Alright, so I won’t be able to give full details but I’d give a simplified version of what training looks like.
After we successfully completed screening, we were asked to resume 2 weeks later or thereabout. I had to quickly source for money to buy the basic things like salala and white vests and Garri plus sugar (very important).
My first day, I got to kaduna with an 8am flight. I got to the academy around 9am but I couldn’t go to the sport complex because I developed cold feet. The shouting and “maltreatment” of prep wingers to candidates made me very scared. I almost went back home but home was too far away. I didn’t think I could survive so I hung around with a friend at the Mami market. He encouraged me to leave when it was 6pm and I was still scared to go. After plenty encouragement, I asked myself what will my father say of me? What about the people I told that I was going to join the Army? I gained courage and joined up. That was the beginning of the longest day of my life. I had to carry my heavy bags on my head (rookie mistake) don’t ever carry heavy bags. Find a way to make your burden light. Carry only what you can hunch with cos if you carry overload, you will nearly di.e.
After all the shouting and running to get documented into platoons and company, I made a terrible mistake. The NCO asked what’s inside this carton, I said “should I open it for you to see”🤡🤡…like a proper clown, he called one of the meanest prep wingers to “carry this clown”… I forward rolled the entire length and breadth of the football field twice with kicking and shouting from the PW. That white got condemned immediately. I moved to another prep winger, she was pissed that I was a giant (it is an offence to be extremely tall or built on the bigger side)…she gave me 500 hunches, my legs almost gave up. Worthy of note, buy canvas with “chin gum sole and at least one size bigger than you”. You will be squatting on your toes a lot and this can cause your legs to get bigger and wider. After doing the hunches to get satisfaction, we were driven to the candidates village where the sorrow started properly.
We were all required to carry our bags on our heads and hunch for about 300meters or thereabout. Now I had two bags one on my head and another on my back. Gentlemen, I cried cos my legs were properly heavy and someone was hitting me with scorpion stick. (Just manage and maneauver but don’t get caught)…I had to say that I hadn’t broken my fast (Ramadan period) so I was allowed to drink water but I finished up the extreme sport that night. We were allocated bed spaces with names and buckets and beddings. I finally saw my bed…lmao… they wheeled us out again to suffer for coming late cos we think they’d have lost strength…I did 3man carrying while going up and down on a leg that was already on fire. Gentlemen, that night was hell.

We were allowed to go to bed around 0100hrs only to be woken up by 0300hrs for Jikapa. (This soon became our daily routine). Every day till the last day of prep wing.

We started going for drill lessons, weapons handling, general service knowledge etc. you’d think the mental classes will cause ease in the physical drilling, na lie, instead it got more intense. There were nights we completed 700 push ups and 1000 sit ups just because 🤧

Then came “Night of power” these involved people who were culprits all through the day time for one offence or the other and people who failed to complete their push ups and sit ups during night putee. I used to be a regular customer in “higher echelon” cos I was not physically strong enough at the start (I got properly strong after sha) …this particular night, I had been cut from my squad as usual for coming up late during push ups. I got to Join up with other culprits this particular night and we had the most malicious instructors present, water and pebbles inside iron buckets only meant one thing… “the Angel of death is here”
Next thing “press up everywhere and X your hands”. I started reading Hail Mary cos once you hear the voice of your saviors being the one serving the job, you know it’s going to be a long night. Long story short, after suffering that night somebody dashed and one person fainted (this was what saved the rest of us)…we were released around 0200hrs since 2300hrs of the previous day 😩😭 (this was the day I knew that it’s not Army work that will kill me). Scorpion stick broke on my head this night 😂…it’s funny now, it wasn’t funny at the time.

You will suffer properly as everything is designed to test you and push you to the limit.

You’d pretty much do this for the during of orep wing, but you’d learn the rudiments of being a military person, posture, poise, confidence, test of annoyance etc
You’d learn everything you need to know fast during this phase.

Ofcourse I can’t tell you everything here. These are just general stuff.

After prep wing, those who passed drill square test will be allowed to start wearing their uniforms and that’s when you start feeling like a part of th academy community a bit.

You start going for exercises and practicalizing the theories you’ve learnt.

