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Learning to wear the different kinds of uniforms issued at NDA takes a couple of terms, at least. There are that many of them.Khaki Dress. Khaki shirt and shorts. This is sort of the everyday working rig. Worn during classes and other mundane activities. When coupled with drill shoes becomes the Drill Order.Combats, aka camouflage uniform. Worn for all military training purposes. If you are wearing this, you are going to get fucked very soon.Games Rig. White T shirt and shorts. The PT rig will have a white vest instead of the T shirt.Riding Rig. Includes breeches and riding shoes, with a white t shirt on top. Not a very pleasant rig to be in if you and the horses have a mutually antagonistic relationship. Ask me.Blue Patrol. The favourite rig of most cadets. You look good in it, but it requires a lot of work to prepare and wear. Cadets lose their fingerprints polishing the buttons with brasso to make them shine enough. The buttons are handed down by sixth term cadets when graduating; there are buttons that have been in circulation for generations and probably are more than 25 years old. New buttons are very difficult to shine to the right amount of lustre, the old ones on the other hand have been polished so many times that the insignia won't have any detail left and would require only a sliver of brasso to make them look like a golden mirror. Worn on guest nights and the Passing Out Parade in the winter term.White Patrol. The white coloured, summer equivalent of the blue patrol. Doesn't look as good as the blue patrol. The difficulty level in preparing remains the same.2B. White shirt, grey trousers, cummerbund and side cap. Worn on guest dinner nights in the summer.Walking Outs. A khakhi dress with a trouser instead of the shorts. Worn during study period and dinner on almost all days. Also worn while you go on official visits to army establishments outside NDA.Muftis. Every Sunday Pune city is awash with NDA cadets in blue shirts, grey trousers and the maroon NDA tie. The poor sods stand out in every crowd with their close cropped hair and the Mufti rig. It's an oft repeated myth that women swoon on seeing cadets and line up on the streets waiting to fall in love with them. Do not join NDA if that's your reason, you'll be in for a rude shock.Photo credits : https://www.nda.nic.in/cadet-brief.html.On top of that, almost all uniforms can be mixed and matched to create other rigs. For example, the riding rig can be coupled with a battle pack to create something known as an RRCO (that's an unofficial rig and generally used for punishments), Games Rig coupled with drill shoes and beret make it the cool sounding GRDO (which stands for a staid Games Rig Drill Order), which is probably the single most hated rig in NDA as it is worn for two hours of unofficial drill practice in the afternoon immediately after lunch by the junior term cadets.Do not for a minute think that having so many uniforms is cool, they become the bane of your existence. Preparing these dresses and maintaining them is a gargantuan task. It takes a couple of terms to understand and learn how exactly your shoes need to be polished, how much your brass buttons need to shine, the delicate procedure to shape your beret, how to iron your shorts and trousers to make the pleats look razor sharp (and how to do it without ironing) etc. Every morning the first and second term cadets are carefully dressed up by third term cadets and then lined up in front of the nearest fourth term cadet’s room who inspects them and takes them to the nearest fifth term cadet and finally to a sixth term appointment cadet. They’ll inspect the juniors with an electron microscope and if an error is discovered at any level, everyone down the chain earns a punishment.Oh, and then there is the hated Putti Parade. It is a unique form of punishment found in military academies wherein you are given a certain amount of time to change from one rig to the next. This also includes the time to run from your present location to your room and back. The timings given are generally unrealistic (and the rigs innumerable) leading to putti parades generally lasting a few hours at least. Your room is guaranteed to look as if the Hulk went berserk in there, after a tornado had ripped through it.

