Training on 4th April 2007

Training

Today was the first sea training of 2007. S/CLT Bertram, S/CLT Ronald and CLT Evan reached SSTC at about 2pm. The Part B,C,D arrived at around 2.30pm. At that time, Riverside Sec was already there. The company did warm ups and proceeded with the drawing of stores and there were some problems with the single kayaks. The Singapore Navy borrowed the kayaks and did not return it as yet and so there were not enough singles. So Riverside took 1 and we took the other. Sea training started at about 3.30pm. Strength of part C was 26/32 today. 2 Approved leave, 4AWOL. Part B and D unknown cos respective APC did not give me info.
Today's training was not productive at all because of the various reasons.

1. Manpower allocation was not efficient.
2. Low tide was not predicted and caused injuries to cadets due to surface of the barnicles. Not a single medic was down for trg today.
3. Company was very rowdy. Not taking sea trg seriously.
4. Part D did not do detailling efficiently.
5. Part D did not ensure discipline throughout training.
6. Part D did not plan training according to their objectives..or rather they did not even have one.
7. We established a last minute goal which was a changeover time of 7secs for part C and 8 secs for part B. (Average for coy was about 12secs)

Training was more or less this way. Part C were punished for disgracing unit in front of riverside. Casualty rate was within expected rate. All due to minor cuts and scratches due to barnicles.

Others

1. Finalised Part D appointment will be out tomorrow, 5th april 2007.
2. Unit Standing Order will also be out tomorrow, 5th April 2007.
3. Spec Course names although submitted to HQ, might have changes due to sudden AWOL cases.
4. Understudy List Submitted to 2LT Toh. To be approved by Friday the 13th(april 2007).
5. Ranks and Badges will be collected together. The delay is because we have not submitted the kayaking certs and cert numbers. Part D will be settling it by tomorrow,5th april and we should expect promotion parade soon.
6. There will be training on the 13th and 18th instead, as 20th is sports day. These 2 trainings are specially to train understudies so that they can run training on 27th as part D will be stand down.
7. There is supporting con trg for the part C on the 12th. Part C APC and CLT Evan pls try to be down. Other CLTs please try to make it as well.
8. HO Yang Yuan Feng suggested that we use Seletar for sprints and SSTC for expeditions for future sea trainings. I agree..haha.
9. CLT's and S/CLT's are strongly reminded to WATCH THEIR BEHAVIOUR infront of the cadets. Please remember PROFESSIONALISM as stated by S/CLT(Ret) Jian Cheng.
10. Thats all for now. If i have left out anything i will add on under comments section. If my fellow CLTS have any comments, please fill free to voice out in the comments function of blogger. ThankYou.