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“阿嫲级士官长”! 61岁女准尉服役44年培训新兵

by 林殊
22/11/2019
in 专题, 人情冷暖, 国防, 时事
Reading Time: 1 min read
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图源:PIONEER, MINDEF

新加坡武装部队引来任职时间最长的一位61岁女性士官,她即是一名祖母,但也是强壮的士兵,能够领路行军,扛着20公斤的野战背包,还有训练新兵等等。

新加坡军方期刊《先锋》(PIONEER)杂志日前为61岁的女准尉玛格列里昂(Margaret Leon)作专题报道,自1976年便受雇加入军方,在当了10年的文员后,便成为战斗训练官与战斗员。她曾担任新加坡第八装甲旅的军官学校教练、通讯士与军士长,甚至被派往东帝汶三个月执行人道主义任务。

她一共服役了44年,是新加坡军队里服役最久的女军官。2013年,年满55岁的玛格列已经到了可退休的年纪,在准备离开通信机构之际,她的长官William Ong少校却提出延长服役的要求,她也答应了,就这样过了数年,直到2018年,她才申请离开通信机构,转而担任基本军训中心(Basic Military Training Centre,简称BMTC)的导师。

“阿嫲做得到,你做不到?”

目前是退休中校军官的William Ong表示,“她对于教学一直都很有热忱,总是热衷于向队员传授她的知识,这也是我钦佩她的地方。”

“我培养了许多军官、专家和操作员。现在又有机会训练新兵,有朝一日我离开军队时,我相信,我已经完成参与所有军队”,她表示。

玛格列也表示,“我经常和孩子们做一样的训练,因此若他们无法完成,我总会对他们说,一个阿嫲都可以做到的,你们为什么不行?”,以此激励他们。

说到如何保持身体强壮,玛格列对此表示,只是平常的努力,她每年都能够因个人体能测试获得金奖。平日她比新兵的晨跑还要早起训练,周末则与丈夫一起训练。她与丈夫也是在1986年军中相识。

即是魔鬼教练,但也是贴心好妈妈

然而,他除了是出了名的魔鬼教练,中校也形容她还是一名“贴心好妈妈”。

文章内叙述关于她和某位军人的暖心故事,讲述该名士兵与单亲母亲关系紧张,他难以与母亲沟通而困扰。她听闻后,便建议士兵可以带母亲去吃个早午餐,与母亲敞开心扉好好沟通。

该名士兵也听从她的意见,最后也顺利和母亲解开误会,他随后也回信给她,向她表达感谢。

“我很高兴看到我训练的男孩里能够将这些点点滴滴记下来”,她表示。

另名与玛格列接触过的排长教练也表示,“若我出现任何家庭与工作上的问题,我可以和Leon讨论,他会帮助我。从和他一起工作,我对新兵也产生了更多的耐心与理智,这与责骂的方式完全不同。”

图源:PIONEER, MINDEF

主编:对不合理命令据理力争

本社主编许渊臣也曾与玛格列接触,当时他正在服役,而玛格列则是在他的单位里工作。

他表示,“不得不说,她在军队里,不管任何种族、肤色或语言,就像是充当母亲的角色。”

许渊臣回忆起自己与他接触的经验时说道,她会尽他所能协助军人解决问题,不会去轻视规则或忽视任何面临个人问题的人。她倾听军人所需,并在他们遇到麻烦时站出来为他们护航,即使有些军人并不直接受到指挥。

他补充,“当指挥官作出看似不合常理的命令或不明智的决定时,玛格列是少数会站出来据理力争,加上她的资历与经验,许多指挥官会考虑她的建议,也让军人免于一些不必要的活动。”

对此,许渊臣表示,非常高兴能够在他服役初期时遇见玛格列,也教育了我成为职业军人的意义。

图源:PIONEER, MINDEF
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