NYAA Skills Entries 4 (Drills)

Date: 8th October 2010
Duration: 4 hours

The month of October was full of revisions, to prepare us for a test on the 3rd week of the month. Today, we did a mass revision of all the rifle drills we have done so far, refining them. These drills included ‘rusok senjata’, ‘hormat senjata’, ‘turun senjata’, ‘baring senjata’, ‘angkat senjata’, and many more. We split ourselves up into two rows, by which we stood facing each other as we executed drills, so as to point out each other’s mistakes. We ended the training confident in our execution of all the rifle drills we have learnt so far.

Date: 15th October 2010
Duration: 4 hours

Today, we took turns to command the squad the drills we revised last week. Every 10 minutes, the person taking the squad would change, and at each person’s turn, he would have to give the squad commands such as ‘hormat senjata’, ‘julang senjata’ and ‘angkat senjata’. We shouted the commands out loudly and clearly, and we ended giving each other feedback, so that we could improve our drill standards before the test next week.

Date: 22nd October 2010
Duration: 4 hours

Today was our 2nd Class Drill Badge Test. An Honorary Officer came down to our school to conduct the test. We stood proudly in the parade square, as one by one; we stepped forward, commanded the squad, executed the tested drills, and stepped back into the squad. It is safe to say that all the hard work and revisions paid off, as all of us in the Squad Arcainez managed to pass the test!

Date: 29th October 2010
Duration: 4 hours

Today, we learned how to turn on the march and wheeling on the march, both with our rifles. Just like when we first marched with our rifles, it was difficult adapting to it with the rifles we were carrying. At first, we were unco-ordinated and were very awkward, but soon we got the hang of it and spent the next hour refining and perfecting our movements as a squad. By using clear, efficient timings we managed to perfect our movements and turnings.
For the next hour we revised all our static rifle drills like “hormat” and “rusok”. As we had spent a few weeks practicing we were very co-ordinated and executed the drills well. By taking turns to command the squad we were able to keep the drill commands fresh in our minds.
At the end of the training we felt we had accomplished much as together we had refined our previous drills and learnt new ones.

Date: 6th November 2010
Duration: 4hours

Today, we revised al the rifle drills we had learned so far. We spent an hour and half refining the drills such as the more difficult ones like “hormat” and “julang”. Each of us took it in turn to command the squad so as to help each other memorise the drill commands and to execute the drill commands perfectly. Also, we practiced among ourselves and pointed out our individuals’ mistakes so as to help one another perfect the drills.
We spent the other hour and half refining our marching, turning, wheeling and hentak. We took it in turns to shout out the timings so that everyone would know the precise timings and also looked out for individual mistakes. We perfected our movements for the rest of the time, pointing our each other’s mistakes so that we could learn from them.
AT the end of the training, we reflected upon our overall performance as a squad and felt that we had improved a lot in our rifle drills and marching.

Date: 12th November 2010
Duration: 4hours

Today, we revised all the drills we have done for the past weeks. For 2 hours we took in turns to take the squad and command the rifle drills, pointing out one another’s mistakes to perfection. Slowly, we perfected our own individual performance according to the timings given and by the end of the 2 hours we had successfully performed perfect rifle drills as a squad without timings. We felt we had made a big accomplishment in our performance.
For the next 2 hours, we worked on our marching. Each of us took in turn to command the squad in the turning or wheeling and also changed the timers regularly to ensure everyone could shout out co-ordinated timings. We worked on our marching for the rest of the time, perfecting our coordinated movements as a squad so that by the end of the duration we could march and execute the turnings, hentak and wheeling without timing.
All in all, we felt we had accomplished and achieved a lot by this training. Together we had perfected our drills and refined our marching.

Date: 19th November 2010
Duration: 4 hours

Today, we did the same thing as last week, taking turns to command the squad and correcting our squad mates’ mistakes. We also practiced more marching. After this whole NYAA drills, we had a few takeaways. Doing drills together as a squad made us more bonded and at the same time it was an enjoyable process. We managed to perfect our rifle drills and also had fun. We learnt that teamwork is very important in drills. We had to co-ordinate with each other to have a uniform bang, as even 1 person who is not in sync will make the drills imperfect. We also had to look out for one another’s mistake and correct them in order to help each other improve and ultimately, increase the standard of our squad.

