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Civilian trainers for SAF.. no more PTIs ah?
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking...ry_514368.html
Apr 14, 2010
Civilian trainers for SAF
Outsourcing non-core services frees up soldiers for combat jobs
By Jermyn Chow
The Basic Military Training Centre's physical training instructors, like First Warrant Officer Mohamed Suhaimy Abdul Rashid (right), 48, are being replaced by civilian fitness instructors. The civilians will conduct gym training, aerobics, endurance runs and the military's IPPT. -- PHOTO: MINDEF
THE days of the much-feared physical training instructor of the Singapore Armed Forces are numbered.
That taskmaster in a white singlet who puts every chrome dome through punishing physical training will be replaced by civilians, as physical training throughout the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is outsourced to commercial fitness outfits.
The Straits Times understands that the PTIs, known as fitness specialists in the SAF, will replaced by the end of next year.
Read the full exclusive in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
Apr 14, 2010
Civilian trainers for SAF
Outsourcing non-core services frees up soldiers for combat jobs
By Jermyn Chow
The Basic Military Training Centre's physical training instructors, like First Warrant Officer Mohamed Suhaimy Abdul Rashid (right), 48, are being replaced by civilian fitness instructors. The civilians will conduct gym training, aerobics, endurance runs and the military's IPPT. -- PHOTO: MINDEF
THE days of the much-feared physical training instructor of the Singapore Armed Forces are numbered.
That taskmaster in a white singlet who puts every chrome dome through punishing physical training will be replaced by civilians, as physical training throughout the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is outsourced to commercial fitness outfits.
The Straits Times understands that the PTIs, known as fitness specialists in the SAF, will replaced by the end of next year.
Read the full exclusive in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
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