Death of SAF Full-time National Serviceman

[thsheng99]

https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/eat-drink-man-woman-16/reddit-nsf-1-gds-died-yesterday-5819817-31.html


Scroll diwn for Facebook posts by platoon mates... seems like the sgts and commanders are alledgedlly not following protocols?

[phtthp]

so sad for his parents. Imagine so hard to raise a son for the past 19 years, and such an unfortunate incident occurred.


This 19 year old NS boy is the only son (child), in the family.

He studied in Rulang primary and Jurong Junior College.
Who would have thought that going NS would ...

same case as the 19 year old girl in the car accident : also the only child

https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/eat-drink-man-woman-16/heat-makes-sinkieland-so-unliveable-yet-make-nsmen-run-kilometres%85%85-19-year-old-ns-man-died%85-5820608.html

[thsheng99]

Facebook post brought down already

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Please copy this post as i am deactivating this account fearing repercussion of my commanders

Originally Posted by :
I am a soldier from 1 guards. One of our fellow soldier is currently in critical condition heat stroke (possibly brain dead) due to the reckless behavior of my fellow commanders. I want to bring this to light so that the commanders involved are duly punished and nothing gets hidden as part of the investigation.

Dave is still in critical condition in the hospital, and it has almost been one week since the incident. But there has been rumours that his condition has worsening .

Illegal turnout

The night before a 8km fast march (an activity considered high key) our entire recce platoon was turned out after lights out by our sergants, forcing us to bear crawl to the SOC grounds at bedok camp, doing thier usual tekan of making us roll in the sand and have water poured on us, to satisfy their own sadistic pleasure. Asa result we did not have the adequate 7 hours of rest mandated by the traning safety regulation required for our fast march the next day.

Commanders forcing trainees

During the fast march, Dave struggled to complete his fast march and was dragged by senior commanders, forcing him to finish the fast march even though he was showing signs of extreme physical exhaution.

Dave collapsed after collecting his timing chip at our company line. We saw Dave breathing frantically, going through delirium, with his tounge out and only the white in his eyes visible. he was not articulate.

inability of commanders to spot heat exhaustion

It was obvious that even to an untrained soldier, especially commanders who went to OCS / SCS, that dave was going through Heat Exhaution or even heat stroke. yet they still acted as though there as nothing severe or that he could even be acting "keng"

non-administering of ice packs / BCU / water mist

the commanders did not follow the proper protocol for a soldier in heat exhaution. His cloths were not removed, no ice pack were place at the vital heat dissapation points in his body and the medic was even blur not knowing what to do. The safety officer was nowhere to be found during this whole time and the commnders left his body under the hot sun instead of bringing it to a shaded area. it took them almost 30minutes to an hour before they even stretched him away to the medical center before he was even transported to a hospital using the Military ambulance.

Lack of seriousness towards the incident

To add insult to injury, the sergeants were just surrounding him, talking cock and laughing and cracking jokes around him, obviously thinking the soldier is trying to keng. I hope sgt Justin, ren zong, nich, ren jie and jonas is punished for this. I really hope the army safety throughly investigates this incident and punishes the people involved. Its no point doing lip service to "safety" by adding it as a core value when safety is not given heed.

if anything happens to him, i believe its the fault of the commanders who did not know eve how to administer the proper procedure for Heat Stroke, wasting vital time before his temperature reached 42deg. As well as commanders who dont understand the seriousness of the uninteruppted rest that is required as per training safety regulation, especially for high key activities.

[Jennifer]

RIP

[starlight1968sg]

Yup, from Rulang Pri

[janet88]

whether the child has a sibling or an only child, as parents we put in a lot of love to bring up our kids.

with global warming, the weather now is hotter than before. back in the 80/90s, 32 degrees is considered HOT…now we are experiencing 34 and sometimes 35 degrees on most days.
we lend our sons to Mindef for national service. All we ask for is the safety procedures to be put in place when training is required.

[Estéema]

I see a generation of commandos raised by parents who’ve not taught them humanity, whether Mindef or not. I know sounds like an unkind statement but we really need to teach our kids to empathize more, get into constructive action more & stay away fr holding that screen so much that there’s less 人情味 and ability to treasure each other’s existence. Life is so precious. To loose a 19-year-old even before he can go into working world to savor life is just so heartbreaking.


When we see someone in trouble fr heat loss, won’t we extend a helping hand to lift the guy up, bring him to shade or bring him precious water for drinking? Instead u see these commanders laughing & jeering by the side, like little kids playing pranks, except that this involves a precious life.

At least if u see the commandos tried & still fail, u know there’s still meaning to life amongst the platoon, all who must be going thro some form of trauma. Commandos shld be punished & a signal must be sent tt no such mindless negligence tolerated in future.

[Estéema]

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[thsheng99]

Need to tell the commanders that other people’s sons are sons too, precious in every way