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4 SIR, 6Div in Alaska?

Note the body armour with side panels. Hmm are we going somewhere?

4SIR mechanized troops.most prob doing trials.

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yep yep.
my friend left on 8 aug.

Theres an urban operations training facility there. They are probably there to learn some urban ops procedures from the yanks.

Originally posted by Shotgun:

Theres an urban operations training facility there. They are probably there to learn some urban ops procedures from the yanks.

my fren who went there said..

it was practically an actual town with actual people......with kids and all.....

the stryker unit there had to go to a 6 mth arab course before hand to learn customs and language....

they spoke perfect arab,........

they cried when the SG soldiers flew back to Singapore...citing that:
They might not noe when they might see them again
That they might be dead in the future

hope u guys understand the 2 points.....the soldiers there cherish life very much and they don't noe when is their time to go,....

their mentality was also...

why walk all the way and tire ureself....fitness wasnt really much followed by that unit.....my fren quoted a US officer saying....when somebody is shooting and trying to kill u....u would really run for ure life....

their method of clearing rooms is also far different from the SAF...just go in and go with the flow using speed and aggression...clearing room to room quickly without wasting time...

grown men crying?

Originally posted by Rockhound:

my fren who went there said..

it was practically an actual town with actual people......with kids and all.....

the stryker unit there had to go to a 6 mth arab course before hand to learn customs and language....

they spoke perfect arab,........

they cried when the SG soldiers flew back to Singapore...citing that:
They might not noe when they might see them again
That they might be dead in the future

hope u guys understand the 2 points.....the soldiers there cherish life very much and they don't noe when is their time to go,....

Originally posted by newcomer:

grown men crying?

yeah...cos they cherish their life alot...and they accept the fact that they might die at any moment when in afghanistan....

they really earn my respect.....

Originally posted by newcomer:

grown men crying?

what is so strange about crying men in battle?

In Iraq US field officer after leading the men in battle and when they do their review with their commander they sob like anything because their men got kill in the process.

alot of people only saw movies but these folks are going out to do the real thing.

The emotion are real the potential danger they face are real. and at the end of the day they are only humans.

Makes you wonder if the “go with the flow” thing is actually causing them to take more casualties. Perhaps if the yanks were more systematic and have a proper exit strategy…

have 1 question regards to the picture? why did they use M16 to train and not the new issued rifle?

Originally posted by Shotgun:

Makes you wonder if the "go with the flow" thing is actually causing them to take more casualties. Perhaps if the yanks were more systematic and have a proper exit strategy...

its not go with the flow....

they dont follow SG style of entering a room...its more to rush in.....do proper drills the way they are trained and get out....like water arh...theres no stalling...

Originally posted by Arapahoe:

have 1 question regards to the picture? why did they use M16 to train and not the new issued rifle?

They're using the US Army's equipment perhaps. The whole exercise is about interoperatibility.

Originally posted by LazerLordz:

They're using the US Army's equipment perhaps. The whole exercise is about interoperatibility.

don't think so in the picture rifle looks like what i use during my time and reservist.

Originally posted by Arapahoe:

don't think so in the picture rifle looks like what i use during my time and reservist.

I thought its the M16A3..

Originally posted by Arapahoe:

don't think so in the picture rifle looks like what i use during my time and reservist.

Check out hi res pix:

http://www.army.mil/-images/2007/08/30/7520/army.mil-2007-08-30-170036.jpg

Those SAF soldiers in Alaska are using I believe M-16A2 with round handguard, AFAIK, SAF do not use them , at least not widely.

we dont but the americans whose armskote that we draw from does.

they really went ahead witht his after3 years...
keep stalling and stalling, in the end, end up there

yet another nice training area to go to.

actually, singapore do have other training stints that were never published in the papers. In 2000, a single company from 1 guards actually participated in the US JRTC in texas with the US 25th infantry division (air assault force which is US’s version of heliborne ops). The training involved sending our troops to hawaiis schofield barracks whr they were stationed to accustomed to their training doctrine and before eventually going over to texas for the actual exercise. Most of Sg troops used the US M16A2 with some being issued carbine and their MGs as they were not allowed to used our own weapon.

Originally posted by senate077:

actually, singapore do have other training stints that were never published in the papers. In 2000, a single company from 1 guards actually participated in the US JRTC in texas with the US 25th infantry division (air assault force which is US's version of heliborne ops). The training involved sending our troops to hawaiis schofield barracks whr they were stationed to accustomed to their training doctrine and before eventually going over to texas for the actual exercise. Most of Sg troops used the US M16A2 with some being issued carbine and their MGs as they were not allowed to used our own weapon.

wow that's nice. training with americans is always nice, cos of their BIG BUDGETS

Actually i respect the americans alot for the way they train and fight. their JRTC is a divional ATEC and it was very realistic. Personally, any joint exercise with them on their grounds are a very good experience and an eye opener for sg troops.

care to share why our weapons are not allowed to be used there?

Thanks.

Originally posted by SpecOps87:

care to share why our weapons are not allowed to be used there?

Thanks.

Would you invite foreign troops to train in Nee Soon Camp armed with their weapons?

Originally posted by LazerLordz:

Would you invite foreign troops to train in Nee Soon Camp armed with their weapons?

but we go taiwan.. we got bring our own weapons...