SHOALWATER BAY, Queensland: When Daniel Lim travelled to Australia in the 1990s to participate in his first overseas military training exercise during National Service (NS), he never anticipated returning almost three decades later with his son in tow.
The younger Lim is of similar age – 20 – as his father was back then. But naturally, everything else is not quite the same.
Yet it will be a far cry from SLTC Daniel's maiden participation in the Singapore Armed Forces ’ largest unilateral overseas exercise, back in 1994. Exercise Wallaby was in its infancy then, with the first iteration held just four years earlier. And mobile phones were non-existent. The going was tough but it paid off in the end. From not even managing to do a single push-up, Dylan struck gold at his most recent IPPT where he did 60 within a minute.
Before leaving, he also told his son about the erratic weather conditions at Shoalwater Bay, where it can get intensely hot during the day but very cold at night. “But today the SAF, we really do train very safely. There are safety protocols, safety distance between vehicles," he said. “So if encounter dust clouds, if they impede visibility, they have been asked to stop until the clouds settle before we resume training.”
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