explosiveskull:

Abeg which kind of gun is that soldier in the second picture holding, what kind of bullets are those? Are they for killing humans or shredding them?

ugo4u:
Another person received a text yesternight for DSSC....
Keep the faith...

ugo4u:

It's true sir!

ugo4u:

With what I gathered, there is a supplementary list for both DSSC/SSC, from which they could use to call up candidates but this is dependent on the turnout of the guys on the main list. Last year SMS where sent out to some people for SSC because of the low turnout whether that will be the case this time around I can't tell.

orient53:
Oh mehn. I don taya... Since morning I've been begging everyone on this post for SSC list (Akwa Ibom), just because i couldn't find the punch, all to no avail. I can't kill myself (thanks for nothing tho), tomorrow is a good day already!

Congrats to those who've seen their names.

orient53:
Oh mehn. I don taya... Since morning I've been begging everyone on this post for SSC list (Akwa Ibom), just because i couldn't find the punch, all to no avail. I can't kill myself (thanks for nothing tho), tomorrow is a good day already!

Congrats to those who've seen their names.

Teerach:

Please SSC Bayelsa

MazzyKing:


We understand the stress you went through. Would appreciate if you could post the Kogi DSSC list. I've tried checking punchng online, nothing of such is on there. I don't have access to a newspaper vendor rn. Thanks

pappydeewhy:
pls I beg you I. the name of God only Osun dssc

ogoshisadiq:
Please assist me with that of Nasarawa both ssc and dssc. Thanks

Abbasumaru:


No vex, assist me with only Edo State DSSC please

odimbannamdi:
Gentlemen,

Its been a while I commented here. I have been on the sidelines reading the interesting discourse and banters going on since registration began. It is impressive to see that our morale is as high as ever.

In my usual attitude of giving back to Nairaland, the community that has helped me achieve most of my professional/career feats, I want to drop a few nuggets culled from my attendance of the SSC course 44 and course 45 screening exercise.

1. Don’t burn those bridges: With the registration period over, a lot of lobbying is going on at the higher echelon and big men will assure candidates of making the first shortlistment. I repeat, even if your godfather is the COAS, don’t get your hopes overly high. It is not 100% sure for anybody. Go on and pursue the goals of your current career path, while you wait/hope for the best.

Apply for those other jobs, keep being serious with your present employment, write that certification exam, apply for that study program, pick that postgraduate form.

The first shortlistment for 2016 came out the week I was to purchase the Unilag postgraduate form, which happened to be last week the form would be on sale. When I saw my name in the list, I didn’t even bother buying the form anymore as I was so sure of making final list. But alas, I didn’t get in, and I also didn’t make that educational advancement I would have loved as well. I lost out on both ends

2. It is better to be overqualified: This is to our DSSC aspirants, most especially. Get those extra certifications, whether they were requested for or not, and as long as they are relevant to your course. The competition for DSSC is fierce and you need all the leverage that you can get

3. You are a soldier. Zero your mind: Whether you get in via DSSC or SSC, or you are a male or female, you are first a soldier before anything else. Insurgency, violence and terrorism is not stopping anytime soon. Read the news. So zero your mind and be ready for the worst as you embark on this journey

4. Passion is not enough. Is this really your calling?: Everybody attributes their interest in the Army to passion. Even I did. But trust me, it takes more than passion. It also involves it being God’s ultimate plan for you.

As you speak to the God of your realization regarding this journey every morning, appeal to Him to make it come to pass IF it is His perfect will for you. Otherwise, pray that it doesn’t work out and that He gives you the fortitude to move on, for your own sake and those of your loved ones. Apologies if I sound religious or sanctimonious, it just that I learnt a lot on this journey.

Let me indulge us

In 2016, I was evicted for having a flat foot, shortsightedness in my right eye and umbilical hernia. Read details here: https://www.nairaland.com/3319739/nairalanders-experience-army-ssc-course. Obviously, two of these defects are irreparable and a layman (and maybe a spiritual discerning eye) would have dismissed my military ambition based on them. But I thought they were just obstacles that I could surmount. So, in December 2017, under the encouragement of explosiveskull (brother, how have you been?) I went under the knife and repaired my umbilical hernia. I was ready for course 45.

In October or so, in 2018, course 45 form came out and I applied again. This time, I had very senior men strategically stationed to help me pull through. They all gave unflinching assurances of assistance. There were all indications that I was going to get in. You guys needed to see me at the airport, about to embark on the journey from Lagos to Abuja. My morale was roof-breaking. Signing was done at MS office, Abuja. Soldiers just dey pay me compliments as they thought I was a young officer, with my well-shaved face. From Abuja, I took off to NDA to report with very high morale!!

Barely 3 days into the screening exercise, on the night of the day we wrote our exam at Command Secondary School, NDA, I encountered a mysterious catastrophe.

