My question has a very simple answer: NSFs. Otherwise known as Full-time National Servicemen.
Some NSFs follow automatically like dogs to a master. Some NSFs need carrots, others need sticks.
A few will never follow, and they can be divided into two groups. People in the first group are sent to the detention barracks, unfortunately extending their service.
People in the second group feign stupidity for a few months and screw up repeatedly, tolerate some horrible scoldings, then liberation – relieved of all important responsibilities because the “leaders” give up scolding them. Some from this group can end up having a pretty good time in camp.
So yes, every soldier is a leader, but some soldiers can only lead a bunch of temporary staff who work for about two years.
PS. The main copy reads “Army Open House @ Our City”. Can’t you say “F1 Pit” instead of “Our City”? Where on earth is “our city”?
I will have to disagree, friend. “Every soldier, a leader” is a standard the SAF wants to meet but has yet to meet (obviously because most people are not interested in soldiering at all). But a good leader is one who is a good follower as well as a good leader. In the context of the SAF, he knows when to shut up or let someone else take over. Just because that person is not in a leadership role, it does not mean he is not or less of a leader. So yes, it is possible for every soldier to be a leader. But I would also like to thank you for reminding me for some of the things I have regretted during my NS. I was one of the soldiers who “gave up scolding” men who refused to follow. I wish I would have stayed true to the end and let these people get away scot-free while the willing ones suffered with me.