NSF NOT HAPPY WITH OLD PEOPLE SAYING “NOW NS VERY EASY, MY ERA TOUGHER”

Opinions on older generation sayer NS now is easy

For those who are still serving NS or reservists. Have you ever taken Grab and the driver usually ask about your life in NS currently? Not just drivers, but your relatives will ask the same questions as well.

I have often heard from them a lot of times, saying now NS is very good, have so much pay, even recruit can get $630.

But majority of the things we go through in NS BMT still remains the same, same for unit vocations too. They say it as if NS is like super easy and not tiring as compared to their ‘era’.

Until today, we do still have NSFs collapsing from mental stress, emotional stress and many more other factors. They could be coming from family, relationship, medical problems.

Overall I feel that NSFs and NSMen should still be well appreciated, the impressions those people are giving me are like, “we are the new generation kids who experience an easy NS life”.

Netizens’ comments

1. skill issue tbh but i guess ill have to live up to their “strawberry gen” expectations by taking MC for the 4th consecutive time this month
2. NS is not easier, but it is safer. If youre familiar with equipment, it’s only gotten heavier for the individual soldier. The M16 fully loaded is 4 kg. The SAR21 unloaded is already 4 kg. Some grandfathers carried 1 water bottle. I carried 2 water bottles. Today the water bag can take 3 L. So water weight at least tripled. Enemy armour has thickened, so no more “LAW” (light anti tank weapon). The LAW was 6.3kg. The matador is 8.9 kg.
   The only point you can concede is that in their days, safety was worse and misuse of power was worse. Safety wise, people have paid with their lives.
3. Combat units are still no joke though
4. Funny thing is, an older woman said that to me once.
5. i dont think easier is the right word, it’s a ticket to the ‘back in my day’ contest.
   I would say things have improved, quality of life overall is much better than say 20 years ago but that applies to about everything right?
   do they also flex about how hard it is to connect to the internet in their days?