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NYAA Skills Entries 2 (Drills)

Date: 6th August 2010
Duration: 4 hours

Today, we started learning this new set of drills, which is rifle drills. For rifle drills, we use dummy 5.56mm M-16 rifles to learn, practice and master these drills.
First of all, we have to learn the basic rifle drills starting with ‘sedi-a’ and ‘senang di-ri’ with the rifle. It was simple, so we mastered within a short time.
Then, it was ‘rusok senja-ta’ from ‘sedi-a’. This particular drill was difficult to grasp, as we had to flick the rifle up from the ground and hold it with both hands at the same time. The main problem was that most of us could not grab with both hands at the same time, but instead ‘transferred’, which means grabbing the rifle with one hand at a time.
This drill took some time to learn and even more to practice, especially with that ‘transferring’ problem. At the end of this drill session, most of us finally managed to execute this drill properly.

Date: 13th August 2010
Duration: 4 hours

Today, we revised the rifle drills we have learnt for the previous training and found out that a lot of us seemed to have lost the momentum of the drills. So, we took quite some time to practice them as ‘Practice makes Perfect’. We improved significantly in terms of coordination and swiftness in executing the drill, after this revision and drill practice.
Then, we learnt another new rifle drill, ’hormat senja-ta’, which is to salute. This particular drill had many steps and parts to it, so it takes time for all of us to remember at heart and learn this drill. We practised by parts first, so as to have a good grasp of the different steps. Finally, we managed to perform this drill fully, but there is definitely much more space for improvement.
We practised this drill for quite some time, before finally having mastered this complex drill.

Date: 20th August 2010
Duration: 4 hours

Today, we revised the rifle drills we have learnt so far. Although most of us were able to execute the drill, there was still room for improvement. We practised and improved significantly in terms of coordination and precision in executing the drill.
We learnt another rifle drill, which is the ‘turun senja-ta’ from ‘hormat senja-ta’. It is to bring the rifle from salute down to the ground. This, just like the ‘hormat senja-ta’, is quite complex, as it has a lot of steps. We first learnt by parts and finally as a whole. Nobody can ever master a drill just by executing once, so we continued practising this drill.
Also, we learnt ‘turun senja-ta’ from ‘rusok senja-ta’. It is relatively simpler to learn and everyone was able to execute it in a matter of time. Finally, after practising all the rifle drills learnt so far, we were able to execute them very well.

Date: 27th August 2010
Duration: 4 hours

Today, after revising on rifle drills learnt so far, we practised marching with the rifle. We were to take note of minor details such as to avoid dragging our feet, to land on our heels and coordinating our arm swings.
Although we were able to march properly free-hand, without the rifle, but with the rifle, the marching experience was different. It took quite some time for us to adapt and we finally managed to march with the rifle well enough, though not a hundred percent perfect, at the end of the day.

Date: 3th September 2010
Duration: 4 hours

Today, we revised the rifle drills that we have learnt, as usual, and practised marching with the rifle. After we were perfect, we learnt two new related rifle drills, ‘baring senja-ta’ and ‘angkat senja-ta’.
The drill ‘baring senja-ta’ is to place the rifle down to the ground from ‘sedi-a’ position. It takes some time to learn and practise till perfect, as we tend to slam the rifle down on the ground, though supposed to place it down gently and silently. There were also some difficulties in trying to place the rifle straight in position. We practised for some time and managed to execute this drill with coordination and accuracy.
Next is ‘angkat senja-ta’. It is to pick up the rifle from the ground after ‘baring senja-ta’. This was not as difficult as ‘baring senja-ta’, because there was only a problem of not being able to reach the rifle on the ground. We took a couple of minutes to learn, and we practised many times before being perfect in this drill.

Date: 10th September 2010
Duration: 4 hours

Today, we practised the drills we have learnt, especially concentrating those newer ones, as the older ones are always used and had always being practised, such that we had no problems with them.
We were taught a new rifle drill this training, ‘julang senja-ta’. It is to bring the rifle from ‘rusok senja-ta’ to high port. We have to bring the rifle up in front of the chest and hold it with the magazine pointing forwards. This was simple to learn, but there were mistakes to be corrected, such as not pointing the magazine forward. Most of us mastered this drill at the end of this drills session.

Date: 17th September 2010
Duration: 4 hours

Today, we went straight into learning two new rifle drills. First was ‘aleh senja-ta’, for changing the rifle from ‘rusok senja-ta’ position on the left to the right. It is also similar for the reverse action back to ‘rusok senja-ta’ position. After learning and practising, this easy-to-grasp drill was within our hands.
Second was ‘bimbit senja-ta’, for bringing the rifle down from ‘rusok senja-ta’ to hold the carrying handle. This drill was simple to catch, but the only problem was that some of us did not hold the rifle straight pointing forwards. This mistake took some time of practise to correct till we were perfect in this particular drill.
These two drills, though simple, took some time to practise, before we proceeded to revising all the other rifle drills until the end of training.

