SCDF Pre-Enlist: Easy Way Out?

• anfieldheroez

  2 Oct 08, 13:19

  I would be entering NS next year as im finishing school in January.Last year,i sent an email to cmpb telling them if it would be possible if i could apply for a 8-5 posting due to family problems ( single parent who is not working and suffering from blood pressure,no relatives in singapore, only son ).I wrote in the email 'please advice on what i can do and i do not wish to request for exemption from ns ). The guy who responded to my email thought i asked for exemption and asked me to come for an interview and down there he realized his mistake but he told me it is very much possible for a 8-5 posting.But some of my friends are saying that it is not true and stuff.Any of you guys know on those issues?

   

  Secondly, if you have flat foot would you get pes c or b? My foot is not purely flat but my doctor said it was rather flat. If i kena pes c,can i ask them for pes b or not?

   

  If you have any mental disorders,like anxiety,if you tell the MO during your medical check up,can they refer you to a SAF shrink instead of me having to find my own ( to save costs of course )?

   

  Finally,anyone can tell what SCDF life is like,like their basic training and the various posts over there,their working routine and stuff?

   

  Thanks for your help.

• baikachuchu

  2 Oct 08, 14:09

  The enlistment letter that you recieve say that you go SAF or SCDF?

   

  If you going to SCDF,no point asking about SCDF stuff here,this is SAF forum.

   

  Check the link below for SCDF topics:

   

  http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1498

   

   

  Flat foot is a very common condition,the deciding factor will be how severe it is.Most of my friends with flat foot ended up with PES B.Get your doctor to write a letter for you to give the MO if you intend to use flat foot as the reason to file for PES C.

   

  For the mental disorder part,even if you could get a referal from the MO to see a psychologist from the hospital,you will most probably end up having to pay for it yourself because you still have not officially enlisted yet and not under CSC(Civil Service Card)/11B.

   

  The good thing is that SAF also has its own MOs dealing with mental disorders so you might end up getting refered to a SAF MO instead and it's most probably free....that's if you want.Some people die die want outside doctor.

• Agenda

  2 Oct 08, 14:15

  why you don't want zhao from NS?