By Adrian Tan | Last updated: August 21, 2026 Yes, you can retake your IPPT as many times as you need within your window until you reach Gold. Only your first 3 attempts count toward service pay and the annual call-up limit, and once you hit Gold, no further attempts are allowed that window. Most…
By Adrian Tan | Last updated: August 19, 2026 Becoming an IPPT defaulter is not automatic just because you missed your window. You are given 10 mandatory NS FIT sessions in your next window to fix it first. Disciplinary action, starting with a Stern Warning letter, only follows if you fail to complete those sessions…
By Adrian Tan | Last updated: August 18, 2026 NS FIT is a 10-session fitness programme that NSmen complete after failing or missing their IPPT. One of the 10 sessions is your IPPT attempt itself. Sessions run 60 to 75 minutes at a Fitness Conditioning Centre, in a park, through an HPB class, or virtually…
By Adrian Tan | Last updated: August 16, 2026 Failing your IPPT means you move into the 10-session NS FIT programme, which replaced Remedial Training in 2021. You attempt one IPPT within those 10 sessions, and passing at any point ends the programme early. Miss your IPPT window entirely without an approved exemption, and you…
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