PALAPES Training: Jalan Laju 5km with FSMO

Wa, after holiday for so long, I’m here finally turn on to PALAPES (Pasukan Latihan Pegawai Simpanan) training. Coincidently Battalion PALAPES just changed OC, then new OC of course got new way to train us la. Commonly, PALAPES training will do it twice a month, everytime is saturday and Sunday, then everyday training from 6am to 7pm. On 17 March 2012(Saturday), after the tiring physical training(PT), we got military class, staffs taught us how to build a hammock.  As a soldier, build a hammock is just the basic. For other universities, having a class in a classroom very common, but in UPNM, having class in the jungle is very common. Behind our hostel got one “Survival Village”, we used to climb up there for our military class.

~Example of hammock done by staffs~

For the evening session, we get one bag pack and webbing set for every people. Because we got “Ujian Jalan Laju 5km” on the next day. “ Jalan Laju 5km” is an activity that we need to walk very fast with Full Set Marching Order(FSMO). We almost like run, FSMO means wearing full loreng, marching spike boots, with webbing set, then the harder part is we need to put on the bag pack filled with 5kg of sand, deng deng deng deng…..and we need to hold a steyr weight 3.6kg along us. I don’t have 5kg’s sand, so I borrowed from cadet. Coincidently cadets got outing that week, so when I get the sand from the cadet, I get one murtabak ayam at 12am leh..When the food comes, my stomach of course be the happiest one, haha. Thank You.

~Murtabak~

My bagpack filled with 5kg’s sand and webbing set, ready to walk fast fast looo…..

Early in the morning on the next day, 5am waiting at the store to draw steyr. Then all the PAPAPES gathered at field before start the activity.

~See,everbody waiting to start under the hot sun, this event included juniors,inters and seniors~

We walked by Company, divided into 4company: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta. The duration to pass the test is to reach the finishing line within 50mins. This activity quite challenging, it challenge our group work, the cooperation between members. Got few ladies not so fit, they can’t manage to walk fast with 5kg’s sand and steyr, so guys helped them to carry their bag pack or steyr. That time already around 10am, everybody look exhausted on the way back to finishing line. My company passed the test..hahaha..Thanks for cooperation from everybody of you.

~I’m from Company Delta, hooray~

~Tired expression after the event~

Written on 8 April 2012