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Back frm 8 days field camp in tekong. below is a summary of my 8 days of out field.

Day 1
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Arrived at P.Tekong. 8km route march to our camp site (CCP 7). was a ok march, and did field signal along with the march. halting and high kneeling all the way. allocated our spaces and setted up our basha (tent) thn had Individual Field Craft lessons (IFC) both day and night. lights out at 2230

Day 2
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Morning PT. followed by an hour plus of admin which includes our breakfast time. fall in and had more field craft lessons and pratical pratices. praticed on judging distances, target indication, visual searching and keeping directions. keeping direction was fun. was caught by instructors who acted as enemy terrorists and got "tortured" by crawling in mud pool during the day pratice. at the night pratice manage to go pass without being caught with the help of "operation Panda". was really tired during tat day due to the long night walk back to our camp.

Day 3
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Morning PT again. then had more field craft lessons. praticed on crossing danger area and contact drills(things to do when enemny attacked). was quite tiring while doing esp need to crawl around. but was ok as we were rewarded with rests if we do well. praticed it non stop till night.

Day 4
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Moved to a place with lots of buildings. praticed urban operations (storming a building and clearing a room) really like urban ops. is like playing call of duty except now its real life. really cool esp when we praticed in team/grp of threes. after which during the night moved to another location to sleep.

Day 5
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One of the most fun yet tiring day. During the first half of the day went to the live granade range to throw live granade. its really a once in a life time experience. while at the waiting area the blast was really loud which i thought of using ear plugs while throwing. but ended up not using since its once in a life time. but the sound was surprisingly softer while inside, but could feel the change in air pressure when the granade exploded. During the 2nd half of the day. did Battle Innoculation Course (BIC). is pratically crawling a distance and under barb wires and having machine guns with live rounds shooting over our heads. the whole thing was really really tiring. esp after the 2nd round. was really exhausted and the heat got to me. felt giddy and weak with no energy which cause me to nearly faint. damn >.<
but still manage to go thru.

Day 6
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Finally a relax day. had a circuit of IFCs to help us revise on our field crafts. was easy and my Detecment did really well in all the stations which we were rewarded with rests =D
After lunch had lesson on how to cross corn wires. and praticed. yet again my detechment did fairly well.

Day 7
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Another relax day. had IFC tests for the whole day. had very long rest and slacked around as we got to wait for our turn to be tested. so it was an easy day. and further more we were allowed to sleep at 1930 hours (7.30pm) which was super early. but the relax day didnt last long. had a turnout at 0130 hours (1.30am) thunderflashes which stimulates granades and had machine guns firing all around. this marks the start of our day 8 event. "Exercise Thunderstorm"

Day 8
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Exercise thunderstorm. day started at 0130 hours with a turn out. it is to stimulate we being surprised attacked by enemies and were "tortured" as POWs. we were forced to crawl, push ups, jumping jacks and lastly roll which made most of us vomitted. the whole torture thing lasted for like an hour after which had de-brief and learnt some special skills for our missions. After the tourture, had a 5km route march to our starting point of our missions. was really tired and i nearly fell aslp while marching. was fighting to keep myself awake as eyelids were really heavy. when reach start point started on our missions. total of 7 stations which is = 7 missions. shant describe the stations as it will be very long. want to know talk to me when u see me. haha. after all the stations were done. another 8km route march back to jetty which means going home! yay! marched pass lots of BMTC companies and sang really loud to make our presence felt. and the thing is bronco company had a 2.4km run but failed to find yk and raymond. haha. guess too many guys. back in pasir ris camp. had a really good dinner. one packet of nasi lemak and a can of cold coke. really nice after 8 days of combat rations.

Overall the field camp was a nice and wonderful experience. sleeping with and without cover in a jungle. doing businesses in a jungle. it was fun come to think of it. and at the same time it was tiring. esp i was the Detecment(group of 12 men) In-Charge (Det IC) for the whole 8 days. was more tired as got more work to do as an IC. but still i had a fun and great experience there.

now its time for pure training of physical for my SOC and IPPT really hope to pass these 2 so that i can continue to stay in commandos and get my red baret. oh and 2 more weeks till i pass out!!! woot! time was really fast. soon it will be 3 months and my BMT phase will be over. looking forward to my Passing Out Parade!

time for me to rest...