Date: 24th September 2010
Duration: 4 hours

Today, we firstly did all the other non-rifle drills that we have learnt. Then, we combined all the rifle drills we have learnt and practised it to mastery, and did with marching drills, such as marching at ‘julang senja-ta’ position.
This session was to practise and master all the drills we have learnt so far, so that our squad can execute drills proficiently with coordination, accuracy and swiftness by the end of training.

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NYAA Skills Entries 1 (Drills)

Date: 4th June 2010
Duration: 4 hours

To prepare us for the school 134th speech day parade, Squad Arcainez was taught flag drills. Cadet Inspectors (CIs) and Honorary Officer (HO) were the in-charge of the trainings. On 23th june 2010, we learnt static drill, including Sedia (attention) and selang diri (at ease). Beside learning how to execute these dills precisely, we learn the correct way of handling our flags, such as the griping of flag poles before retiring for the day.

Date: 11th June 2010
Duration: 4 hours

On 1st July 2010, we continued with our flag drill trainings. As warming up activity, we started off with the static drills we learnt on 4th June 2010. However, some of us had forgotten the correct way of executing the drills and for the benefit of cadets who had missed training on 4th June 2010, the instructors decided to re-teach the drills.

Date: 18th June 2010
Duration: 4 hours

Similar to 11th June 2010, we started off with static drills. Thankfully, we managed to execute them pretty well. To further improve our drills, we spent 3 hours perfecting them and during the last 1 hour, the contingent was introduced to rusok senja ta (shoulder arms). We learnt the uses of it and managed to practise it for a while.

Date: 25th June 2010
Duration: 4 hours

On 25th June, we started off with rusok senja ta. However, some cadets had difficulties in executing it. Thankfully, instructors were there to guide the squad. It was not long before the entire contingent managed to do it properly. Though all can execute it, there were still rooms for improvement and coordination between squad mates are needed, therefore, we dedicated the rest of the day practicing and by the end of the day, most of them were able to execute the drills precisely.

Date: 2nd July 2010
Duration: 4 hours

On 2nd July, we were introduced to turun senja ta (order arms). Similar to rusok, we first learnt the theoretical aspect of it before moving on to the practical session. As turun senja ta has many parts and timing, the contingent was at a loss in the first place. It was only until the end of the day before the squad managed to catch the gist of this drill.

Date: 9th July 2010
Duration: 4 hours

As per normal, we continued with the practicing of turun senja ta. Besides practicing in a contingent, we broke up into small squad to facilitate learning and true enough, improvement can be seen within individuals. However, for some reasons, the contingent still lacked coordination and in order to solve the problem, we formed back into the contingent and with numerous practices, we managed to execute the drill perfectly as a contingent.


Date: 16th July 2010
Duration: 4 hours

On 16th July 2010, the contingent began practicing marching. Though we had marched in numerous parades before, this was our first time marching with a flag, and indeed, many of us were not having an easy time when the flag covered our face while marching. As usual, the only solution to this problem is to keep on practicing.

Date: 23rd July 2010
Duration: 4 hours

On 23rd July 2010, the contingent continued with marching. Besides that, we had a mock parade to
ensure everyone knows where is their exact position and so that markings can be done. Basically, 23rd July 2010 was a day of intensive drill trainings. Adjustment of flags was also done on that day to prepare for the actual day. Instructors were present to supervise the flag training.

Date: 30th July 2010
Duration: 4.5 hours

It was similar for 30th July 2010, another day of intensive drills session. A mock parade was once again conducted. Duration of training was extended to 4.5 hours so as to prepare even better for the actual parade as that was our final training session. Much revision was also done on that day, starting from static drill, to rusok and senja and finally to marching. By the end of the day, Squad Arcainez has managed to reach the level of executing any parts of the flag drills.

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NYAA Skills - Long Lost Entry 12/9

Date: 12/9/08
Duration: 2h
Participants: All

As usual, we divided our squad into two groups. One group would take the Sec 1 and Sec 2s for drills while the other group will practise on rifle drills. The Sec 1s did foot drills while the Sec 2s did baton drills. Overall, every squad improved in their respective drills.

