futures 2: SAF career, why and why not
Aye. Will talk more to Ben about it soon. The only thing that is pulling me is not the money since i dont really care about that. The only thing is the excitement i get in a combat life. But a regular MO will be a mere staff officer. Then i sign on for what?
I don’t think Alan will be so nice to let me do SOF/Commando stuff when i volunteer MO at SAF when i’m free. I had enough of Armour. Don’t mistake me, my fellow crewmen and matchsticks. I am still a tank officer at heart. An armour officer. Once Armour, Always Armour. But being Swift and Decisive is no longer that exciting, after all, it’s all conventional warfare.
I’m more interested in Special Operations. Counter Terrorism Action. That is more stimulating. We’ll see how things turn out. SAF’s medical system still has lots of improvement to target, and the combat medical system, especially for the special operation troops, are not good enough as i see. You only get level II trained (out of a max of IV) medic SOF troopers out there in the most hostile environment, that is unacceptable. Totally appalling. Then again, how often will Singapore send troops to such hostile environments. We are just more concerned about economic progress. Yet, the threat of terrorism always looms around and nothing less than being fully prepared will suffice. Even when you are, shit can happen. Look at what happened in Black Hawk Down. It is a true story btw. 
I will be posting up an article by a Special Forces medic who was there at the Battle of the Black Sea. This battle is made into a movie that everyone know as “Black Hawk Down”. This movie is very meaningful, and especially the last part when the SF trooper was telling the ranger why he is going back into the “hot” zone.
Eversmann: You going back in?
Hoot: There’s still men out there. Damn. When I go home people ask me, they say “Hey Hoot, why do you do it man? Why? You some kind of war junkie?
I won’t say a damn word.
Why? They won’t understand. They won’t understand why we do it.
They won’t understand, it’s about the men next to you. And that’s it. That’s all it is.
Hey don’t even think about it, all right? I’m better on my own. Hey we started a whole new week. It’s monday.
Script source: http://krazykid197.tripod.com/script.html
Salute!
Just wanted to comment on: “This movie is very meaningful, and especially the last part when the SF trooper was telling the ranger why he is going back into the “hot” zone”
To clarify, the individual known as “Hoot” was not a SF Trooper. He was a Delta Operator, they get upset if you call them SF. There is a big difference between Special Forces and Special Operations.
duly noted, Chooby. thanks for dropping by.