my school cadet was under Rejimen Ke-2 Kor Armor Diraja..... almost every weeks has to go back to school to learn kawat and basic military stuff..... everyone will get 2 sets of uniform.... makan minum and transport all covered by Kor Armor.... they send army truck to pick us to camp and once a while they will send us back to school in armored vehicles... so, naik Samba and congo like naik bas that time.... we have chance to touch and feel all sort of weapons from 9mm to FN MAG... but M16A1 is the one we used the most...kawat also using it.. while in camp, during break time...we can chat with abang abang there and we can panjat any armored vechiles at Rejimen Ke-2 Armor Diraja...

once awhile also we will train with Afats (Armed Force Apprentice Trade School)....

i will not say it is sort of enlistment like askar wataniah... more like school curriculum whereby ppl can pull out anytime... my school has PKBM (Pasukan Kadat Bersatu Malaysia), another high school is Kadet Polis.....




Hidup Armor....

after the last major Nuri's accident (i think la) back in 2007 where a nuri was crash and killed 6 peronnel on board when it was on the way to kuantan... ppl already indirectly called it "the flying coffin"... it took SAR team days to locate the wreckage and with help from a US Navy's Sea Hawk Helicopter...

30 delivered since 1969 to rmaf. 18 had crashed since then until 2007... i think we had few crashes after 2007 till now..

Chronology of Nuri crashes and near misses since 1969.

April 25, 1969 - First Nuri crash when four RMAF men were killed in Kuching, Sarawak.

March 11, 1972 - Another four men were killed in a crash in Gambang, Pahang.

April 26, 1976 - 11 crew and passengers were killed when a Nuri was brought down by communist fire in Gubir, Kedah.

July 19, 1980 - A Nuri crashed near Ipoh, Perak but 18 people survived.

April 25, 1981 - Two RMAF men were killed and 13 others escaped with injuries when a Nuri crashed near the Kuching Airport in Sarawak.

July 11, 1981 - A Nuri crashed near Batu Melintang, Perak. 11 people survived.

Nov 14, 1989 - 21 people perished in a crash between Gunung Gerah and Gunung Bilah on the Kelantan- Perak border.

Dec 18, 1989 - 16 men were killed in a crash near Sungai Lundu, Sarawak.

Aug 28, 1990 - 9 men training for Merdeka celebration survived an emergency landing near Rawang, Selangor.

Jan 16, 1991 - A Nuri from Sungai Besi to Kluang made an emergency landing in Kampung Parit Zin, Muar, Johor. 12 men cheated death.

June 10, 1991 - 6 men were killed when a Nuri crashed and exploded in Banding, Perak.

July 11, 1991 - 7 men were killed when a Nuri crashed during landing also in Banding, Perak.

Oct 16, 1996 - 2 men were killed when a Nuri crashed in Muka Head, Penang.

March 19, 1997 - 11 RMAF men were killed when two Nuris crashed near Gunung Lumaku, Sipitang in Sabah.

March 5, 2004 - 2 men were killed in a crash in Taman Udara, Butterworth.

March 30, 2004 - 3 pilots survived an emergency landing in Bukit Kalam near Labuan, Sabah.

Aug 15, 2004 - 3 men were killed in a crash at Long Seridan, Sarawak.

July 13, 2007 - 6 RMAF personnel perished when a Nuri crashed at Genting Sempah, Pahang. Their bodies were recovered four days later.

i say that's the chronology of 18 crashes from 1969 until 2007 and i did mention " i think we had few crashes after 2007 till now.." maybe not major or emergency landing, etc

after Nuri's 18th crash in 2007.... someone did say the samething..will replace...will replace...