the Ministry of Defence - the most recent available - showed that half of the 116,000 NSmen who take the test annually fail it.' [Tougher penalties for NSmen who skip IPPT; ST 31Oct2014]

% of all NSmen who are able to achieve minimum pass @ IPPT =
[(116,000/2) / 300,000+] = <19.33333%
Or much less than 20% considering that denominator is in excess of 300,000 personnel.

% of all 'operationally ready' NSmen who are actually medically fit to take IPPT=
116,000 / 300,000 =38.666%
Less than 40% NSmen are physically (medically) fit enough to qualify for IPPT testing to have their fitness recorded and computed annually.

 

[j_t_fusion]

aiya... IPPT at most can only determine your general physical fitness level.

fighting fit is different from general physical fitness, which is why there is SOC which determines your combat fitness.

even then, these tests are geared towards infantry-type vocations and are not a good way to determine the combat fitness level of other vocations.

let's say you are in armour, driving a tank. you "fight" by driving the tank around so how does being able to do lots of sit-ups help you fight better.

 

[derrickgoh]

aiya... IPPT at most can only determine your general physical fitness level.

fighting fit is different from general physical fitness, which is why there is SOC which determines your combat fitness.

even then, these tests are geared towards infantry-type vocations and are not a good way to determine the combat fitness level of other vocations.

let's say you are in armour, driving a tank. you "fight" by driving the tank around so how does being able to do lots of sit-ups help you fight better.

That is why now they have the VOC as well.

 

[cherry6]

That is why now they have the VOC as well.

I believe that reservists do NOT do SOC (/VOC) ... at least I have NOT had to do it since 1st reservist ICT, would be interesting though...

 

[vasilli07]

At outfield, it's more of mind over matter.