I’m a Native Japanese undergrad student. Due to my background, I also have a lot of interactions with foreign students visiting Japan. I’ve seen several cases where these foreigners run into troubles and transform their exciting trip into nightmares - some of which even I wasn’t able to help out with.Here are some of the lesser known rules that people should consider while visiting Japan, covering practical tips to serious felonies:Safety and Legal tips.DO NOT bring any illegal drugs into the country for any reason. This is a very serious crime - and unlike our western counterparts, Japan enforces them very strictly. Our government, as well as our society have zero tolerance over any drugs that are illegal. This also includes drugs prescribed by your doctor for medical purposes. Please always check the immigration website before considering bringing any drugs — even if they were prescribed by your doctor — and contact professional legal advisers for help. Offenders can be punished up to 20 years in prison and barred from entering the country possibly for life.Always carry your ID with you at all times! Although other cultures differ regarding their attitudes towards personal identification, Japan is one of the countries that are strict regarding personal ID. In our culture, the common scene is where anyone over the age of 12 always carries some form of ID with picture of their face (student card, drivers license, etc) while going out. It’s a criminal offense for anyone without Japanese nationality to fail to carry their legal IDs with them. You as a foreigner are legally required to carry ether your passport or your permanent residency card at all times. ‘Offenders’ can be fined or punished up to 2 years in prison and a possible deportation.Be careful with what you carry in public!!! We have very strict and somewhat peculiar laws regarding what we can carry in public. In Japan, it’s illegal to carry any types of weapon: this even includes cutter knives and scissors. Yes, people get arrested and criminally charged for carrying scissors!! Violators can be punished up to 10 years in prison. Screwdrivers are also illegal to carry in public, under the Picking Prohibition Act. The punishment for offenders can be up to two years in prison. Foreigners are particularly ill-informed about this law, however, so people are regularly arrested for violating these laws. Just last week, a man was arrested after a pair of scissors that he’d forgotten about were discovered inside of his car.Beware of groping inside packed trains! It’s a common incident to happen in this country, and everyone needs to be aware of that. If you’re a teenager or a young woman, I strongly advise that you take the woman only car that’s operated during the rush hour, if available. Men aren’t safe from groping either; young adults and teenagers occasionally fall victim to it (including myself, I was regularly groped inside packed trains). Be sure to look confident inside of crowded places, as people tend to prey on those who don’t appear to have self esteem. That aura can be a powerful defense. Also, if you believe that you have been victimized by this crime, catch the arm that you’ve believed has touched you and cry out loud.On the flip side, beware of being falsely accused of groping someone. It’s almost impossible to know who the perpetrator is when groping occurs in pressurized rush hour trains. The Japanese justice system is very flawed, and the prosecutors can use mental torture to forcefully make a suspect confess for a crime they didn’t commit. Although our criminal system is internationally condemned, it isn’t likely to change any time soon, so once you’re accused of groping someone, that’ll be the end. If accused, some lawyers say that it’s better to admit the confession and plea for mercy than to prove your innocence, unless you have a strong physical evidence.Avoid hostess clubs, they’re mostly illegal! Many hostess clubs in Japan are operated by criminal organizations, and often involved in illegal child trafficking and prostitution. Also, people regularly get blackmailed by their owners to pay outrageous amount of money. Some hostess clubs even forcefully abduct people to buy their products. I was abducted by them once during my high school trip to Osaka and was forced to pay all of my money for good. They don’t have mercy for anyone.Check their age before you go out on a date. Although it’s widely known that the age of consent in Japan is 13, you still need parental consent in order to date anyone under the age of 18 or 20, depending on the administration and circumstances. It’s widely considered that this is the de-jure age of consent in Japan. This age is notably higher than most of our western counterparts, so if you’re a high school student or a college undergrad, please keep this in mind. There are no age gap exceptions anywhere other than a few prefectures, so if you’re under 20, or dating someone under 20, always have it be a family-based relationship.No underage drinking or smoking, please. Although we previously had some tolerance with underage drinking, after a series of tragic alcohol related deaths among minors, this view changed completely. You must be over 20 years old to drink or smoke in Japan.Manners and social norms:It’s always good to wear appropriate clothing outside. Japanese people often don’t like seeing people showing their skin. It’s