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NYAA Skills - GOH Entries

GOH Entries

Date: 16/6/08
Duration: 4 h
Participants: All

Today, we had our first training to prepare ourselves for speech day which will be held in august. As we are part of the GOH contingent, we need to start training much earlier so that our drills are up to standard. We practiced rifle drills required for the speech day parade such as ‘rusok senjata’, ’homat senjata’ and ‘turun senjata’. Although most of us were able to execute the drill, there was still room for improvement.

Date: 20/6/08
Duration: 4 h
Participants: All

Today, we practised rifle drills for the whole training as our drills were not yet up to standard. We improved significantly at the end of the day, in terms of coordination and swiftness in executing the drill.

Date: 27/6/08
Duration: 6 h
Participants: All

Today, after revising on rifle drills, we practised marching. We told to take note of minor details such as not to drag our feet, land on our heels and coordinating our arm swings. Most of us were able to do marching drills properly at the end of the day.

Date: 4/7/08
Duration: 6 h
Participants: All

Today, we practised on ‘turning on the march’ drills. We were told to turn on the spot and how each row should coordinate their footsteps. Most of us managed to do turning drills properly at the end of the training.

Date: 11/7/08
Duration: 6 h
Participants: All


As speech day was nearing, we tried out the parade format and worked on errors we made, like stopping on the wrong spot and not following the drum beat. We also had to coordinate our arm swing during marching and turn at the correct time and place. Overall, we improved slightly but there can still be more improvements.

Date: 18/7/08
Duration: 6 h
Participants: All

Today, our training was basically split into two parts. The rifle drills were done on the first part while we carried out the parade two or three times on the second part. This was to refresh our drills and prepare us for the upcoming speech day.

Date: 25/7/08
Duration: 6 h
Participants: All

After trying out the full dress rehearsal with other uniform groups, we practised on rifle drills and marching. Most of us were prepared for speech day and our drills were up to standard.

Date: 2/8/08
Duration: 6 h
Participants: All

After ensuring that our uniforms are in tip-top condition, we practised rifle drills as a warm up for the parade later on. The parade went on smoothly and the teacher officers were pleased with our performance.

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NYAA Skills - Muster Parade Format

Date: 28/11/08
Duration: 1.5 hours
Participants: All

Today, we learnt the format of the muster parade which is to be conducted on a weekly basis. Firstly, CI Lucas explained the procedure of the muster parade. After briefly trying it out, we went to the parade square and did a mock muster parade. Overall, this is a good practice as conducting a muster parade is part of the 'first class drill badge test'.

This is the format of the muster parade:

[Command - done by commanders]
["Command" - shouted by commanders]


Parade Commander

1. Sedia
2. -Bring drill cane under left armpit-
9. Salute
10. Sedia
13. Salute
14. Sedia
15. Kekanan puseng
16. - Marches to officer -
17. Berhenti
19. Salute
20. Sedia
21. -Moves forward one step.-
22. "Good afternoon sir. Permission to start the muster parade sir."
23. -Waits for reply-
24. "Thank you sir"
25. -Moves backward one step.-
26. Salute
27. Kekanan puseng
28. -Marches back to original position.-
29. Berhenti
30. "Baris dalam buka barisan kekanan lurus"
49. kebelakan puseng
50. "Baris ta'at sedia"
51. Ta'at sedia
52. Recites NPCC pledge
53. Sedia
54. "Baris sedia"
56. -Marches to officer.-
57. Berhenti
58. Salute
59. -Moves forward one step.-
60. "Good afternoon sir. Permission to end the muster parade sir."
61. -Waits for reply.-
62. "Thank you sir."
63. -Moves back one step.-
64. Salute
65. Kekanan puseng
66. -Marches back to original position.-
67. Berhenti
68. "Baris dalam tutup barisan kekanan lurus"
69. "Pandang kehadapan pandang"
70. "Baris keluar baris"
71. Keluar baris


Parade 2IC

1. Sedia
2. -Bring drill cane under left armpit-
3. Kebelakan puseng
4. "Baris sedia"
5. "Baris senangdiri"
6. "Baris sedia"
7. "Baris diam"
8. Kebelakan puseng
9. Salute
10. Sedia
11. -Moves forward one step-
12. -Moves backward one step-
13. Salute
14. Sedia
15. Kekanan puseng
16. - Marches to left-marker-
17. Berhenti
18. Kekanan puseng
31. kekiri puseng
32. "Diam diam barisan kehadapan"
33. kekiri puseng
34. -Marches to second row.-
35. Berhenti
36. kekanan puseng
37. "Diam diam barisan tenga"
38. kekiri puseng
39. -Marches to third row.-
40. Berhenti
41. "Diam diam barisan kebelakan"
42. kekiri puseng
42. -Marches to Sec 2 squad-
43. -Repeats step 31 to 41-
44. kekanan puseng
45. -Marches back to Sec 3 squad-
46. Berhenti
47. kekanan puseng
48. "Pandang kehadapan pandang"
51. Ta'at sedia
52. Recites NPCC pledge
55. Sedia
71. Keluar baris

