Shaping Up A Gunner

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23 Oct 2020 | OPS & TRAINING

Shaping Up A Gunner

You better have the guns for it: Catch Artillery soldiers going through a test of endurance and teamwork in the Vocation Obstacle Course.

// Producer & Editor Thrina Tham

// Cameraman Deepen Nicholas

// Photographers Chua Soon Lye & Ong Jixuan

Tags Artillery Vocation Obstacle Course VOC Singapore Army 23 SA Fitness
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