The Making of an Officer -Every Singaporean Son II (US Soldier Reacts) Part 6/9
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- čas přidán 11. 10. 2023
- American Soldier reaction to Every Singaporean Son Season 2- The Making of an Officer (Ministry of Defence of Singapore).
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Jungle training was hard. It's constantly wet mud, all the time. I was also unfortunate enough to be tasked to be the #2 gunner on the crew-served FN MAG machine gun, which meant I carried all the ammo for the GPMG. I was using my M-16 as a walking-stick crutch to push myself up the slippery, muddy hills, and everytime we stopped and I sat down, I was basically turtled and needed my platoon mates to haul me back on my feet again.
I remember that back at camp after our training, most of us came back with one or more of foot rot (or trench foot), abrasions on inner thighs from getting rubbed raw by the seams of our camo pants because everything was wet the whole time, and/or ringworm. Having returned back to Jungle Training Base, those of us with feet fungus problems got to wear flip-flops, and those with groin and inner thigh problems walked around like John Wayne with feet spread wide apart bow-legged so as to not aggravate their abrasions and whatever else going in in their crotches.
These cadets didn't get a helicopter ride! My jungle training started with a UH-1 helicopter lift from near the edge of the jungle for insertion deeper into the jungle.
I think the nature of the training has changed in the years between when I did it and what's in the video. Theirs is called the Jungle Confidence Course; mine was called Jungle Training, and large parts of our time in the jungle was tactical. Our river crossing was considered an unopposed river crossing, but for the purpose of the exercise, it was still tactical and we did it at night. We went into the jungle with our support weapons: GPMG, and 84mm Carl Gustav; I don't remember if we brought our Armbrust LAWs along. There was no A-frame building, and no campfires.
The one silver lining to jungle training was we didn't have much night training because the thick jungle canopy didn't let any of the star and moon light through, and it was too dark to see anything. It was literally pitch black, can't-see-your-hand-in-front-of-your-face dark. So we did get a full night's worth of sleep.
Thanks so much for your insight!! That sounds like a miserable (but memorable) experience.
0:51 These soldiers that are undergoing the 9 day Jungle Confidence Course are Infantry Officer Cadets. They train in Brunei for their jungle phase.
Thanks for clarifying!! I appreciate it 🙂
10:27 The word "Shiok" is the Singaporean way of saying that it is great, awesome, feel really good or a sense of relief.
Ah great, thanks 👍
They cut out quite a bit from the show when it comes to the JCC. All the treks they mentioned in the episode aren't just simple treks or walks. Those are navigation phases and teams have to actively navigate their way through the jungle with maps. The only "static" phase is the survival phase with the A-frame, traps, quail etc that lasts maybe 2 or 3 days. For the rest of the days the teams are constantly navigating.
That bit at the start before the survival phase? It's a timed navigation assessment. Each team has to use their maps and search for a certain number of checkpoints and logpoints within a certain number of days to actually pass that phase. Instructors and cadres are sent in beforehand to man these checkpoints. Also, after the survival phase, it's not a simple walk out of the jungle either. It's once again a timed navigation back out, and you have to reach the end point before a certain time on the final day. I remember during my time the route was to climb our way to the top of a hill and reach a place called Phoenix Point, and from there you can easily get back down to that gate you see at 20:55 which is the end point.
A few other things that aren't shown:
1) All teams carry a sort of GPS tracker. Apparently the command room back in camp can track each team's approximate location in the jungle in real time.
2) By 6pm or 7pm everyday all cadet teams are expected to find a spot to set up shelter for the night for safety reasons. This is because the canopy is so thick that after that time, it'll be so dark that you wouldn't even be able to see your own hands even if you raised it in front of you. Once they've set up shelter, each team is expected to radio back to camp at a certain time to check in.
3) Since they have to navigate through the jungle themselves, it's entirely possible for teams to get lost inside the jungle and waste massive amounts of time backtracking and reorientating themselves.
4) Looking back, some of the climbing we had to do is genuinely pretty damn dangerous, especially considering the equipment and exhaustion. While there are commonly used routes along ridgelines etc, the fact that it's a jungle means that it's possible for teams to find and take non-standard routes that are more dangerous than the rest. If you lose your grip and tumble down and knock your head on something, that can be pretty serious. My section used to joke that we're bouldering.
5) We filled our water canteens with brown river water from streams in the jungle. We were given tablets to purify the water and kill microorganisms but the side effect is that it made the water taste bitter.
6) We were also given malaria pills that we had to take during administrative pauses in the exercise. These pills generally made you sick and most cadets end up vomiting.
7) Sandflies, sandflies, sandflies. All of us had dozens of red welts on our hands and feet due to constant sandfly bites. The insect repellent never worked.
8) Fire. When sheltering at night during the navigation phases, fire is an absolute life saver. It got really cold at night because of wet clothes and the rain. Being able to heat up some water and warm up a bit is crucial. JCC taught me that actually starting a fire in survival situations, especially when everything is so wet, is incredibly difficult.
