Stifled...

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

BCTC...

Today's my first full day in BCTC. I was made to go through a course similar to SOC but its emphasis is on combat skills. It's very physically taxing. All the new trainers, including me, were panting real hard at the end point.

Had a CPR lesson in the afternoon. That's the 3rd time I'm taking that lesson already. Didn't learn anything new.

Lastly, we had a small ceremony to welcome the new trainers, also including me, to the BCTC family. We said the BCTC trainers' creed, received a certificate to certify that we are qualified trainers and also the centre's badge to put on our jockey caps.

I finally know what I'll be doing there. It's rather easy though. Basically, we teach the NS men, who have long abandoned their soldier instincts and skills, thus refreshing their knowledge on weapons, combat skills, etc. My role is to be a conducting officer, or safety officer during live ranges and exercises. I may also be required to teach lessons on weapons and other stuffs.

The thing about this centre is that we have totally nothing to do when there are no NS men coming in for in-camp training. I am only required to stay in when they are there. My job sounds easy, but it's quite a challenge, to make the NS men and commanders listen to me. I am, after all, a young 2LT fresh outta OCS. Those NS men have served their time and may even have gone through many in-camp training before. Getting them to listen to me and obey my instructions, while making sure they understand my lessons are things I gotta learn. I may make a good teacher or host in the future. Haha.

Ok, got to go sleep early. I'm a chamber safety officer tomorrow for a bunch of over 300 men doing live range tomorrow.

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Hanged @ 9:29 PM