5 Years Good Service Medal

 


If investing and trading for 5 years earns me a medal, I will gladly wear it. The photo above shows a SAF Good Service medal. If you have served your national service well and you went through your NS-men reservist diligently, you will be awarded with this medal 100%. The criterial is easy, you need to perform your NS duties with a positive attitude with satisfactory service, be competent during in-camp training and provide meaningful contribution to the SAF. Sounds simple enough but if the same requirement is used on the world of investing and trading, getting a Good Service Medal might not be as easy. Simply showing up is not good enough. 









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