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Nicholas Tan AI PEE, AI CHEE, AI TUA LIAP NEE (Contributed by K. Ang)
Teochew saying which literally translates as ' Want cheap, want pretty, want big breasts!' It is used to describe someone who wants the earth, ie. someone with unrealistic or unreasonable desires or expectations.
“Singaporeans all very hard to please, one. They all ai pee, ai chee, ai tua liap nee.”

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Caveats: FOUO

Subject: New Army Plan


REFERENCES: NEW FY09 ARMY POLICIES

1. Please disseminate to Soldiers at all levels. As result of
Senate proposed force reductions and budget cuts, the Department of the
Army has developed a program to reduce its number of personnel. This
program is under test phase and will take affect 1 October 2009 (FY10).
Under this new program, older Soldiers will be asked to go on early
retirement, thus permitting the retention of the younger Soldiers who
will represent the future. Therefore, program will phase out older
Soldiers by the end of the current fiscal year. This initial phase of
the program will be known as S.L.A.P. (Soldier Late-Aged Program).

2. Soldiers who are S.L.A.P.’d will be given the opportunity to
look for jobs outside the Army. S.L.A.P.’d Soldiers can request a
review of their personnel records before actual retirement takes place.
This phase of the program is called S.C.R.E.W. (Survey of Capabilities
of Retired Early Workers). All Soldiers who have been S.L.A.P.’d or
S.C.R.E.W.’d may file an appeal with their chain of command with final
authority at the MACOM level. This is called S.H.A.F.T. (Study by Higher
Authority Following Termination).

3. Under the terms of the new policy, a Soldier may be
S.L.A.P.’d once, S.C.R.E.W.’d twice, but may be S.H.A.F.T.’d as many
times as the Army deems appropriate.

4. If a Soldier follows the above procedures, he/she will be
entitled to get H.E.R.P.E.S. (Half Earnings for Retired Personnel’s
Early Severance) or C.L.A.P. (Combined Lump-sum Assistance Payment),
unless he/she already has A.I.D.S. (Additional Income from Dependents or
Spouse).

5. As H.E.R.P.E.S. and C.L.A.P. are considered benefit plans,
any Soldier who has received H.E.R.P.E.S. or C.L.A.P. will no longer be
S.L.A.P.’d or S.C.R.E.W.’d by the Army.

6. The Army wishes to assure the younger Soldiers who remain on
board that the Army will continue its policy of training through our
Special High Intensity Training (S.H.I.T.). This Army takes pride in
the amount of S.H.I.T. our Soldiers receive. We have given our Soldiers
more S.H.I.T. than any other service. If any Soldier feels they do not
receive enough S.H.I.T. at their current post, see your immediate
supervisor.

Hope this helps to shed some light on upcoming issues.

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