http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/319167 en-US 60 <p>yeah i think back then if you walk around with 2&nbsp;square on the shoulder it&nbsp;looks&nbsp;really Big.&nbsp; Unlike these days the 2 stripes on the shoulder look kinda of small.</p> Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:49:21 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1164:319167:8135735 Arapahoe http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/319167 <p>You sure or not?</p> <p>The best time to sign on was in the early 70s where SAF was growing so needed a lot of regulars,&nbsp;but problem was&nbsp;at that time ,not many wanted to sign on especially the Chinese.&nbsp;</p> <p>Those sign on&nbsp;then were mostly under Pensionary Service(PS), i.e. iron rice bowl plus pension after retirement!&nbsp;</p> <p>Those&nbsp;regulars that were outstanding went thru fast track promotion due to the growing SAF.</p> <p>But in the 80s,this started to change, not many get PS except outstanding one who later were converted from Contract Service(CS) to PS.&nbsp;</p> <p>Then from&nbsp;late 80s&nbsp;onward, if the regulars were offered 3 yrs extension of CS instead of 6 yrs, it was SAF way to tell you after that 3 yrs, your service was no longer required!!!&nbsp;</p> <p>I am not sure abt what is the situation now, but I dun think that it will be better than in the 70s.</p> Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:57:42 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1164:319167:8135695 gary1910 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/319167 <p>think there's a museum dedicated to the history of NS over at discovery center.</p> Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:41:49 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1164:319167:8135459 deathmaster http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/319167 <p>Dude... drugs are illegal in Singapore, stop taking them!</p> Fri, 30 May 2008 16:25:09 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1164:319167:8126296 edwin3060 http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/319167 <p><img src= "http://www.waronline.org/IDF/Articles/tango_magnolia/6a5f8b1a.jpg" height="400" alt="" width="600" /></p> <p><img src= "http://www.waronline.org/IDF/Articles/tango_magnolia/a31e8d47.jpg" height="400" alt="" width="600" /></p> <p><img src= "http://www.waronline.org/IDF/Articles/tango_magnolia/AMX-13-camels_israel-400.jpg" height="281" alt="" width="400" /></p> <p><img src= "http://www.waronline.org/IDF/Articles/tango_magnolia/ea7f2fe9.jpg" height="400" alt="" width="600" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Some became Generals, some became invalids.</p> <p>Most are old and forgotten</p> <p>The SAF is good at looking ahead,. planning ahead.</p> <p>the SAF is also very good at forgetting the past, treat as if these people never existed.....consigned to the rubbish dump. Not like the British army where old soldiers march with the new soldiers on state occasions.......</p> <p>The great SAF don't even have a proper army museum opened to the public. It's as if they are shy about their past. All they have is some small bungalow to commorate Lt Adnan at the battle at Opium Hill. Nothing for the 200 years of soldering in Singapore. Nothing for Dalforce. Nothing for the pioneers of the post-65 SAF.......nothing........nothing......</p> Fri, 30 May 2008 01:41:52 +0800 www.sgforums.com:1164:319167:8125221 Dr Who http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/319167