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Saturday, June 19, 2004 I lost my marksman badge yesterday. The reality sank in when our 'Chief of Staff' announced that all marksmen can proudly wear their badges on Monday's parade. And I'll have to tear mine off. I was crushed. For a month I had been wearing all the badges I could expect to get in my NS life: Gold IPPT, Marksman, EOD. And I was mighty proud of myself for that achievement. Now I'll have to tear one of them off, with no chance of reclaiming it. And I'd wasted 3 hard days at the range. It's with sullenness that I took one last look at the range as I left it yesterday. But the signs were there that I would not get marksman this time. When I first heard the news that my platoon was to conduct the range and shoot in it at the same time, I was vehemently opposed to the idea. Of course, I had little say in it, but I was unhappy anyway. As it turned out, during the past 3 days I had barely time to eat and clean my rifle. I was in charge of detailing, scoring and rations as well. The recent chain of events has had me working almost non-stop since late May, and I was already physically and mentally worn out. I was certainly in worse condition than last December, when I got my marksman badge. No comfort that I did try my best, the badge is still lost. I felt like hugging someone and crying yesterday. On another note, there's a public EOD display tomorrow at Pasir Ris MRT. There's going to be a demonstration in the morning of a suspected find in the MRT station as well. I'll be there as part of the static display until noon, so feel free to visit the display and me as well. =)
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You'll have to forgive my short comings, but I am medical people and I have my own code (so to speak, lol). What are all these abbreviations about? I admire those who choose to defend our country. It is not for the weak at heart. I have many friends in various areas, does NS mean navy seal? If so, that's the only one I have any clue about...IPPT, EOD? Wow, and I'm from Oklahoma and can barely shoot a rifle. I do know self defense and I can catch a rattle snake. Not bad for a girl, huh?
Will you not be able to get that badge at another time? I know it doesn't help to fill the hole that is left when you give it your all and come short. I can relate, just not for the exact same reason. Thank you for stopping by my blog, I hope to see you stopping there again. :)
Thanks for reading my blog. I'm sorry, I forget that not all the people who read my blog can understand all the acronyms. NS stands for National Service, it is a 2.5 year compulsory enlistment into the army for all Singaporean males. IPPT is the army physical fitness test. EOD is Explosive Ordnance Disposal, that's the army unit that I'm in. Hope this helps =)
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