{"id":44141,"date":"2026-04-13T15:28:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=44141"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:28:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:28:44","slug":"ns-medical-grading-system-to-change-from-october-2027-enlistment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=44141","title":{"rendered":"NS medical grading system to change from October 2027 enlistment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>With the changing nature of warfare, the concepts of combat-fit, non-combat fit and frontline units have been superseded by technologies and warfighting concepts, said Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing.<\/p>\n<p>Combat fitness today was not just about the &#8220;usual muscular activities&#8221; as technology has enabled people to do more and do better, he told reporters after a visit to the Central Manpower Base Medical Classification Centre in Bukit Gombak.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All these allow our people to fulfill their potential and actually allow them to do what they are most suited for,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the time it took for the refreshed system to come into effect since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/saf-revamping-pes-system-focus-operational-effectiveness-instead-medical-fitness-alone-5655246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement to review it in 2021<\/a>, Mr Chan said the ministry and SAF took the time over the years to map the directory of vocations and their physical requirements.<\/p>\n<p>To evaluate if training and administrative activities can be conducted effectively without relying on PES grades, SAF conducted ground trials in 2023 and 2024 in BMT and across other units.<\/p>\n<p>The trials found that commanders and trainers were confident in using medical exemptions to guide training participation and conduct training safely, said MINDEF.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry will conduct further trials in BMT from now until the October 2027 enlistment of the first batch of SAF pre-enlistees graded under the updated medical classification system.<\/p>\n<p>The review was also not done independently within the SAF &#8211; it involved specialists and consultants beyond the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the last few years, with the experiences that we have gained, we are now very confident that this system is much more robust. This system is much more able to allow our NSmen to make a better contribution,&#8221; said Mr Chan.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;It has taken a bit of time because of the robust process that we want to assure ourselves that the safety of our enlistees and NSmen is never compromised.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/national-service-pes-medical-classification-system-saf-home-team-6049106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the changing nature of warfare, the concepts of combat-fit, non-combat fit and frontline units have been superseded by technologies and warfighting concepts, said Defence&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}