Predator 79,
NS vocation and rank does not matter at all. From my point of view, it is something that all guys in singapore has to go through. It is not a choice that is made, unlike academics and interests. For academics, you can choose not to study not to get a degree, can choose your course and such. For interests, you choose to take up avaiation and such. But in NS, most of the time you are just randomly posted to departments you know nuts about. During the interview, they want to know the choices you make and why and not where the govt posts or ranks you in NS. I guess from the pilots you know, most were officers before because rank has some association with academic qualifications and ECA and most of them go ahead to pursue a degree after NS. So it still boils back down to that. But it sure is good and beneficial if you had won an award or something before. I myself wasn't an officer in NS, neither was I a commando or such.