Change of Guards ceremony At Orchard Road,Singapore

[KEPARATable]

lol!!! 1 of the traffic guy forgot to buckle up the safety helmet....

[alvindurochermtl]

Don't they have any tabs and hob nails underneath their boots? Couldn't hear a thing when they marched past the cameraman in the video.

[emptyangel]

They don't, also whoever wrote the current drill book for the SAF deserves to be shot.

[alvindurochermtl]

Haha..I wouldn't go as far to say that but I do feel you guys' drill movements are a bit odd in terms of speed and pacing. In my humble opinion the biggest killer is the fact that you guys wear British Army style sub-tropical white tunics but NO waist belt. Just look like you're all wearing aprons or you've dropped your belt or something. Call me a traditionalist but that just doesn't look right. Sorry if I offened anybody.

[emptyangel]

Yeah I know what you mean.

We can spend absolute millions on weapons and defence technologies but not a few thousand to make our troops more imposing.

[emptyangel]

Just like the Royal Gibraltar Regiment. :D

[alvindurochermtl]

So how do your officers sling their swords if they don't wear sam browns?

[alvindurochermtl]

Actually I have a theory why you have no belts. White tunics are usually make of light materials which get wrinkled up easily. Unless all your tunices are cut snug fit, a waist belt will make any loose bundle of clothe around the waist wrinkle and show easily. With a conscript army like yours it isn't economically feasible to have all whites cut snug fit, hence get rid of the belt as a easy solution. Does that make sense?

[alvindurochermtl]

Yet another simper and even more likely explanation, fat old generals don't like restrictions around their bellied-up waist lines.  So if they don't wear them, no one should.

[alvindurochermtl]

I used to work for a British Army contractor and I've seen all kinds of reasons why an army or a regiment chooses to wear something and not other. You'd be surprised that personal taste and economy usually have more to do with regimental traditions although they'd say otherwise to justify why they'd buy something in front of taxpayers and I'm not talking about the British Army alone.

[emptyangel]

Oh wow, never thought of it that way. That actually does make a whole lot of sense.

[wornslipper]

The other thing is, there are many situations where there no belt is the proper order. As its been said above regimental tradition plays a part, which ultimately derives from W. European military fashions before WWI. I don't think the belt is taken for granted when devising dress. (See the REME(?) or various sapper/rifle/light cav regts in various armies)

[BlackXtasy]

I was there i saw this uniform guy scratching his cork.

[killersinz]

wat is change of guard thing

[Nanquk]

Wads COG for??

[timothyngim]

Why is there an ang moh at the beginning of the video calling out something weird?? Or rather someone with an ang moh tone

[timothyngim]

muku19, your officer is very good, letting you videotape the video. Or were you off-duty??

[noorazharyusof]

FUCK!!!! U GUYZ ROCK MAN!!!!!

[timothyngim]

Wat does SPDS stand for?? Singapore Police Defence Squad??

[EeRiEtAtInGbOi]

Silent Precision Drill Squad...

[timothyngim]

Yah, I found that out ady

[emptyangel]

I feel we should have the change of guard like Britain has. :D

[muku19]

this was in year 2003...bro

[tongtanki]

sorry what year was this?

[tongtanki]

what is this? I was from the band

[timothyngim]

The music at the beginning of the march is beautiful. Too bad this video was cut up like dunno wat liddat ady.

[gazarette]

oh my god! haha thts me in the band! haha..

[gothless]

Pride discipline Honour!

[donspore]

The drill is becoming poorer and poorer as the precision becomes lousier. Anyway, I was in the SPDS squad, and its feels sad to watch the current batch do it. I just miss the days where we have a lot of applause.

[ivyteooo]

When were you there? I was an instructor back in 1989.

[verydisappointed27]

yah.

drill is getting poorer and poorer.

the most unforgettable performance i witnessed was the one performed by the SPDS squad at the chinggay in 1998.

IMO that one really no horse run.

[hakimsopiak]

because that year new what!

[Mathosaur]

I had seen the precision drill since 1986. The drills have been quite the same since then - 20 years later. Time for a change!!!

[JimmyEmden]

niceee....how come not the whole ceremony ??

[muku19]

haha...it will be a too big file..anyway if u want to see this u can..it happens every first sun of the month at HMV..go n catch it

[dennisyong]

wat time is the parade

[ahtong81]

sure anot i dun think so

[kaiyuumz]

coool