Every Singaporean Son III Ep 1: Dragon Company’s New Recruits
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- čas přidán 3. 04. 2022
- #NationalService is a rite of passage that over a million Singaporeans have undergone. But how are things different in Basic Military Training during this COVID-19 pandemic? Find out with the commanders and recruits of Dragon Company! #ESS3 #EverySingaporeanSon #NS55
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"Sergeants are all very nice and kind, hopefully it continues. " Hahaha he's about to be disappointed very soon xD
He just raised the death flag lol.
This is the first day, don’t get too happy, lol. I was already surprised they are this nice in the video. During my day, second day already pretty much the commanders show their true colours
No p
Lmao. My time they show true colours once our family bid us goodbye. LOL GOOD OLD MEMORIES! BMT
Soon as the parents leave the SMACKDOWN begins.
"Im very excited to attend NS"
Blink once if someone is holding you at gunpoint.
“I guess my last rite of passage is to complete National Service”.
No bro, 10 years of reservist awaits you annually.
It’s been 4 years since I ord & they have yet to call me for reservist lol
@@dann6828 thats not a good thing though, when they start calling you up for ict every year after you've reached your 30s then you will know the pain, better to just clear your cycles when you're still young and fit
@@lyhthegreat I’m no longer fit hahaha I’m a driver too
@@lyhthegreat if not fit get status, should be can get, since we getting older, body got more problems, got more medical conditions.
@@dann6828 there are two similarities between the law and your age - it will catch up to you eventually. Get it done and over with and don’t drag till you’re in your 40s.
Encik: Good evening dragon company!
Recruits: ~Silence~
Encik: WHOLE LOT KNOCK IT DOWN!!!
Those were the days
do 10 push up .
O down , N down , E down , One down .
T down , W down , O down , TWO down
T down , H down , R down , E down , E down , THREE down.
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😂
@@jianxiongRaven nvm don’t know how to echo right? All start from 0
*"Z"* down , *"E"* down , *"R* down , *"O"* Down , *"ZERO"* Down .
*"O"* down , *"N"* down , *"E"* down , *"ONE"* down
.... ....
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😂😂
@@VampireSylphy nvm , do again . restart from -10 .
0 sergeant.
Why so long still at 0 ???
😂😂
This definitely brings back some memories and nostalgia, appreciate the effort to continue this series👍👍
I'm glad things have changed since 30yrs ago. As a father of a son thats about to enlist in a few years time - i'm glad to see that the recruits are now treated as human beings
You sure ? not chow recruits not dog ? my bmt also more than 30 years ago.
Think it’s just to show the public. Maybe once the cameras are off, the cibai calling starts
My time tiger wong.. kene him.. u go back home weekend also cannot sleep well one.. seriously
@@Aaron-ry4zh This show was filming an encik coy, so they'll be very chill with the recruits if my experience in 2018 is anything to go by. However enciks will tekan the NSF sergeants a lot
In front of camera of course will look nice, after the cameras are offed, the specs and all will be cursing here and there especially during high key week.
I finished my duty 2years ago but still left some training as reserve force. Cheers guys… from South Korea.
I thought south korea do not have reserve training?
And there are some exception rules people live outside Korea. So, if you are Korean want to avoid reserve force training, stay outside of Korea until a decade later from discharge and can’t stay in Korea over a month per year during the decade period.
Not gonna lie, I think everyone has different experiences. I was in Taurus in 2019, PTP batch, and the Sergeants in this video were a lot like the ones I had. They were reasonable and they took the time to train us without the constant yelling. I feel like instead of the sergeants yelling at us, they decided to approach us in a friendly manner which differentiated us from the other sections and that made our section make sure that we were always on our best performance to prove our sergeants' leniency.
Sometimes, it's in the approach. There was the usual yelling but it was reserved for scenarios where it was needed. Safe to say, our section ended us being the most disciplined and rarely got into trouble. It's all about trust. The sergeants trusted us and we trusted them.
which platoon were you in ?
@@VortexPiNk 2
@@CaptainNoch were you february batch ?
@@VortexPiNk Yep, Feb to June
@@CaptainNoch which section? zm eric ky or zh?
