Making The Cut: Guards Conversion Course
Making The Cut: Guards Conversion Course is a Singaporean documentary released in 2011. Filmed at the Bedok Camp. 122 soldiers from all walks of life attempt to survive the toughest challenge in 3 weeks to get the Guardsman tab. 7 episodes will be released. The first episode airs on 28 December 2011 on Youtube, subsequent episodes were released on Every Thursday, each clip lasted for 6 to 8 minutes.
The series was filmed by Lance Corporal (LCP) Jake Nam, a Full-Time National Serviceman from DMC. Mano Mahendran serves as narrator of the show.
Plot
To earn the Guardsman tab, all personals must endure this 3 weeks compulsory training, all 122 personals from all walks of life, from a ACTIVE regular to a NSF's 3SG, although not all will survive the training, but the toughest one will then be given the final honour and can be a highly-trained specialised troopers who are always "Ready to Strike".
The Trainees
Below are the cast in this documentary:
- 2LT Ng Li Bing - Guardsman
- 2LT Karan Kapoor - Guardsman
- 3SG Elamaran - Guardsman
- 3SG Alvin Lim - Guardsman
- 3SG Syahrul Nizam - Guardsman
- 3SG Chester Lim - Guardsman
- 3SG Hari Krishnan - Guardsman
- 3SG Tan Jun Wen - Guardsman
Their Trainers
- SLTC Clifford Keong - Commander, 7th Singapore Infantry Brigade
- MAJ Fredie Tan - Commanding Officer
- 3WO Johan Bin Kassim - Sergeant Major
- 1SG Devandran - Cadre/Trainer
- 1SG Alvin Thomas - Cadre/Trainer