Signaller Vocation: Check Comms; Man Comms ?

• Dolphink

  12 Feb 10, 13:19

  I just ended my course as a signaller in sagmont camp. Was posted to 21SA. may I know what will I be doing there till my ORD? What are the possible positions or appointments I will be posted to or attached to?

• p228

  12 Feb 10, 16:52

  Hi.

  I used to be from 21SA Signal Platoon.

  21SA consist of HQ battery, "A" battery, "B" battery and "C" battery. Vocations wise, you might be posted over to the battery (A,B,C) for good (means permanently at battery), or attach to battery for outfield exercises. If you are lucky enough to stay in HQ, you can expect: S3 signaler, CO signaler, QM signaler, Medic Signaler, S1 Signaler, RSM Signaler and etc etc (don't remember all).

  If you are in A, B or C, you will either be Battery Commander Signaler (BC Signaler) or Recce Signaler.

  One thing about battery is that it is quite regimental, unlike HQ. You will not have as much freedom in battery. You need to follow a strict lights-off timing (2230 hours), strict wake up timing @ 0530 hours.

  For HQ, you can wake up anytime, skip breakfast if u want. As long as you make it for the HQ Morning Row Call @ 7.30 or 8 am (I forgot).

  Pray hard that you get into HQ or else life will be hard. Hope this helps !

  

   

• loki_chaos

  20 Feb 10, 19:22

  Haha! I'm also a signaller...But I got posted to Armour camp instead.

  I guess generally you have to clean the radio sets after any outfield exercise. (Adding on to what p228 said)Then if you're chosen as lineman, during peacetime you might get to be in charge of the PA system, the telephone lines around the camp, internet connection, etc. All this will  happen only if you're in the BHQ coy of your unit.

  I don't know about other units, but for my HQ coy here we came in as a platoon so usually if there's any saikang(area cleaning around the coy,etc) signal platoon will usually be forced to do it because of our manpower(20plus ppl). The rest of the coy that are from branches(s1-s4 branch, QM, medics) usually have their day to day routine work to do. That's the unlucky part.

  If you're a signaller for your coy's PC or OC, then you'll be just like all the other men. What training they go through, you go through.