I LOL-ed hard at the 'video calling home part' - definitely something my mother will ask me to do too!
During my times, whenever we spotted the sgt at the door of our bunk, we have to shout "room" and stop whatever thing we are doing and quickly stand in attention. If not alert enough, will get pump.Things seem to be pretty heartwarming now haha
should be all senior staff other than trainees.
Bruh it’s their first day. You first day kana room already meh?
@@VampireSylphy me first day already taught to room liao whenever someone senior step in
Which year was your enlistment? Mine was 2017. No more room unless got inspection.
3WO Uthaya was my sec com when I was in SCS (Sergeant’s school) in 2013 haha, back then he was a MSG but good to see he’s still training recruits/cadets
Together with staff mani? Haha
@@Life4Sing yes bro! That guy was abit shiong though lol
@@frostyphish7149 hahah abit? those were memories. haha
Great series so far. Enjoying it quite a lot!
Greetings from Germany.
2WO Arun solid fella. One of those rare commanders that actually is open to communication
Thanks all for your service!
Miss the 2.4km route in Tekong.
The sneak 120% after lights out.
The commanders raiding bunk for late night phone users.
The fear of Platoon Sgts.
'take your time take your time, nevermind, i got all day! Your life here is mine also, u want tough no problem we can help u toughen up one! SEMULA!'
glad that all this ns thingy is history for me. stay safe everybody
I was in Dragon Coy back in year 2000. Brings back memories
Remember back at 2008 my bmt enlistment at tekong raven company sch2. After parents leave the cookhouse while we walk back to our company line, 'all hell break loose' drawing of equipments start liao... kenna liao.... 🤣🤣 those were the days👍👍 great memories.
I was a recruit from Dragon Company in 2013. This places definitely brings back memories.
"Once the activation has been activated..." I miss Army Encik talk man.....
Thank you for the vlog , my bmt was done in tekong in 1991 . So happy to see this new place these guys are having
They are treated so gentlemanly nowadays, and spoken to nicely. Back in our time, we are not talked to, we were yelled at all the time.
@@chboy80 yes yelled in hokkien , until today I still remember
@@jameslkk1973 Not only in Hokkien, it was full of vulgarities
@@chboy80 yap
@@jameslkk1973 no more hokkien peng these days
Ahh !!! That was my previous company back in BMTC in Dragon Company School 1 back in July 2019 Intake which I was from an Obese to a Fit recruit and great experience indeed 😎
My 1st day, once we alighted from the RPL(Ramp Powered Launch) at the jetty, immediately force march with our duffle bags a.k.a. Alibaba Bag to parade square in Tekong Camp 1 for push ups. My CSM then was a commando so hell broke lose there after. Alpha Alpha all the way!
Which batch / year were you from? back in 06 it was still known as Apache Company (Alpha)
@@ezekielk.3629 I'm from 92 batch. 1st batch for 2 BTS (Brigade Training School) not the BTS from K-Pop... LOL Still using US (Vietnam War) helmet then =D plastic interlining inside and metal cover outside.
Old recruit from BMTC Sch 1 Dragon Company. This brings back memories. I already MR. =) All the best guys! Enjoy the training, look out for each other and you'll do fine.
Brings back memories. Time flies. Enlisted 18 years ago, when most of these boys were born. Our future is in their hands. 💪🏻
I think because it’s on camera, everything is toned down and seems nice. Lol, most chill fire drill I’ve seen. Back then Mohawk company is shag
same bro
with or without camera it is liddat
Encik coy all relak one lah, always see them eat pizza last time
Nowadays mohawk lepak
Encik coy damm welfare
Good docu. Thanks. Regards from Malaysia.
fun fact, every dragon recruits in this video has just ORD
Beautiful!
Big fan of this type of content. (French viewer)
Damn so this is what prx jinggg needs to go through huh
Well done my dear friends love from Tamilnadu 😇
Wah the nostalgia is hitting hard. NS was the life, can be carefree, while trying to make sense of military life. Was a long two years, but miss those times dearly.
