Ok, you have your point. I think he should give some suggestion to support how it can be done.
Some ideas from me:
1) Add PT (especially for male) as a serious part of Poly/ITE or JC education. Train them in such a way that they are prepared for army. Can save maybe 2 months.
Those not schooling, have PT like RT, twice every week.
2) Make NCC & or basic army drill part of secondary education, spread over the cource of 4 years. maybe can save a month on footdrills & basic miliary knowledge.
So BMT can be significantly shorten, & NSF can concentrate on Formation training, Infantry, Armor etc. & Ballation/dive training there after.
3) Administrative & duties not to be done by Combat fit NSF.
Duties like Guards duties, to be a Full time job, like security guard (to be done by Singaporean only), so soldiers can concentrate on their trainings & not burn weekends.
Duty like COS to be done by Downgrade personel, not combat fit soldiers.
So combat soldiers have more time, energy on training, & have more rest time to recharge, & shortening the periods.
What do you guys think of my suggestion?
1, our fitness test in sch is qctually quite sufficient preparation for NS, if one can consistently get a silver or above.
2, 12 wks BMT is rather short already.
3, i think guard duty is an important role for combat personnel. learn to watch each other's back and react to abnormal situations. imagine u need contractor securities to babysit ur army, how safe would u feel? dun think it's a good idea.
during my time was 2.5yrs but i think 2yrs should be enuff, cos the last 6mths i basically switched off as daily routines can be done within 2-3 hrs in the morning. after that i senang liao.
most ppl would get to learn 2 or sometimes 3 vocation modules after boot camp, each about 10-12 wks. put another 10-12wks into practice b4 the next. put everything together, plus off days, mc and leave, it will take about 1.5yrs, for bmt and 2 modules, or 2yrs for bmt and 3 modules.
at most cut 2 wks in vocation training and that gives about 2-3mths reduction in total. no practice after the training, it's gonna be a waste.
oh, and unless u want mob-manning to happen more often, we usually had only a few actually happens per yr and most NS men wouldnt be familiar with it if their service is gonna be shorter. unless of cos, we hold mobilisation more often so that it gets into their heads. either u sabo the reservists, or the NS men.
