I was enlisted on 8th September 2011 in 3 Guard, since then, my blog is totally in hiatus mode. And I will start off by telling how life as a recruit.
Back in the camp, I met many great friends, especially in my Platoon, over the months, I started to make more friends from the other Platoons. I have to tell that my Platoon is the best, due to the people that I have been surrounded. Each one of us motivate each other not to give up, we suffer together as a Platoon, as a BRAVO company.
Wake up 5am every morning, sometimes 4.15am in case there is extra activity such as Route Marches or other important events. 5BXs, I must say that my company does not conduct a morning run like other companies does. So I am glad about that because I really hate running in the morning. Because we will sweat like fuck and further more, most of us did not have the time to shower in the morning because the water is freaking cold. Other than that, we are lazy.
We have at least 2 physical training in a day. 1 in the morning, the other 1 in the afternoon. Well, you can say it is tough, but for me it is very tiring. Especially when your morale is low. But trust me, every Friday, our morale will be high because the IPPT Gold & Silver will be going home on Friday while the passes will be going home the next day, so that is one of the reason why our morale is high every Friday because we are thinking of booking out from camp.
Route marches is a very memorable activity for me especially during BMT. They slowly increase the distance as it is progressive marches. The one I will remember is the 6KM march (the recent one). Where we get our rifle sling for the first time after our hard work, and the motivation that the sergeants gave us. We keep pushing each other to compact so that the other platoon would not suffer but whenever my platoon is the last platoon, my platoon suffers a lot. And it really sucks because the last man need to run. Tell me about it, the weight we carry is almost 15kg including the rifle which is 4kg without the sling itself. How tough it could be, but let me tell you, it is mind over body. A soldier will not let tiredness to be a criteria for them to give up, we need to keep pushing forward.
Recent major event is the BTP (Basic Training Package), or also known as live range. I did get a marksman, and I am thankful for that. During the day shoot, I score 8/16 and it really disappoints me because I know that I could not get the marksman, and I need to get a pass for my night shoot. But I was able to take the re shoot and my score was 11/16, and this time round, I need to tell myself that I could not afford to miss a target during the night shoot to be able to get the marksman. During the night shoot, my score is perfect, 16/16 which means I get my marksman, biggest achievement in my recruit life. To get a marksman, you need to get at least 27/32 and I did get score, just nice huh. During my shoot, I did get an IA (Immediate Action) where the rifle is jam, and I was panic because it was during the night shoot. Thanks to sergeant Norizam that he help me to clear the IA and I was able to re shoot.
Bascially, I am now waiting for my field camp and my POP. But life as a recruit is fun. Yes, the sergeants will cheebye you, but do not take it to heart. Yes, it might be painful but it is for your own good. The Army uses a lot of vulgarities so you need to calm down a little. They might punish you for extra PT, and it is also for your own good, it increases your physical fitness. Being in the army is fun, because sometimes the laughter is there, you get what I mean?
So I need to stop here, I will try to update my blog as often as I can. But I wish I could.
