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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Listen to this and your life will fail. This must be from the view of a regular being feed with lots of propaganda by the SAF, he thinks he have a good future when his bond ends.
When i was in the RSAF i knew a Major who is a WSO(C3). He left the SAF after 15 years to move into the corporate world. He is now a taxi driver. |
Haha, it is easy (but wrong) to use just one case to give a negative impression. Truth is the
SAF provides a credible and dependable career and a relatively good income for a comfortable but not luxurious lifestyle.
I will confine the discussion to graduates as this is what I am most familiar with. Among my graduating cohort in 2000, 5 chose to sign on with
SAF. 1 went in under Combat Officer scheme (highest pay), 4 went in as Engineering Officers (2 as Cpt rank because they were
LTA during
NS, and 2 had to undergo short OCS to get
LTA rank because they were NCOs during
NS). This was before the MDES scheme was implemented.
Many entered the private sector, and the remaining few joined the civil service. Those joining the civil service was paid among the lowest.
Among the 5, they are still in the service and doing well. 2 LTCs and the rest majors. Dont have much info on those joining the private sectors, but heard that some had experienced retrenchment, and some had gone into insurance etc..
I understand also that
SAF has extended the career lifespan of their regulars including those in combat vocations. So one can actually worked until 50 for Combat officers, and 62 for technical /engineering officers. Pay is comfortable, got opportunities for further studies / upgrading and most important of all, no worries of economic fluctuations