We were on the parade ground, in the bone-chilling cold till around 11pm or so when we began filing up according to our states to go back to our hostels. Sergeant Dauda then ordered us to look around and pick up any dirt on the parade ground and dispose it off. Being from Abia state, Adamawa happened to be closest to us. A candidate from Adamawa state then picked up a PET bottle, and in a bid to dispose it off, he flung it towards me and it went straight into my left eye – my good eye.

The force was so much that I lost vision in the eye immediately. My life replayed before me in split seconds and I saw my loving family and fiancée, and colleagues at the office. I wondered how I was going to face them back home with one eye. I screamed and began begging them to take me to MRS, but the soldiers refused that an officer must sign for me to go for treatment. Sgt. Dauda thought I was pranking. He even gave me a dirty slap across my face for shouting, but when light was shone on the eye and saw it, he shouted. Two of my good friends had to hold me by the hand and led me back to the hostel as I am severely short-sighted in my right eye. I refused to look in the mirror at the hostel coz I knew the sight would haunt me forever. But people who saw the eye said my eyeball rescinded and my conjunctiva was blood red and sunken

That night, I couldn’t sleep. I wept like a baby. The Army dream didn’t matter to me anymore. I just wanted my vision back.

It was until the next morning I began to see little flickers of light. But I had now become acutely short-sighted in the affected eye because of what I later discovered to be an inflammation of my optic nerve due to the blunt trauma I suffered, plus my pupil was severely dilated that I was very photo-sensitive. My friend had to give me his sun-shades to protect the eye from light. I was in excruciating pain. For those of us who began course 45 screening from day 1, you will remember a big guy that wore dark shades the morning we began medicals. That was me.

So that morning we began medical screening and we were taken to Afaka in that long bus. Godfather was on ground to waive my flatfoot and blood pressure (which had now developed because of the incident). But they gave me some drugs for my eye and directed me to return the next day so that they will conduct screening on both eyes

The next morning, there was little to no improvement in the eye, plus I was now feeling very sick because of the pain I was passing through. I just couldn’t go on with exercise anymore. I needed to treat my eye before I lose it completely. So I dropped a note for the board that morning, carried my kaya and left NDA by 5am. I first went to National eye centre or so at NDA bypass, from there I returned to Lagos. Senior men are still angry with me, that I am a runaway cadet…lol.

I suffered that period and spent a lot of money treating the eye. The eye has improved, but it is a little smaller than the other one now; the pupil is still dilated, and I have to wear sunglasses when the sun is scorching and I occasionally see flashes of light from the corner of my eye. The eye consultant said I could be at risk of retinal detachment, but I pray it doesn’t deteriorate to that level. Amen.

In retrospect now, I think the Military wasn’t my calling at all. I was just being desperate, under the guise of passion, even though I was not doing badly in my civilian life. God placed those physical impediments (flatfoot and shortsightedness) to deter me from the career path, but I was very hellbent so He let that very mysterious incident happen to me. The question I kept asking myself was

- Why didnt that bottle hit me on the chin or forehead or nose or just somewhere else? It went straaaaaight into my eye. My eyelid wasn’t scratched one bit. Just straight in my eye
- Why did that incident happen a night to medical and not the next day so that I would at least do my eye test and move on?
- Why didn’t the bottle hit me in my already weak eye (right eye) so that the eye test would be done on the good eye and it will be assumed that I am shortsighted in my right eye because of the trauma?

Many many questions rampaging in my mind! But I suspect that if that incident hadn’t happen, I would have encountered a worse one during training and maybe on the job itself.

Before now, I doubt I ever pursued an ambition as resolutely as I pursued the Army ambition. I was not even up to the minimum age when i applied in 2016. For 5years of my life, I lived, breathed, dreamt the dream. I don’t exactly have regrets, I just feel sad that it ended the way it did.

In all, I have come to appreciate my life more.

Again, I apologize if I scared anyone. That wasn’t the intent of this tip. The aim is for you to do a lot of soul-searching as you embark on this journey

5. Move on. It is not the end of the world for you: In the next couple of weeks and months, the Army shortlistment will shatter a lot of hearts. The heartbreak will be worse than the one your first girl/boyfriend gave you, especially if you reached the final stage of the interview with high hopes but did not make final shortlistment. But try to move on, It is not the end of the world. Better things await you.

Finally, as I drop my pen, I want to render a heartfelt appreciation to Ugo4u. The benevolence of this young man transcends beyond the posts he makes here. His nature is just kind-hearted. I was stressed when I got into Kaduna, and he harboured me for a few hours. That evening, we even went to town to photocopy my documents before I entered NDA. Bro, I saw the sparkle in your eyes as you bade me farewell just when I boarded that bus to NDA. How you wished I got in. I apologize for not living up to your expectations, bro. The higher powers didn’t want me to. Please relay my regards to mumsy.

