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The Straits Times Budget debate: SAF to review PES medical classification system to let more NSmen take on operational roles The Singapore Armed Forces is looking at using functional assessments to determine enlistees deployability in specific vocations.PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO https://str.sg/JVWF They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. ....
March 01, 2021 Lianhe Zhaobao SINGAPORE - More national service enlistees will soon be able to take on operational roles within the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), regardless of medical fitness, as the organisation reviews the way it classifies their fitness for different vocations. This is as the SAF introduces new vocations and redesigns existing ones in response to a changing threat environment, such as having cyber specialists to protect key digital networks and systems, Senior Minister of State for Defence Heng Chee How said during the debate over the Ministry of Defence s (Mindef) budget on Monday (March 1). We are redesigning our Medical Classification System (MCS) and the Physical Employment Standard (PES) System to shift away from the binary classification of combat-fit versus non-combat-fit deployment, he said. ....