Every Singaporean Son II – The Making of an Officer is a Singaporean documentary released in August 2012. Different from Every Singaporean Son and Every Singaporean Son - Epilogue, the new series showcase the life after BMT, whereby 13 newly minted private soldiers will turn from Officer Cadets into an Commissioned Officer in 38 weeks of trainings. 21 episodes will be released. The first episode airs on 16 August 2012 on YouTube, subsequent episodes were released on every Thursday, each clip lasted for 5 to 11 minutes. The last episode aired on 17 January 2013.
The series was filmed by Dominic Ow and his crew from One Dash 22 and Project Peanut.
In this brand new second season, the series showcase a group of 13 Officer Cadets going through various tough challenges, in hopes to become an Officer. Through 38 weeks of training, each soldier will be pushed to their limits.
Each of the cadet officers will also master the specialized skills given to them to lead as Armour, Infantry and Engineer Officers.
This season will also feature many explosions and gun battles, through success and failure in the challenges, each cadet officer will gain confidence and self-belief in becoming a better leader among peers.
Below are the cast in this documentary:
LTC Ramezan (Bravo Wing Commander)CPT Jay Chan (Armour Wing Commander)CPT Thaw (Jungle Training Instructor)LTA Utama (Platoon Commander)2LT Vanga (Section Instructor)2LT Joel Lim (Section Evaluator)2WO Philip Lee (Jungle Training Instructor)The Officer Cadets featured in the series were from the 85th Officer Cadet Course.The Officer Cadets were from Bravo Wing.The Officer Cadets started their training on 16 October 2011.The Officer Cadets commissioned on 15 July 2012.Due to unexplainable heart conditions, OCT Douglas Ng had been dropped out from the course by the Medical Doctor.The Officer Cadets took part in the Exercise Scorpion King in Episodes 7 and 8.OCT Ganesh were posted as Bridging Engineers in Episode 11, OCT Kelvin Ang is 1 of the 4 posted to EOD.Episode 13 features a Viewer discretion warning, citing footage of animals being killed in the Jungle Survival Training.Episode 13 was filmed in the 23rd week of the OCS training, a 2-week overseas training exercise.Episode 16 features the M3G, which is a bridge floats on the water.The Officer Cadets traveled to Germany in Episode 17 and 18.BAC includes a 50m swim, a full battle order that constitutes with carrying a stretcher to a checkpoint, performing individual tasks along the way, a series of obstacles and head to the Rifle Range, firing of 5 live rounds and a 3 km run to the parade square.The Officer Cadets took part in their final Exercise named Exercise Panther in Episodes 20 and 21.OCT Zacky and Ganesh was awarded the Sword of Merit, the award that only 20% of the whole cohort may get, they each posted to Infantry and Engineers respectively.OCT Garret Chew was appointed as the OCS Flag Bearer in the Commanding Parade.OCT Ryan Lim Wei Qiang was awarded the Sword of Honor for the Logistics formation.
