Very nice summary of the work of an officer. I hope you are able to talk to your CSM about procedures because he's the most experienced person in your company. I was in an SIR about 4 decades ago and I don't recall having to do so much PT in my unit -- so, NS 4 decades ago must've been a lot less "xiong" than now :) Here's my opinion: for people who think that NS is a waste of time, Chiong Lun's experience shows that it is what you make of it. If you're a commander at 18 -19 years old, you're just a kid right out of JC and yet you are given a very heavy responsibility to take care of your men. Not only is the responsibility heavy, you have to execute those responsibilities under *pressure* while you're still learning yourself! I really don't know anywhere else you can receive this trial by fire type experience which will turn out to be very valuable in the civilian world. Just my 2 cents.
I absolutely agree with everything that you said! With high pressure, stress and responsibility there will be times where one fails too. However, this is where we learn about our own flaws and failures so as to strive for continuous improvement. To me regardless of rank and role, army provides everyone an opportunity to learn, reflect and improve should one chooses to. Some roles may seem smaller than others but every role is important in making sure the army runs one way or another.
Very nice summary of the work of an officer. I hope you are able to talk to your CSM about procedures because he's the most experienced person in your company. I was in an SIR about 4 decades ago and I don't recall having to do so much PT in my unit -- so, NS 4 decades ago must've been a lot less "xiong" than now :)
Here's my opinion: for people who think that NS is a waste of time, Chiong Lun's experience shows that it is what you make of it. If you're a commander at 18 -19 years old, you're just a kid right out of JC and yet you are given a very heavy responsibility to take care of your men. Not only is the responsibility heavy, you have to execute those responsibilities under *pressure* while you're still learning yourself! I really don't know anywhere else you can receive this trial by fire type experience which will turn out to be very valuable in the civilian world. Just my 2 cents.
I absolutely agree with everything that you said!
With high pressure, stress and responsibility there will be times where one fails too. However, this is where we learn about our own flaws and failures so as to strive for continuous improvement.
To me regardless of rank and role, army provides everyone an opportunity to learn, reflect and improve should one chooses to. Some roles may seem smaller than others but every role is important in making sure the army runs one way or another.
make a video on how to get into SCS
With great power comes great responsibility
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