PS: I didn’t apply for course 46. The Army dream is now dead and buried. We have dreamt new dreams and we are now chasing them. For as many that applied, I wish you what I would have wished myself. For those who will eventually get in, I earnest pray that God preserves your life as you navigate through the uncertainties of this career.

Amen. This is so touching and geart breaking.....i hv been ff u frm wen u tell ur story abt ur experience in 2016 NA screening. Even tot u re among those passing out on sat dah is y u hv nt been active on dz forum lately..... I really hope and pray God take you beyond ur expectations in life. You really deserve more respectable and prosperous carrier

KODACK:


That's far but fair at the same time.

Sooner would be awesome, you Know

KODACK:



That's part of the training.

We have to make patients extra comfortable so that they would easily give us any information we request from them, and the only way to do that is to be either sarcastic or playful......

But when a female patient comes in with her husband or boyfriend, my seriousness fit boil water ....lol


No mind me brotherly.....the guy question dey funny Ni, and I had to do extra justice to help his situation.

Cheers sir

ugo4u:

I know universities do give TRCN certificate together with degree upon graduation, atleast with what hv seen from people around me. Abi is it college of education you attended?
That being said to get that cert is not a big deal now just submit your Kaya and pay 3k shikenan!.
However, its good you applied tukunna, pending when you sort things out, back it up with prayers. Making the shortlist is the Koko at this point all other things can be sorted out as far as pepper rest.

ugo4u:

You dey drop confirm sure odds.
Gentlemen and ladies our intelligence officer don decode Intels take it or leave it, but start saving enough cash for the Odyssey.
Them for leave this thing for Taraba or Kaduna na!!! make person enjoy home advantage. mtchew!!!!

eclipsehemmy:
na d number I dey reason o...... Abeg leave my number for me o...... Tho I rep Ogun state............

ugo4u:
RESTRICTED
Brothers in arms, as we all patiently wait for the day of Glory, each and everyone one of us should be prepared in all aspects not to get caught up in the heat of things like the biblical 5 foolish virgins.
Make sure you print out all printables or at worst save ur documents offline, because some people will just register without printing out the online forms pending when they are called. That could be disastrous because I believe the army will be looking for any slip to disqualify candidates because of the enormous application received thus far, judging from this years Air force registration, folks that didn't print out their photocards and other documents before the close of application are sweating their ass off cos the NAF have closed their portal kpatakpata even to print out forms is no longer possible. We should be wise our father's military haff learn badt thing..
This Signal should be passed down to all Divisions, Battalion and Units.

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Sheriff232:
my guy am fine,the job is very tasking but we have signed it,i lost login information for my former username,how are you brother?

ugo4u:

Hmmn!!! egbon calm down oo, this pressup of a thing just tire me wallahi, them say with practice I go improve wella. Me wey they manage 20 pushups come begin train hard to see if i go jack am reach atleast 30, brethren lo and behold after 1full week of constant pressup (Morning and night) I come depreciate for the number of pushups, to do 15 self de be me like say I carry 1 trailer of dangote cement, the only thing wey de give me joy be say I de comfortably cover a standard track 10 times in 15mins or less.
PS: make una no tell me to go download youtube videos of pressup oo, because the one when I being see follow there pattern nearly finish the 4 packs wen i de manage, right now na 2 packs remain and some of my guys de argue me say na my ribs de show

Cuteamigo1:
thank you sir. Lastly, i cant obtain the cert of state of origin. They keep telling me they have never heard of it. my question is can i use my local gov cert instead?

GenAnsahCinC:

If I chose not to see them I won't be home sick.

ugo4u:
Me wey don tire to see my people face, my family self don tire to see me, make army carry me throwey for Afghanistan self I go happy, just putting on that uniform alone is orgasmic.

GenAnsahCinC:

Lol. They are in this shithole. And I won't get to see them this year until 2020 Jan

GenAnsahCinC:




Ugo I think I shuold know u in person.
Have u applied for RC before and didn't make it and u went for modeling?

Now for ur qustns.

1. Boko hHaram weapons are more powerful than Nig Army weapons. Who no go no go know.

2. No.

3. The Eagle shows dat d officer or soldier is a paratooper.
For u to get dat Eagle. U attend paratoopers cousre and when u successfully jumped out of a moving plane five times at night the u will get the eagle.

4. Yes but not all will go. Its rotates.

5. Join the military or police

GenAnsahCinC:

if SSC45 form comes out this year, the would likely assume training dis year DEc or first week Jan next year..

GenAnsahCinC:


if u will not pass the maximum age at the time of training then go for it.

GenAnsahCinC:


no sir. It's more of lectures. No much of physical. Those guys are old people na. Their blood no carry for tough training

bintushop:
Make una no kill me o. It was for our own interest. Wot i said is not far from what d first guy said. All this info Gen is dishing out. We will still get them. So it's not bad if he please relax. His comments here is making the thread bulky.