Where the encik get the gold colour guards tab? I see sometimes the commander enciks have the golden one...but this one guards tab. Where to get
A lot has changed from my time in 1985. So polite !
nowadays SAF soldiers more good life than those during the early days, now IPPT only 3 stations rather than 5, also no more super siong bayonet fighting training
@@Tony.L9793 Wow, no more bayonet fighting and only 3 stations! Times have changed, Im guessing the higher up's (those always in a command post or office) must believe that you will never need a bayonet. Can the rifle used now take a bayonet? Just out of interest what are the 3 stations.
@@blacksheepthe2nd648 only push ups, sit ups and 2.4km run, dont you think saf soldiers is good life?
@@Tony.L9793 Wow, so no chin ups, standing broad jump and there was shuttle run. Tks.
@@Tony.L9793 Im reading yeezeey (COMMENT BELOW) "hoping that it wasn't staged" he must have served a different SAF. Everything was always "planned" if there were vistors, the whole week before any visit was area cleaning and painting. Hahaha those were the days.
ah yes, the Dragon building that directly faces the big forest
Oh my god dinie was my senior in secondary school! What a coincidence seeing him here
on my first day on tekong,
after getting off the APL (RPL),
walked a mud path to charlie company...
then, immediately had put on our slacks and boots to run around the company line ...
dont know how to lace the boots,
so was running around with boota there were falling off ..
was not fit then, arms and legs trembling and shaking after that first welcome :-)
hard realisation, that i have 'arrived' :-) 😊
Absolute nostalgia. I miss these sergeants and enciks dearly. I wanna ORD but I wouldn't mind turning back the clock and going through BMT with Dragon COY again.
~ Dragon COY, 01/21
MR lo!!!! XD
Ah, finally another person from the same batch
During NSF's time is all about garang and on the ball, after ORD the attitudes will change to Wayang and Hack care.
at least positivr mindset
and ROD mode , then later MR loo fucking bochap mode.
Sincerely hope this series is showing the real thing and not staged just for the cameras. I done and completed my BMT in 1993, Nee Soon camp. Infrastructure and equipment differences (and improvements) are to be expected and should be expected. It is the more "humane" attitude from the NCO now as compares to then that I really see improvements.
Different Coy have different treatment and different PC/PS have different treatment too.
I remember in Tekong 1993, the PS told us - welcome to bastard mad training 😂
Was a REC at dragon company w sgt Chris , mega , good old times ! Back at 2019 . Went to SCS and became a RECON 3SG . Was posted to institution to train recon cadets thereafter . Sweet experience!
wa , CIS/SOAR at SMI-Inst / HQ army Int ah 😂
Was a REC in Dragon about 10 years ago! Cant believe it has been 10 years since i pass out! Time sure flies... bring back memories of my bmt times.
i was also a recruit in dragon company 10 years ago... platoon 2
Was back then much tougher or similar treatment as in this video?
Encik coy is the best coy. Encik can book very good timing for book out
miss those times. formerly at A company
I watched the clip in full with a teardrop by my eye. BMT was a transformative period of my life, I really loved the army and I enjoyed the training alot. My Encik was very fierce while my sergeants were strict on us, but I rather have it this way than to keng throughout my life. I miss my army days alot and it pleases me to see our young ones enjoy the training as I myself would. Cheers!
Not many guys will actually admit that their experience in NS has left a positive impact on them. For me, I did not really enjoy my time in BMT because I was physically and mentally not prepared for it. However, I really treasured my time in my posted unit after BMT. Training was very tough, we cursed under our breath at our commanders, but we always looked back and were able to laugh and reminisce about it. Friendships cultivated amongst the mates who had gone through thick and thin with me remain to this day. Did NS make me a stronger/better man? Yes I think so.
Thank you for your kind words @@arabesque2222. I think my classmate's suicide on the eve of my enlistment influenced me deeply. I still don't know what happened but all I heard was that he disliked BMT alot and had family problems too, so he went drinking and in a drunken stupor went to a top of a building and jumped down. On one hand I was stunned by this but on the other hand it made me determined to enjoy my time in the army. Thank you once again.
Singaporean daughters should do National Service as well.
SAF does have female soldiers but not compulsory
Both male & female conscription would do the trick.
