🎉 Selected Desuups for Basic Military Training First Batch 🚩

The De-suung Headquarters is pleased to announce the selected De-suups for the Basic Military Training First Batch and their attachment with the Royal Bhutan Army.

🛍️ Essential Items to Pack for Your Training Journey:

🛌 Bedding Essentials

• One Blanket
• One Pillow

👕 Clothing Essentials: Dress to Impress and Excel

• One set of Gho/Kira and Kabney/Rachu, formal shoes/sandals, bathroom slippers, and other accessories.
• Two or more pairs of comfortable sports sneakers (for running, basketball, volleyball, 5 km run, and PT).
• One set of trousers or formal dress for your closing/social night.
• A few pairs of casual tracksuits (preferably dark-colored) for both male and female (No tight leggings for females).
• Sufficient numbers of vests and innerwear.
• Football boots for males (if you are interested in playing football).
• Sufficient pairs of half socks.
• Decent Swimming costumes for females and decent swimming trunks for males.

🎒 Training Centre Supplies: What You’ll Receive on Arrival

• 2 pairs of Jungle Shoes
• 3 sets of Uniform with Jab cap (1 Set towards the closing)
• 2 pairs of PT half pants
• 2 nos. T-shirt white for PT
• 2 pairs of white socks for PT
• Desuung half pants
• Raincoat
• Rain shoe
• Water bottle
• Shemagh
• Bush Hat
• Notepad
• Pen
• Mattress
• 2 Bedsheets
• 2 Pillow cases
• Plates
• Mugs
• Spoons
• Forks

📝 Personal Essentials: Bring These for Your Comfort and Care

• Company T-shirts at Nu.400, Formation sign at Nu.100, Beret with badge at Nu.250, and Belt at Nu.250 will be available for purchase from Desuung Training Centre and Thimphu Desuung Office.
• Two or more OG socks for training
• Spectacles, contact lenses & solutions, hygiene items, and other essentials that may be required during the training period for your own personal comfort and medication.
• Toiletries (toothbrushes, face/hand cream, soap, shampoo, sunscreen, detergent, and shaving kits, and other necessities).
• Three-meter-long nylon ropes (6 mm diameter) for exercise purposes.
• Two or more black-colored hair nets and black rubber bands (mandatory for women with long hair).
• Unless prescribed by your medical doctor, do not bring any medicines as there is a medical doctor in the training centre.
• Do not bring any snacks or food items to the training centre.
• Clips for drying clothes.

🚹 Instructions for Male Candidates: Prepare Like a Pro

• All males must report to the training centre with the following already done:
  • Crew cut hairstyle (0 cut).
  • Clean-shaven face.

🚺 Instructions for Female Candidates: Look Sharp, Be Ready

• Dye your hair black if you have it colored.
• Come with nails cut neat. Remove nail polish.

⚠️ Important Guidelines: Reporting, Transportation, and More

• Reporting to training center Date: 12 September 2024
• Transportation for candidates moving from Dzongkhags other than Thimphu should be coordinated and adjusted by yourself.
• You are discouraged from driving your personal cars to the training centre.
• You are discouraged to bring valuable items (jewelry, laptop, and accessories) to the training centre.

🚌 Transportation Notice (Thimphu):

Candidates those who are residing in Thimphu should report to Changlimithang Parking by 5:30 AM on 12 Sep 2024.

🚫 Prohibited Items: What to Leave at Home

Please refrain from carrying tobacco items/alcoholic beverages. You will be screened thoroughly at the training centre.