Six officer cadets struck by lightning

[Nullifi3d]

Cat 1 only exists in BMT during Tekong days. During active unit days i didnt hear such thing called CAT 1.

[Fishy]

yo pal from which batch of OCC?

 

i'm 27/97

 

 

foxtrot or delta?

[Jp66]

200,000 amps isnt joking..

 

can kill a Godzilla?

 

no wonder everytime movie use Thunder to use power things..haha

Wa lao, now then u know

[Ladykillerz]

Wa lao, now then u know

 

LOL. this one best!

[Boxster]

Humm.. if I am not wrong Cat 1 we will go under shelter and no exercise cut for most area of sg coz they will say this area is low therefore low risk

 

Trainee time mostly go back camp

Unit time inside vehicle if available and later continue

reservist same as unit time but CO will go back camp shower

[Alechi]

Six full-time national servicemen (NSF) were hurt when a bolt of lightning hit the hill they were training on in Marsiling last week. The men were participating in a training excercise under a shelter during the time.

 

The NSFs, who were undergoing training to become officers, took shelter under a tree from rain at the time when the exercise was temporarily suspended, according to a Straits Times report.

 

Mostly in their late teens, the cadets were taking part in a platoon field-defence mission which required them to capture the top of the hill and set up chest-deep bunkers there to protect themselves against the

[Akitsuki]

maybe safety/conducting officer(s) white horse?

[Paperger85]

God bless their souls...RIP

[5936]

Are these sufficient numbers of properly built shelters in training areas?

 

My time don't have CAT, just use gut feeling, commander got guys continue trg, no guys stay low ground or RTU.

[Duckduck]

walan they were granted medical leave, if it was me i grant them extras for being stupid to have hid under a tree.. or demote them to private showing incapacity to have common sense. how to be occifer?

[Chrissng]

remembered once in australia training.. kana lightning storm... threw my 840 onto the ground and told my officer no way i am gonna stay that thing till the lightning storm over.... and guess what... its open area with few trees.... so.. lan lan... hide under the tree....

[Jamomatt]

basic TSR is not to stand under tree during Cat 1

i'm surprised the media did not highlight this point and question why the cadets did such a wrong thing

either the media is ignorant or they are trying not to blow things up for these NSFs ...

 

Because the media read point 1 as well.

 

[Sagara]

33/98

 

Same batch. Which wing? A, S or T?

[Ladykillerz]

Same batch. Which wing? A, S or T?

 

S->A.

how about you? =p

[Sagara]

S->A.

how about you? =p

 

You Infanrty? I started in A then go support arms for Pro term. You in which platoon during A? I'm from Platoon 1 under Killer & Big Bird. Those days Bangala have a better life than us. Knn...

[Tinydog]

car has Faraday Cage effect, thats why it's safe

 

seldom will you have such a structure, except for vehicles or training sheds.

 

so avoid holding, standing or having anything that conducts electricity

looks like you did pay attention in class

[Ethene]

I remember very clearly during training in BMT tekong, when it was raining cats and dogs with lightning, we were in the middle of forest (many trees), my platoon commander said "stay under all the trees, they are shelter, very safe"

 

i was like huh wtf?

 

but u know la, recruit keep quiet better.

Edited July 16, 2010 by Ethene

[Ladykillerz]

You Infanrty? I started in A then go support arms for Pro term. You in which platoon during A? I'm from Platoon 1 under Killer & Big Bird. Those days Bangala have a better life than us. Knn...

 

Platoon 1 was Superwoman and Ape.

Killer is commando officer.

you were in Platoon 4, i was in Platoon 1. =P