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NYAA Drills - 20/11/08

Date: 20/11/08
Participants: All except Wei Xuan
Duration: 1 hour

On ROD, the Sec 4s held their final parade. There was some confusion as some of us forgot the format of the parade. The Sec 1s did not know the dressing drills as they lacked practice.

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NYAA Drills - 7/11/08

Date: 7/11/08
Participants: All except Sylvester
Duration: 2 hours

Some of us took the sec 1s for drills today. We revised the basics and trained them in more marching. They had some problems coordinating their arm swings initially but they improved gradually. Overall, they made some improvements.

The rest of us practised our rifle drills. We also practised some marching. This was to prepare ourselves for the upcoming first class drill badge.

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NYAA Drills - 17/10/08

Date: 17/10/08
Participants: All
Duration: 3 hours

To prepare us for the 2nd class drill badge test next week, we did a quick revision on baton drills. We were told to take note of minor details when executing the drill such as holding the baton at 45 degrees in 'homat' position. We also practised on rifle drills and marching. In addition, we revised the full command of turning drills and the entire sizing drill.

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Skills Section 23/10/08 (4h)

Diary entry:

We took our 2nd class drill badge test today. We started off with rifle drills, followed by the giving of commands and baton drills after that. It was a good revision, especially for the baton drills (which we had not done for a long time).

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Reviving all the lost posts -.-

Skills session 1 15/8/08 2h

Diary entry: To prepare us for the ROD parade, some of us took the sec1 cadets for drills while some others took the sec2 cadets. The rest of the sec3 caedets pracitised rifle drills. The sec2 cadets maintained their drill standards while the sec1 cadets learned a new drill

Skills session 2 22/8/08 1h

Diary entry: After taking attendance, some of us took the sec1 cadets while some others took the sec2 cadets. The sec3 cadets revised their baton and rifle drills. The revision is to prepare for the upcoming ROd parade. The sec2 maintained their drill standards, while the sec1s still showed an evident weak foundation in the area of drills.

Skills section3 28/8/08 2h

Diary entry: After attendance taking, the normal routine of ICs taking their respective sec2 and sec1 squads resumed. The sec3 cadets were given a simple test to ensure that they knew the rifle drills very well. The sec2 and sec1 cadets showed a marked improvement for their drills.

Skills section4 5/9/08 2h

Diary entry: The sec2 and sec1 cadets started off their drill session with a surprise test by us to identify the better ones and to help the weaker ones get more help and assistance on their drills. This activity proved to help the sec2s and sec1s better in our bid to improve their drill standard.

Physical recreation1 22/8/08 3h

Diary entry: Today, we started off by playing a simple passing game called "1-touch". Everyone had to use only 1 touch to pass the ball to another person, this would continue on until someone fails to do so and the game restarts agin. The main objective of this is to train everybody's passing skills. Then we proceeded on to "monkey". In this game everyone would stand in a circle and there would be 1 "monkey" in the middle. The people on the outside have to try and pass the ball to one another continuously and the "monkey" would have to try and intercept the ball. When this happens, the last person would be the "monkey". Lastly, we had a soccer match and the final score was 2-0.

Physical recreation 2 28/8/08 3h

Diary entry: We started off by playing a very simple game of passing among everybody to warm up. Then we proceedded on to our usual game of "monkey". Before the match. we then had another game of shooting at the goal. Then we had a match which resulted in a final score of 6-1.

Physical recreation 3 5/9/08 3h

Diary entry: The match started first today and the score was 7-2. Our friends who left for IP also came back and joined us for this match. Then we proceeded on to shooting at the goal. Then we had another short match and the score was 2-2.

Physical recreation 4 12/9/08 2h

Diary entry: Today we started off by having a match and the score was 7-1. Then to cool down, we practised passing among ourselves in a cirlce.

Physical recreation 5 17/10/08 3h

Diary entry: Having mastered our passing skills already, we then carried on with crossing. For a start, we practiced crossing the ball to our partner at a distance away from us. We did very well for first timers at this activities. Then we had a match after our exams and the score was 4-1.

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