@@Tony.L9793 obviously he meant it as compulsory
They should do another documentary about Police National Service
Well done Aaron
Coming from dragon coy… Alvin Romano times are the most memorable
It's been more than 10 years since Every Singaporean Son season 1! Those recruits in Season 1 are probably completing their NS cycle very soon! Great to see a new season with new recruits!
Will a new video be released every Mon?
Yeah should be. It is also released weekly for season 2
So polite now asking recruits to lights off..i still rem my time the PC turn everyone out to parade square for PT on the 3rd day since there are some who "dont want to sleep"..
we only had like 10mins to bath(3 people showering in a cubicle) before lights off back then..
I have a cousin in Singapore and I never knew they had to serve upon turning 18
Looks cool though😂
It's back!
I really miss my army days.....reminds me of the old army days.
I remember my commanders watching guard during the first few days as we slept. Personally had ZERO issues sleeping. Every night knock out and slept so well Lol. Ulysses coy 2015 🥰
Lmao Ulysses was the worst coy in School 3. First to do PT in the morning. I was from Viper 2015
@@ztmj1996 Yep I remember Viper quite welfare in 2015 but I don't think Ulysses was the worst, Wolf was quite bad too where I was from (enlisted May 2015)
Time does fly
Interesting to not just see what recruits go through, but what the sergeants go through too.
yes loved it
Love 🇧🇩
Dragon Coy 04/21 batch so good
Everything was well arranged compared with my last enlistment 45 years ago!
1967 First Batch!!
@@thiaahmin7176 1977 batch at SAFTI. We had to do our own to collect uniforms, boots, etc putting into a alibaba bag. When we debus from 3-tonner truck, we were asked to carry the full load of our alibaba bag to run one big round of Safti parade square in civilian outfits for nothing!
If someone is a PR holder and completed his 2 year ns is it compulsory to attend annual orns ,if so how people avoid it??
At 50+, I am still serving my country. Doing my 4th TOD. :) Proud to serve and protect my loved ones and my country! ~hormat~
Was from gryphon company, and I remember that blue running track like it was yesterday, still remembered running in half-uniform with boots in one of the first few PT session and everybody was complaining of blisters. Fun times.
Sad to say gryphon coy got shut down. Not sure what was the real reason.
Arun Kumar still around. God bless you bro. Looking good.
Auto or burst fire on sar21?! they allow that now?
i wish my intake got camera ah, my intake was far from friendly when I went in 😀
haha kiasu are not even friendly with other kiasu.. 🤣
@@Peliwat.Nusantara lolol bodohland citizen could not comprehend my original comment, no wonder smartest Malaysian only IQ 70 😆🤏
Please do a commando series like you guys did for Guards and NDU!
Commando series is on mewatch.
If i could do my life over again i would have applied for Singapore PR and enlisted in NS for the Navy,
You cannot choose your service unless you join as a career
@@SuccessforLifester: I was a Gunners Mate in the US Navy in the past. So, I would want the equivalent in the Singapore Navy. Either way, I would have to start in Tekong.
@@TheTurk56523 oh I see.
@@SuccessforLifester : Actually, I like that the Singapore Military has one entry point into military service. Whereas, in the US Military, each of the branches (Army/Navy/Air Force/Marines/Coast Guard/Space Force) has a basic training. Each of the branches are different in basic training but the objective is the same. Changing the civilian into a service member. I like that every Singaporean that entered NS as an active member or a reservist went through Tekong.
@@TheTurk56523 Yeah. But I think those that got posted to the police force or the civil defence force, they would have their own basic training.
Tekong was fun times ngl
No
Wow very nice, good food, nice and friendly commanders, no one shouting at your to hurry up and call u a useless cb. Tekong holiday camp for sure. Never see before the recruit so senang and not scared of their commanders, good times good times
Last time the python will be the extra dish for staff.
Ramesh Kannan is not 18, he's 23 years old.
The commanders are so kind. 😀
BMT in 1994, there used to be 48 person per platoon. now only 40 per platoon? I guess low birth rate is really affecting the size of cohort
Which month and which company?
