You know you are getting old, if during your NS days

[Guest mr X]

Found this from another forum.

1. You were trained to use M16 and have no idea what SAR21 is.

2. You used a metal tray for meals, and you had to wash them after use.

3. You were "served" by army regulars (who will show you a f**k face and scold

you for not holding your tray properly) during mealtimes in cookhouse.

4. You joked about having ice cream for lunch in the cookhouse... and now they do.

5. Your cookhouse food was cooked by actual army cooks.

6. You did not hear of any NSman "dying suddenly".

7. You were known as the "second-generation thinking soldiers".

8. You had to do "area cleaning" every morning.

9. You were ferried from one place to another in 3-tonners, not air-con buses.

10. Your 3-tonners sat more than 30 people.

11. You had to queue to use the public phone whenever you have to make a call.

12. Your combat rations consisted of "dog biscuits" + canned sardines + canned pork cubes.

13. You wore dog-tags because you were told to do so and had no choice; not because it was "fashionable".

14. You were issued those cheapo China-made black PT shoes (and yet you were able to pass IPPT using them).

15. You carried the same made-in-China plastic mug for brushing the teeth, drinking tap water, cooking

instant noodles, drinking some lame diluted beverage from the chow line, and slurping up night snack.

16. Your Skeleton Battle Order (SBO) was called "the bra".

17. You wore green PT t-shirts that expanded after a few washings.

18. Your made-in-China PT shorts were all blue and made of very thin material.

19. Your swimming trunks were black and look like tight shorts.

20. Your Ali Baba bag had no wheels.

21. Your Ali Baba bag was a long khaki sack.

22. You know what a Change Parade is.

23. Your name tag was handwritten with a black marker and a stencil.

24. You got $20 for acing your IPPT, not $400.

25. You zeroed your weapon with a Canadian bull (or k*-n*-n*-b*) instead of an electronic oscilloscope.

26. You don't know what ORD is, but you know what ROD is.

And sad to say...i am one of them... Embarassed

[Guest angela]

Found this from another forum.

8. You had to do "area cleaning" every morning.

we still do it before first parade...

9. You were ferried from one place to another in 3-tonners, not air-con buses.

we got an upgrade, now its 5-tonners...

13. You wore dog-tags because you were told to do so and had no choice; not because it was "fashionable".

no difference...

15. You carried the same made-in-China plastic mug for brushing the teeth, drinking tap water, cooking

instant noodles, drinking some lame diluted beverage from the chow line, and slurping up night snack.

ours is green.

16. Your Skeleton Battle Order (SBO) was called "the bra".

the bra title has been given to the "heart rate monitors" we wear during all physical training now... some ppl do really think we wear bras cuz of the tan line... LOL!

17. You wore green PT t-shirts that expanded after a few washings.

ours are brown and they tear easily so every other weekend is spend mending it.

19. Your swimming trunks were black and look like tight shorts.

ours are no bigger than what miss universe wears. we rather have shorts.

"...i want no other life, than the army life for me ya!"

[Guest jsiau]

ADD somthing;

27: You BMT is either @ SBMT , ITD or some direct mono intake..i.e directly to UNIT

28: You get $30 cash on your first day to buy , black tape , stupid black rubber for the SBO and etc.

29: You are being told the M16 is your GF or WIFE and must sleep with it and you have elephant inside the muzzle all the time after thorough cleaning

30: There is no 3rd Seargent for section commander, Max is Corporal First Class and you can't tell if two Corporals' who is section leader trained and SISPEC is known as SAFINCOs

[Guest Cklasse]

One more item,.....you wear steel helmet and not the light weight kevlar ones.