Review for AUC 2006

The AUC started off on the 13th of October 2006. The cadets and specs began the camp at 1500hrs. They started off with a briefing in the camp. Not long after the part Bs were suddenly called off to have a meeting with mdm goh. The specs told me that they would be back in 10 mins..but by the time they had returned..we were held behing schedule for almost half an hour. Luckily we told the specs to leave the 15 min allowance thing and we managed to speed up the bag check and fire safety briefing..did we quickly manage to get back on track. The part Bs up to now still do not know how to pitch these simple tents. Thats a point to take note. After these house keeping matters..they started off with their first activity which was the MOC. The part Bs were quite ok..but ut was noticed that the attitude of some part Cs were not acceptable. After the MOC..they went on to have their dinner which was field cooking. After their dinner..they had some talks on appointment by the csm and asm. Next..they proceeded to have bonding games while a few cadets were handpicked by the specs to attend the dark room. Dark room was an activity where the main objective was to find out their ''vocation'' for next year..as a contribution to the unit. The 5 choices given to them were sailing, kayaking, bends& hitches, orienteering and cutter pulling. And the other objective was to find out what they as cadets think..is the greatest reward for coming to training. All gave standard bullshit answers that would never even work. The dark room was also a mentak challenge to them..where they were put under mental pressure. This was because we found that our unit's training system focuses too much on physical strength and we tend to oversee the mental strength of the cadets..causing them to not being able to handle stress and pressure when they become specialists. After the dark room..they were all released to bathe and it was lights out for them. The clts and the specs den met at the mpc foe AAR on day 1. It lasted for about 1hour or so when they were dismissed and went to bathe. At about 4.25am, me and jason went to the sleeping ground of the part Bs. We noticed no one doing sentry duty. We questioned the specs on why they did no allocate sentry duty and it was to our surprised that they did..but the cadets ignored it. We went round 'stealing' their boots and shoes. 30/32 pairs of boots were stolen and 1 pt shoe. Me,jason and daryl went to sleep at about 4.45. I woke up for day 2 at 5.45 and went to the ops room to wake up the specs. This is totally unacceptable. The specs are supposed to be on the ground..always ready for the next activity..but they were all very blur and oni woke up at 5.55 while ronald woke up shortly after. They wemt down and conducted the waking up exercise..but it wasnt professional at all.They were briefed on how to conduct this exercise during theur trail at part a camp..but they commited the same mistakes again. I have decided that we should set a lights out time for the specs for the future camps..and a time that they must wake up. Failure to do so would result in the same treatment as they would do to the cadets. I went to wake jason and daryl up at abput 7 but they continued to slp. CLTS PLS TAKE NOTE. Jason and daryl woke up shortky after while the part Bs were having pt. I received a situation from the medic at about 7.30 that a part B was displaying signs of sickness. I asked the medic to check on his condition and see if he wanted to go home. I den told the medic to observe him till 8, and if his situation was not improving den we would send him home. But by 8 mdm goh and sir hee were already here and they quarantined johnathan mok and his camp mates. mdm goh den told me that she might break camp at 7 pm and to arrange all our important activities before 5. I quickly called a meeting shortly after with the specs and derived a new plan for activities up till 5. However..not long after while the part Bs were having theor prof test lecture..mdm goh said that johnathan mok was down with the stomach flu and we were to break camp immediately. We paid the 10% forfeit to nonya manis and me, victor and elton went to collect their lunch with mr ting. We returned with the packed lunch and the rest of the company did their area cleanin and dismissal. After all the cadets were dismissed we had a long aar with mdm goh and the camp ended only then for the specs and clts. The specs were also instructed to clean up whatever 'mess' they created before they leave.

Just a point to note. Could the clts kindly think of the big picture and encourage all cadets/specs to obey the final instructions from the highier authority, rather than encouraging defiance towards final instructions given using their rank.