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>80% of NSmen have surrendered in the war against diabetes

• bic_cherry

  21 Feb 18, 00:20

  >80% of NSmen have already surrendered in the war against diabetes mellitus 
  (<20% NSmen actually manage to pass physical fitness test; >60% NSmen so terribly disabled/ infirm, they are exempted from taking any form of physical fitness test in SAF (no alternative modified fitness options available (swimming, cycling, speed walking etc) either)).
  
  Operationally-ready national servicemen (NSmen) running as part of IPPT Preparatory Training (IPT) programme in Maju Camp on Sept 8, 2014. -- ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN - 
  
  Calculation:
  '300,000-plus operationally ready national servicemen (NSmen) who form the backbone of the SAF': [SAF bends and stretches over IPPT: My Paper; 01Jul2014]
  
  '...Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT)... ...The 2010 figures from the Ministry of Defence - the most recent available - showed that half of the 116,000 NSmen who take the test annually fail it.' [Tougher penalties for NSmen who skip IPPT; ST 31Oct2014]
  
  % of all NSmen who are able to achieve minimum pass @ IPPT =
  [(116,000/2) / 300,000+] = <<19.33333%
  Or much less than 20% considering that denominator is in excess of 300,000 personnel.
  
  % of all 'operationally ready' NSmen who are actually medically fit to take IPPT=
  116,000 / 300,000 = <38.666%
  Less than 40% NSmen are physically (medically) fit enough to qualify for IPPTtesting to have their fitness recorded and computed annually.

• laurence82

  21 Feb 18, 02:34

  u like to post in EDMW and sgforums one hor