9) Trench feet. Constant wet boots and socks will do that to you. We're told to take off our boots and socks to air them out when we shelter for the evening and the smart ones will do just that. The ones who don't end up suffering. Can't blame them though, wet boots and socks caked in mud takes quite a bit of energy to remove, energy that is already in short supply.
10) The show doesn't quite capture the absolute misery you feel. The exhaustion it captures rather well, but the misery is something else. Usually it'll be raining on most days, so your uniform, socks and boots are never dry especially when you consider the fact that you have to cross rivers. I remember during my survival phase, I'd finished my A-frame shelter and managed to use leaves to create a basic roof. There ended up being a hole in my roof that allowed the rain to drip down directly onto the centre of my chest when I laid down. At that point it was a fucking thunderstorm around me and I was so fucking exhausted that I couldn't even muster the willpower to get up and try to fix it. I literally just laid there the whole night with a storm raging around me and water dripping onto my chest, crying and missing home.
Oh wow. I really appreciate you taking the time explain that and to provide your insight. My respect to you and your buddies for going through that training!! 👏💪
The cadets were drinking 100 plus, an Isotonic drink similar to Gatorade :)
Awesome 🙂🙂👍
For Jungle Training, SG soldiers go to Brunei Jungle which is surrounded with wild animals - Snakes, Wild Boars, Wild Crocodile & Hornet and many other tropical rainforest insects. 100 plus is an isotonic energy drink popular in South East Asian.
Awe great!! Thanks for your insight!! 🙂
4:55 - while river crossing, they have guys on boats, with rifles + live rounds to act as safety against crocodiles...
6:50 - they are taught how to kill chickens, catch fishes, setup traps... from what I hear, they often catch absolutely nothing, so by day 3 or so they give the quail. LOL.
10:27 - 'shiok' is a local slang for 'dope'/thrilling/sensational...
Oh wow! Lol. So they did not show the security board in the video. Thanks for your insight!
yup..this is infantry officer JCC training
Great thanks!!
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You are so sweet. Thanks 🙂
1:12 im guessing its for infantry officer
18:18 ya most likely.
I notice for non infantry officer(except for maybe guards ,recon , commandos) they wont have the jcc badge
It’s a very tough school!
@@JustAnotherArmyVet definitely
The Brunei jungles are notorious in the region - untamed, thick wild jungles, the toughest terrains....multi-layer canopy so thick, its pitch black in there sometimes and swamp waist deep at places...
Singapore has a permanent detachment in Brunei (and also in Australia/US/France/some time ago, Taiwan) to facilitate our training, supported by a couple of our own helicopters and essential support staff. The infantry, recon and commandos train there. Air Force pilots i heard have to go through a simpler phase of this as well... in case they eject.
Thanks for your insight!! I did not know that. 🙂
Jungle training in Borneo.
Thank you!!
While fishing fornfood, one commented Ikan Bilis. That's anchovies for context 😅
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G L Chew eventually signed on with the SAF as an ADF Operator (Army Deployment force) and then went on to the Ranger's course in 2017.
Another one of them completed NS, but signed on a few years later and commissioned a second time as a special forces officer.
Who is that? Googles told me that he is a software engineer. I don’t think it is the same man 😂
Was watching thr video of the US equivalent on business insider some time back. Surprisingly, I think the Singapore one is tougher...
Was this Business Insider a longer video ?
@@JustAnotherArmyVetIt was a 75 minute video on their channel...
@@sagi271190 Yes, I do want to react to that. I’ll just have to find time since it’s so long.
this is one of the hardest jungle training areas because of how hilly, dense and how untouched it is. Many countries send their forces to train here as well including the US that started recently.
Some analysts say that the Japanese forces were so resilient during the ww2 Pacific theatre because they developed their jungle tactics with an intention to fight a long war in Borneo. So when places in the Pacific islands with less dense and flatter jungles, they were able to fight a protracted war longer than the allies planners expected.
@@jayshen84 yes, very true.
if they don't pass JCC..they will just continue other phases of infantry officer training..they will not be jungle qualified and cannot wear the JCC badge
like my brother..when he was doing JCC..his teammate sprain his ankle..causing the whole detail to fail JCC due to the inability to reach the checkpoint on time.
Ahh okay. Thanks for clarifying!!
That sucks. He must have felt bad 😔
Infantry
Thanks for clarifying!!
it's required for officers from infantry and Guards as well as officers in roles that operate on foot in the jungle.
however, completing this course is a badge of honour and precursor to certain senior roles so many officers and NCO do it at a later point in their career eventually
@@jayshen84 I can imagine the older you get, the more difficult, of course, like this would be
The consistent wetness element is a major factor they have to get used to. While in the Hellenic army we focus a lot on our navy we don't have to undergo such training or conditions, at least not in that extent. well done to the Singaporean soldiers.
Thanks for your insight!! And yes, well said!