Training
Cadets who enrol at SCS first have to go through the Foundation Term (formerly known as Basic Section Leader Course, or BSLC) where they are taught basic infantry skills to command an infantry section. Upon graduation from Foundation Term, the soldiers will be sent to the various formations in the Army for specialized training in their respective fields.
SCS’s Foundation Term is a challenging course that grooms fresh graduates from the Basic Military Training Centre into future leaders of the SAF. The course trains and equips soldiers with infantry skills and knowledge to command an Infantry section. The trainees are required to go through the Confidence Obstacle Course and/or the Additional Obstacle Course, which demand both physical and mental toughness. The Foundation Term ends with a 28-km graduation route march in full battle order.
Those who are selected to serve in the Infantry and Guards formations will remain in SCS, where they will undergo the Infantry/Guards Professional Term (formerly Advanced Section Leader Course, or ASLC). The Specialist and Warrant Officer Advanced School (SWAS) conducts the Platoon Sergeant Course and the Company Sergeant Major Course, which were both under the umbrella of SISPEC before the re-organisation.
At the end of the Professional Term in the various formations, the cadets will return to SCS for a 8-day Combined Arms Term, culminating in a combined arms Graduation Parade held in Pasir Laba Camp.
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