Saturday, December 18, 2010
this is an update copied from my blog for army.hehe
FIELD CAMP
Field camp, the one high key event that most of the recruits in BMTC are dreading or looking forward to it. From the word of mouth, field camp would seem, to one who has not experienced it ,to be one of the worst moments one would face in the army.
The 8km road march to the area wasn't really a good start as by time all of us reached the field camp site we were all really tired. However, the singing along the way lead by the sergeants and the song ic really helped to improve our morale and mental strength.
Upon reaching the harbour area, we proceeded to pitch our bashas.Although we had a small amount of experience of pitching our basha tents, doing the real thing in a short amount of time and with only 2 people is not an easy task. I feel that teamwork is very important in the army, and that the basha tents would have been promptly set up if everyone helped one another as compared to each pair building their own bashas.
The next part was one highlight of the field camp
Eating rations! Some were quite nice to eat while others eg.sweet corn+sausage was horrible.The desserts had their fair share of edible and inedibility as well.bubu teribu was one of the best desserts!
After eating, we had a kickstart on our field camp training.Learning fire movement etc. The weather wasn't particularly good throughout the field camp. Our clothes were soaked most of the time and proning in the wet grass or even in big puddles aren't very exciting as well. But all these are part of what would make us a better soldier.
Ok i would love to rant on and on but it would make no end to this so i would just go to the main points.
The best moment in field camp
Personally i feel that the best moment in field camp was eating the cook house food after we read the letters from our parents. Now i feel that we begin to appreciate the cook house food more after eating field rations for 5 days.
The worst moment in field camp
This point would be quite a tough nut to crack.I think that the digging and covering up the shellscrape was the worst moment in field camp. Just standing there digging and digging wasn't a very exciting task to do although we all understood the importance of digging a shellscrape and that we all had to go through digging it.
How field camp has affected me and whether it has changed me as an individual.
Field camp has affected me in a few ways. Firstly, field camp has taught me the importance of teamwork in not only your session but teamwork as a platoon or even as a whole company as well. One person could easily bring down the whole platoon but one person could also easily bring up the morale of the whole platoon.Next would be the importance of effective communications. One should learn to communicate efficiently so the other person would give a approproate response. This point in reinforced more when we did our tactical march. All the hand signs/signals must be passed on promptly and correctly in order for the whole platoon to smoothly get from one place to the other.
As an individual i feel that i have changed to become a more responsible person and more resilient in terms of mental and physical strength.
Will there be any change to interest in taking command?
No there won't be any change to interest in taking command.I came to bmt with a goal to reach OCS and if that chance comes i am definitely not letting it go!
FIELD CAMP
Field camp, the one high key event that most of the recruits in BMTC are dreading or looking forward to it. From the word of mouth, field camp would seem, to one who has not experienced it ,to be one of the worst moments one would face in the army.
The 8km road march to the area wasn't really a good start as by time all of us reached the field camp site we were all really tired. However, the singing along the way lead by the sergeants and the song ic really helped to improve our morale and mental strength.
Upon reaching the harbour area, we proceeded to pitch our bashas.Although we had a small amount of experience of pitching our basha tents, doing the real thing in a short amount of time and with only 2 people is not an easy task. I feel that teamwork is very important in the army, and that the basha tents would have been promptly set up if everyone helped one another as compared to each pair building their own bashas.
The next part was one highlight of the field camp
Eating rations! Some were quite nice to eat while others eg.sweet corn+sausage was horrible.The desserts had their fair share of edible and inedibility as well.bubu teribu was one of the best desserts!
After eating, we had a kickstart on our field camp training.Learning fire movement etc. The weather wasn't particularly good throughout the field camp. Our clothes were soaked most of the time and proning in the wet grass or even in big puddles aren't very exciting as well. But all these are part of what would make us a better soldier.
Ok i would love to rant on and on but it would make no end to this so i would just go to the main points.
The best moment in field camp
Personally i feel that the best moment in field camp was eating the cook house food after we read the letters from our parents. Now i feel that we begin to appreciate the cook house food more after eating field rations for 5 days.
The worst moment in field camp
This point would be quite a tough nut to crack.I think that the digging and covering up the shellscrape was the worst moment in field camp. Just standing there digging and digging wasn't a very exciting task to do although we all understood the importance of digging a shellscrape and that we all had to go through digging it.
How field camp has affected me and whether it has changed me as an individual.
Field camp has affected me in a few ways. Firstly, field camp has taught me the importance of teamwork in not only your session but teamwork as a platoon or even as a whole company as well. One person could easily bring down the whole platoon but one person could also easily bring up the morale of the whole platoon.Next would be the importance of effective communications. One should learn to communicate efficiently so the other person would give a approproate response. This point in reinforced more when we did our tactical march. All the hand signs/signals must be passed on promptly and correctly in order for the whole platoon to smoothly get from one place to the other.
As an individual i feel that i have changed to become a more responsible person and more resilient in terms of mental and physical strength.
Will there be any change to interest in taking command?
No there won't be any change to interest in taking command.I came to bmt with a goal to reach OCS and if that chance comes i am definitely not letting it go!
Skated away @, 12:45 PM.
