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BMTC ENCIK ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON BMT & ENLISTMENT
06 Jan 2020 | PEOPLE

BMTC ENCIK ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON BMT & ENLISTMENT

What to bring for enlistment day? Is BMT 7 days a week? Is there WIFI in Tekong? Master Warrant Officer Thanimalai s/o Sockalingam, School Sergeant Major of Basic Military Training Centre (BMTC) School 2, answers some of the most-Googled questions about enlistment and BMT.

// PRODUCER AND EDITOR TEO JING TING

// CAMERAMAN PETER CHO

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