What say I raise the Regiment that I would be happiest to
serve in? What say if I could turn the clock back? What say I could pick and
choose the officers and ARTY directorate would have no say?
My Reality Distortion Field Syndrome aside, I would
interview all candidates for my Regiment. I would do an utopian lineup like
George Orwell, and parade them for selection for the various appointments in
a time wrapped Regiment comprising an HQ and 4 Gun Btys.
My criteria for selection would be based on the following
traits and talents:
Integrity, Leadership, Charisma, Responsibilities, Talent,
Knowledge, Sportmanship, Fun, Compassion and of course Gunnery. And in that
order for weightage and balance.
CO – Mustapha Saad (Musty)
2IC – Tony Morel
Adjutant – Hung Meng
Assistant Adjutant – Ghazali (King Gus)
QM Gen – Zahir
QM Tech - Harun
4X BCs, Tan Say Loke, Oh Teng Lim, Hew Deng Onn, and Omar
Mohammad
4X BK, David Lam, Heera Singh, Maskan Katan, and Aris Salim
8X Troop commanders, Ho Wah Juan, Chong Kok Heng, Ramachandran,
Masoud (Timmy), Albert Manaseh, Ganeson, Tan Guan Gui and Yusri
8X GPOs/Section commanders, Aziddin, Maniam (Apu), Chandran,
Satwan Singh, Azahar, Mokhtar Pereman, Allen Lai and for Senior Subaltern –
Tony Chia(Anthonysamy)
It would be an awesome Regiment. No?
Unfortunately other Gunners may not have the opportunity to
serve in this Regiment, but then they could always raise their Regiment of
choice.
What say?
Allen Lai
Dream on Sir! One never gets a "perfect" set of officers to command, hence, the commander's challenge to make them perfect. Those days some senior officers had genuine concern to help their subordinates, and so they did. Some were simply idiotic bullys veiled by their seniority, and not knowledge and competency. I can't help recalling some who were embarrassments to the regiment. How about RSMs? An oddity in the regiments- neither officer, nor other rank, but an NCO with unique talents and relationships in the service. Any favourites?
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