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06 Dec 2019 | PEOPLE

COMMANDO PIONEER NSFS: "I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I…"

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// Photo by Chai Sian Liang

Don't mess with these Uncles, they're two of 1st Commando Battalion's very first full-time national servicemen! What was their first impression of the Red Berets? What made them say "yes" to becoming Commandos themselves? Find out what a 35-year-long brotherhood looks like!

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