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Enlistment Notice

When you will receive the Enlistment Notice, where you can be posted to and the different types of basic training.

Last updated 13 April 2026

You will be notified of your enlistment date and time as well as your assigned unit through an Enlistment Notice about two months before your enlistment.

The Enlistment Notice will also be accompanied by a letter from your assigned unit with administrative instructions, reporting location and contact numbers.

You can be enlisted for National Service in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) or Singapore Police Force (SPF). The type of basic training you will be assigned to depends on your medical fitness and Pre-Enlistee Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT) results.

Enlisting under PES or Refreshed Medical Classification System (MCS)?

Find out more about the different types of basic training when you enlist under PES or the refreshed MCS.

Enlistment Day

Basic Training Programmes enlisting under PES

For pre-enlistees enlisting before October 2027

Enlistment day

Basic Training Programmes enlisting under refreshed MCS

For pre-enlistees enlisting from October 2027 onwards