One thing you can’t take out of whole exercise is thag it mentally prepares you for the worst state of anarchy and disorganization…it helps you to be able to focus in spite of chaos around you. Quick decision making and not just making decisions but making t right decisions and putting the best with whatever situation you find yourself. Making the best out of you no matter t he circumstances

Bottom line is who no go no go understand

Make use of a laptop

JxtEj:

Thanks , I reduced the sizes of the documents but I'm still experiencing same issue.

I faced board also... Reserve can pain ehn

kendo3910:
Yeah, Documents and Medical batch. I didn’t join any sha…I been face board come enter reserve.🤦🏾

Dannyhonda:
I faced board also... Reserve can pain ehn

Bro, I kept having hope till the last month. I cry wella no be small 😂

Eminant:


Reserve how, can you tell us more about this reserve I honestly do not understand.

Just like a substitute, When a cadet from your states gets dropped you fill up the spot…

Dammysmart:
standard honestly used to be 120/70 but it all still depends on the Board president leniency. He may approve 130/80

Good morning sir please what's the standard count for push ups and sit ups to get a maximum points

Shinzokiyotake:
Good morning sir please what's the standard count for push ups and sit ups to get a maximum points

45 pushup, sit up in 1min each and 10 heaving.

Dammysmart:
45 pushup, sit up in 1min each and 10 heaving.

whats heaving sir?

Just do as plenty your body carries lol

Shinzokiyotake:
Good morning sir please what's the standard count for push ups and sit ups to get a maximum points

Dannyhonda:
Just do as plenty your body carries lol

ok thank you

Na because u no get connect lol, I know someone that was called but what I heard was they people plenty. On a norms they sent people home but I guess they didn't send anyone from your state away

kendo3910:
Bro, I kept having hope till the last month. I cry wella no be small 😂

Base on my last screening, it was after the 3.2km, we did some fitness stuff. Imagine you been tired already lol

Shinzokiyotake:
ok thank you

Someone promised us an abridged story of his training experience,I’m still anticipating ooo.

ucnwafor:
Hello, I want to know whether Nigerian Army recruitment is on?
Thanks

Yes

Dannyhonda:
Na because u no get connect lol, I know someone that was called but what I heard was they people plenty. On a norms they sent people home but I guess they didn't send anyone from your state away

They did send someone home from my state, I was never called.

kendo3910:
They did send someone home from my state, I was never called.

How did you find out?

The person already did

Eminant:
Someone promised us an abridged story of his training experience,I’m still anticipating ooo.

Someone told me they didn't call anyone at all o

kendo3910:
They did send someone home from my state, I was never called.

Dammysmart:
Been a long while on here, so i think we got some curious freshmen here too. I ll be answering questions ''that i can answer'' as regards your enlistment and training. Feel free to quote and ask your questiins but pls dont ask ''how much'' questions I made it some 4yrs ago from this platform too.

What are the likely questions to jam for the final board interview sir ?

noblechoco:

Yes

help with the portal link army recruits
Thanks

My passport has refused to display on my army dssc photo slip. I'm I to print it like that

noblechoco:

Yes

Hey, what corps did you later applied for during registration?

horlatunji00:


What are the likely questions to jam for the final board interview sir ?

general knowledge and questions in line with your course

Dammysmart:
general knowledge and questions in line with your course

Oral ?

profmsboi:

Hey, what corps did you later applied for during registration?

Medical

Professionals Allied to Medicine

noblechoco:

Medical

Professionals Allied to Medicine

Alright. Good luck.

profmsboi:

Alright. Good luck.

Amen
And you

This your question funny o, they said screening interview. Have they ever done written interview before?? It is definitely oral na

noblechoco:

Oral ?

Hello Comrades,
Anyone knows if we would be given stipends/allowances during the DSSC 6 months training?

JxtEj:
Hello Comrades,
Anyone knows if we would be given stipends/allowances during the DSSC 6 months training?

Omo e be like say you don make final list sir…

Don't run after your shadow, are you bothered about the stipends or you want to join the force?? Wait to be shortlisted before thinking all this

JxtEj:
Hello Comrades,
Anyone knows if we would be given stipends/allowances during the DSSC 6 months training?

Dannyhonda:
Don't run after your shadow, are you bothered about the stipends or you want to join the force?? Wait to be shortlisted before thinking all this

Ofcourse, my major concern is joining the force. However, it's best we start preparing our mind and body on what we are to encounter especially for those with zero/little knowledge on such experience.