Hi editor, I am writing in to tell you about my friend who has met a near death experience during a static jump exercise last year. He does not want to write in himself as he is afraid of getting into trouble with the higher ups. However, he feels that this story has to get out.
He is a NSF whose unit went to Taiwan last year for a static jump exercise. This was going to be his last jump before he get his silver wings. After he jumped out of the plane, his parachute malfunctioned. His parachute didn't open up fully and he was falling without a functioning parachute. Luckily, at the last minute, he collided with his platoon mate in front of him and the chute miraculously opened. My friend was incredibly lucky to have just gotten away with a swollen elbow from this whole traumatizing incident.
After he landed, he was in a daze while his Enciks and other officers questioned what happened to him.
We only hear about the safety breaches when someone dies while in service. But these are the stories that get swept under the rug. Are we really doing the best we can to ensure the safety of our soldiers? Will things truly get better after the death of local actor Aloysius Pang?
Editors note: There has been too many safety breaches of late. Like our contributor said, we only hear about the safety breaches when someone dies. What about those that we do not hear about? Is there more that can be done?
