From sharing stories of living in a war-torn country to joining the SAFVC and giving NSmen time off for ICT – these are what former actor Ix Shen and company CEO SV2 Varun Ramdas do to advocate the importance of NS and Total Defence.

He was scheduled to attend a two-month training in Switzerland earlier this February. But there was a problem: the dates clashed with his In-Camp Training (ICT).