SAF/MINDEF 300,000 NS Reserve Strength

• lionnoisy

  9 Mar 07, 17:02

  We control our operations cost by constantly seeking to streamline our orbat. To limit personnel costs, we have maintained zero growth in establishment since 1986.

  --http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2007/mar/05mar07_nr.html
  
  2.Is it true SAF/ MINDEF suffer zero growth in establishment?
• alwaysdisturbed

  9 Mar 07, 17:14

  so every year the number of people sign on = number of people discharged + number of people retired
• hudax1

  9 Mar 07, 17:17

  Hmmm!
• kwlee

  9 Mar 07, 17:19

  woah 0% growth, amazing...
• Darkness_hacker99

  9 Mar 07, 17:21

  grow = inc expenses
• KoolKool

  9 Mar 07, 18:55

  Aiyah, so easy.
  
  Just commercialise the Logistic Bases. And hive off some departments into Executive Arms or Agencies. Then outsource certain functions. If not enough, then convert posts to non-uniformed.
  
  Also, there was a automatic reduction in manpower because of the falling birth rates.
  
  Now can we re-do the sums ?
• kwlee

  9 Mar 07, 20:02

  1 person doing the job of 2 person
• allentyb

  9 Mar 07, 20:28

  
• KoolKool

  9 Mar 07, 22:56

  Originally posted by kwlee:

  1 person doing the job of 2 person

  You really think so ? I hear a lot of these people talk about themselves doing more than 1 person's job. But if they don't do it, SAF continues to function, maybe better. Sometimes, I feel it is more doing redundant things, like trying to fix things that ain't broken, or trying to re-style the language without adding any substance, or moving furniture around the house and finally putting it back to the original place.
• Quirinus

  10 Mar 07, 19:53

  Originally posted by alwaysdisturbed:

  so every year the number of people sign on = number of people discharged + number of people retired

  Since workload increases but number of Regulars stays the same so where does the work go to?
  No wonder NSFs keep getting more busy