I'm currently in my first official week of Pes BP. When do bunk inspections usually start? And what do they check for etc?

Our intern is en/listing in the coming months and i'm just wondering if there's any useful/practical gift we can gift him. SCDF if it matters.

Thank you!

hello! if you're clicking into this i assume you are the latest batch of pes BP recruits who went into bmt on 22/10/2026 (01/27 batch), or just some of my pes BP brothers from previous batches

it's been almost a week since y'all enlisted and trust me i know exactly how every single one of you are feeling right now, i was there last year around this time so believe me when i say this

i know one of the first thoughts that popped up in your head when you stepped foot into tekong was probably "wah i have to spend the next 19 weeks/5 months here in this god forsaken island", and that's completely normal :)

your 19 weeks in tekong may seem long, but trust me it'll pass by fast if you focus on training and keeping yourself busy — how? occupy yourself with things especially during your admin time (which you will realise becomes a luxury towards the end of your 19 weeks here), you can bring a book in, play games with your bunkmates, watch videos on youtube, or simply workout

one of the aspects that i really appreciated about bp bmt is that your commanders tend to end up becoming closer to you due to the time that you spend with them, so if you have any queries or questions, do approach them because they are there as your first point of contact in NS life

a small tip that helped the time pass by was counting down to every bookout instead of counting down to POP day, because every bookout is a small accomplishment and one step closer to the end of bmt

it's been about a year since i enlisted into pes BP bmt but i am still extremely close to all of my bunkmates — we go out almost every 2-3 months and talk cock the whole night! (and some of my platoonmates as well); go talk to other people and interact with them, NS is the time where you will have to work with people from different backgrounds so don't be afraid to take the first step to say hi because you never know if your buddy will become the next Elon Musk or your future PC

trust me you're doing fine and you will look better than ever at the end of the 19 weeks, one of my FIs used to always say "now you're fat and ugly guys, but at the end of your bmt you'll just be ugly guys" — and quoting from my own experience if i could lose close to 30kg in 19 weeks, what's stopping you from losing 35, 40, or even 50?

if you have any questions or more sensitive things to ask, feel free to pm me! jiayous all my bp brothers, you got this! :)

Yo so I ord-ed 2 years ago, was called for a few high keys but had to differ, first mob manning which I got notification of in June. It is in December which is somewhat soon, and I haven’t been called down for a briefing yet (fyi I am a supply spec/CQMS). Am I supposed to do something? Would like some advice/info from those who have done mob manning before as to what to expect. Thank you :)

READ THIS PART FOR CONTEXT: i already went for a normal extraction of top two wisdom teeth last year because they were causing a lot of issues and i had no choice. went to NUH through polyclinic referral, and so all my x-ray and records are at NUH. during the initial x-ray, the doctor also talked abut my bottom two teeth and that while they werent impacting at that point, they were growing sideways into my other teeth so they would need surgery for removal

currently my bottom two are beginning to grow more, and since i ORD in feb next year, i think its best to start now and just get rid of the issue. since i already went to NUH to extract the top two last year, do i need to get another referral for the bottom two? if not, then how should i book? appreciate any help!

Lost my green passion card at the start of bmt and have been using DBS debit card since then to travel. MRT stations have said the fare with an adult concession card is the same as using a debit card. What’s the fare like for the passion card? ORD next December, does the passion card expire then too?