Responding to the tragedy of military training-related death
Fatalities as a result of military training is always regrettable. If the armed forces is to be credible and effective in war, military training has to tough and realistic. It means that fatalities as a result of military training may be unavoidable. Nevertheless, in a peacetime armed forces, it is...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-826682020-11-01T06:45:18Z Responding to the tragedy of military training-related death Loo, Bernard Fook Weng S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science Fatalities as a result of military training is always regrettable. If the armed forces is to be credible and effective in war, military training has to tough and realistic. It means that fatalities as a result of military training may be unavoidable. Nevertheless, in a peacetime armed forces, it is important to remember that these fatalities still represent the ultimate sacrifice that a citizen-soldier, and his family that survives him, makes. The country therefore has to be demonstrably sorrowful and grateful for this sacrifice. 2016-02-25T07:18:55Z 2019-12-06T15:00:01Z 2016-02-25T07:18:55Z 2019-12-06T15:00:01Z 2008 Commentary Loo, B. F. W. (2008). Responding to the tragedy of military training-related death. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 065). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82668 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40146 en RSIS Commentaries, 065-08 Nanyang Technological University 3 p. application/pdf |
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Fatalities as a result of military training is always regrettable. If the armed forces is to be credible and effective in war, military training has to tough and realistic. It means that fatalities as a result of military training may be unavoidable. Nevertheless, in a peacetime armed forces, it is important to remember that these fatalities still represent the ultimate sacrifice that a citizen-soldier, and his family that survives him, makes. The country therefore has to be demonstrably sorrowful and grateful for this sacrifice. |
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