01 Feb 2017 | OPS & TRAINING
WELCOME TO BMT
STORY // Ong Hong Tat
PHOTO // Kenneth Lin & courtesy of Army
Welcome to BMT
As the new year begins, most of Singapore returns to work. These boys, however, are starting on a new journey - Basic Military Training (BMT).
Ahead of them lies nine weeks of BMT. In those nine weeks, this batch of 460 boys will learn what it means to be a citizen-soldier. There are new things to learn, new faces to get to know, and tests to pass before they become trained soldiers of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).
The nation marks 50 years of National Service (NS) in 2017. While training methods have evolved and improved, the need for NS remains the same - that Singaporeans must have the skills and the will to defend their homeland.
Join these boys on their first day.