@@sufianblackpirate8475 3BTS bravo company neesoon camp
Haha Sept 2011 U coy here. Seems like its true that army gets "easier" as the generations pass. The commanders seem a lot more lenient here compared to my time or maybe its just for the cameras 😂
I'm going to be 23 this year and going through the long route (Education). Have yet to serve, and to be honest, I can't wait. Why? Because I will be force to be active.
Never been to Tekong. 7BTS 1994.
89 , 3 BTS.
Pegasus 2006 batch at Pulau Tekong ..
Happy days..
Guys just remember this is like WWE, what you see is scripted for the camera but behind the scenes there's a lot of pain and suffering. Just enjoy the show lol.
Watch Out! A reporter asked a pro wrestler on camera if what he does is scripted. The wrestler responded by giving the reporter an open slap to the face, Will Smith Style.
I'm curious, how to handle if someone (or more) got a virus?
They take mc and go back rest.
im in the same batch but diff coy as dragon in this vid haha they seem to have more welfare compared to us but we get along well. one time right before PT it was CAT 1 so we went to the corridor to celebrate and could hear and see dragon celebrating too 🤓
NS seems really slack from this video, even my time as a scout in sec school was tougher(graduated in 2019) I will be enlisting in 2024 and hope to get a Low pes
@@officialreviews7 It's just BMT lmao. Dragon coy isn't representative of the whole NS experience. After POP, there are units dog life units. You enlist you'll know alr.
WGT OWADIO
@@officialreviews7 its just bmt, nowadays commanders would rather let u do saikang instead of physical punishments. its better to let someone to clear the stores for them as punishment than doing push ups. further more this is sch 1 where all the commanders are going to retire soon, they jus wan u to have fun in army
Can use phone during ns service ?
Times have changed. We don't hear commanders shouting the familiar "You like to take your own sweet time right. Whole lot knock it down!"
And go touch the tree and come back
With new generation, time change people and mindset.
From Kestrel Coy 2013, which was one of the strictest and many bad/worst stories about K Coy back in the days.
Me J coy 2010...just beside K coy...I saw what they went thru 🤪
back in my time 2007 it's an obese batch for dragon company now change to pes A?
ohhh my poor jingg ☹️☹️😭😭
Hi Kids, its uncle Jefe here!
so we all gotta go through NS , like it or not (unless you're like super rich , and planning never to set foot ever again in SG )
wether or not NS is a complete waste of time or not , depends entirely on your mindset.
sure NS probably isnt going to give you any hard skill sets for your professional or academic life, but the discipline and grit it instills in you will carry you really really far.
i am not super successful or what, but im grateful to NS for it shaped me up to be a better person.
so once again , its entirely up to you if NS is a complete waste of time or not.
how about SG daughters?
Shag this guys missed the circuit breaker by afew batches only
I was the cb batch. Shiok
@@tintan1235 dun be a ccb
Is this really how NS is like? I was fearing that it would a stressful experience fueled by angry commanders and high pressure situations. If this were truly the experience and not some commercial act, I'd think I might do well during NS.
no, did you see the rest of the comments saying the sergants have yet to show their true colours
No it is not. The video makes it seem much better than it really is. I was in this company
@@thebakery5555 Ah a man going thru it knows the best, as he is experienced it
@@thebakery5555 Share some of the Off-Camera Tekan/Shenanigans lei...
Depends on the BMT coy, my experience were ok, only punished when we made mistakes, once you go unit, there will be more respect between troopers and commanders. Or once you go command school, more responsibilities.
❤
Why does 3WO Uttupaya sounds like comedian Dave Chappelle when he talks!
Time pass n change, seem easy n relax...
VIPER Company. 20 years ago. ☕️🇸🇬
1:19 sar21 in auto??
💯👏
A CUT ABOVE THE REST!! DRAGON!!!!!!!!!
Yes3. All of u r lucky. Not like uncle time. ITD.INFANTRY TRAINING DEPOT. 1978. APRIL I7 7 INTAKE.(TERROR CAMP)
why there’s no drill sergeant being tough like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman…
Imagine him with a Singlish accent. A nightmare for the NS recruits.