GGK: shouldering the responsibility of the nation’s peace
The Special Service Group or Grup Gerak Khas (GGK) is a special forces regiment of the Malaysian Army.
They look gallant in their green berets and are bearing the enormous responsibility of the armed forces’ prestige and pride, never giving up until the last drop of blood is shed, as they continue to fight in defence of the nation’s sovereignty.
“Your arrival is not invited, and if you are still hesitant, you can turn back now,” Corporal Paul Lim Su Siang, who has served in the special forces for 14 years, has had these words deeply etched in his head.
These were the words displayed outside the GGK training centre when he joined the basic commando training course.
All who join the special forces have done so on voluntary basis with the hope of achieving the prestigious green beret status, a goal which is never easy to achieve.
The trainees need to undergo the three-month basic commando course which is itself excessively tough and demanding. Some have failed as many as nine times before they eventually get to join GGK.
To be a GGK member, one will need to be a regular soldier first.
Sergeant Louis Chiew Singum, who is in the same squad as Paul Lim, said it wasn’t easy to join the armed forces in the first place.
Chiew attended the open interview at Bau in 2006. At that time, almost half of the interviewees would end up being eliminated and those who managed to get in were sent to the army camp in Port Dickson for six months of training.
“I had never heard of GGK at that time,” he admitted.
During the training, arrangements were made for a GGK representative to share the video to familiarize the recruits of the special forces’ background and responsibilities.
After watching the video, Chiew showed a strong interest in the GGK and immediately applied to join the forces.
Seated next to him, Lim said smilingly that the video had indirectly ignited their passion for GGK and prompted them to join the forces on the spot.
Hell training
The commando course could be depicted as a form of “hell training” in which the recruits are required to undergo various kinds of training, including camp training, jungle survival training and “escape and evasion”, among other things.
Most of the trainees are unable to complete the course and tests. Even though you may boast exceptional physical stamina, you can still crack under tremendous mental and physical pressure.
Normally these people will be given a second chance, and if they fail again, they will be reverted to regular soldiers.
During the course, recruits are typically subjected to unimaginable psychological stress. They need to be firm and determined and must have unusually strong physical and mental endurance.
Take the long-distance run for instance, initially each participant has to complete the 5km run with full army gear and pack in the morning and afternoon. Later the officers will gradually increase the level of difficulty, say from 5km to 12km or even 16km.
In GGK, everyone has to go through the thick and thin together and no one can have the luxury of exemption. If someone can swim 9km continuously, all the others will be expected to do the same.
Lim said there were more than 300 recruits in the training initially but the number was halved after one week, with people dropping out almost on a daily basis as they could not take the excessive mental and physical stress during training.
Take full responsibility of your life
As a GGK member, one must be familiar with the country’s tropical forest environment and take full responsibility of his own life.
Besides learning the war tactics, GGK members must also be equipped with field medical skills and learn how to save their own lives when in danger, including stopping the bleeding and stabilizing wounds for themselves and their team mates.
At the same time, they must also learn jungle survival skills and how to look for food to sustain their lives.
“You will learn to identify the various edible plants during training.”
For example, Lim said the fibre of nibung trees can be eaten safely, and if you happen to get stuck in a swamp, you may have to look for snails that are edible.
The thing is, how to be certain whether a snail can be eaten safely?
Source : Sin Chew Daily
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