generally advised to avoid wearing tank tops or sleeveless clothing during the summer — regardless of gender. If you think the weather is too hot and want to wear tank top, it’d be best to wear a see through T-shirt on top of your tank top to feel cool, without showing your bare skin, since it’s considered to be rude. If you’re a teenage or adult male, it’s recommended to wear something under your T-shirt, even during summer. A lot of girls despise boys who wear only one layer of clothing. They consider it gross, since our humid climate drenches their clothes with sweat: an extremely uncomfortable thing to watch. Personally, I always wear a tank top under my T-shirt when I go to school.Avoid making jokes about/insulting the Emperor at all costs!! Although many other constitutional monarchies in western countries have a pretty laid-back attitude towards innocent jokes against their monarchy, Japan isn’t in that party. Lese-majesty is no longer punishable by law as of 1947, but it’s still a very insulting thing to do. There are many right and left wing individuals who react to it. Some people get assaulted for criticizing the emperor (a mayor was assassinated some while ago), especially if the argument becomes public via mass media or online. Very bad idea!Take off your shoes in private spaces. It’s a common custom in Eastern Asia and Russia for individuals to take off their shoes in private, to avoid things from getting dirty. It’s even common for public spaces, such as schools, to require students to wear separate shoes within their facility.Don’t allow yourself to get wet. Like earlier, due Japan’s humid, crowded climate, people are expected to be hygiene conscious at all times. This includes staying dry at all times. It might be a custom in some cultures to not care about getting wet in the rain, especially during the summer or when it’s snowing during the winter, but in Japan, we strongly recommend that you use your umbrella and try hard to be as dry as possible. This is important because in such a humid and crowded climate, it’s easy for harmful germs to spread around.Mute your phone while riding on public transit. This is an imperative, and you need to know it. It’s required for individuals to turn off their phones inside of trains and buses.Smell etiquette. Be careful with how you smell. You’re expected to frequently commute in a crowded environment if you’re staying in a densely populated area. It’s nothing short of hell when someone has strong body odor — particularly in packed trains. Take showers frequently during the summer.Body hair etiquette. Although body hair on men may be considered sexy in many cultures around the world, many Japanese find it disgusting. It’s common for boys to shave their body hair. Hell, I’ve ended up shaving my body hair after being socially pressured to do so. It’s recommended that you don’t proactively show your body hair in public places, as some Japanese may find it scary and even barbaric (this is another reason why Japanese don’t like just tank tops.)Safety:Avoid dangerous areas. Japan maybe a safe place relative to places like the US. However, that doesn’t mean it’s completely safe. There ’re dangerous hot spots around the country, particularly in the cities.It’s recommended that teenagers and young adults travel in groups for their first trip. Incidents do happen while you travel, yet most legal personals aren’t trained to help foreigners. It’s common for people to be groped and sexually assaulted in public areas, so it’s recommended that you travel with your friends until you get used to the country.Earthquake awareness is important. We’re an earthquake-prone country. We get major earthquakes once every five years or so, so make sure you that review your earthquake awareness skills. When you choose where you’re gonna live, check if the building is built under the newest earthquake safety code. If you’re staying or visiting in coastal areas, review its tsunami evacuation guidelines.Useful tips for travel:Pick Haneda airport if you have options to land in Tokyo. Narita airport is over 100km away from the city center.If you choose Narita, don’t use a cheap bus to go to central Tokyo. Instead, use the Keisei train with direct subway connection if you want to go to Tokyo on the cheap. The bus service forces you to walk a lot while carrying your luggage to Tokyo Station.Do not use taxis. They’re expensive and easily exceed 10000 yen. Use the public transport system instead.Don’t talk to strangers to find a girlfriend!! Many western cultures tolerate boys talking to girls that they find attractive, even if they’re strangers. In Japan, that can be considered sexual harassment, even if she’s your classmate. You should wait until she talks to you first instead. I learned this the hard way…

“Can you describe a funny moment from boot camp?”Sure. We had been issued our woodland camouflage uniforms and US Army issued underwear in the form of OD Green underwear, t-shirts, and socks as well as our Combat Boots. Our Drill Sergeant had taught us how to fold our blouse sleeves up. He told us to go ahead and get the rest pre-rolled on the hangers in our lockers. So we did that. I found it was easier to put the blouse on in order to properly roll them up. We got called for lunch formation and I quickly put the last blouse in the locker and put on the one I was wearing that I had hung up on the bunk bed post.We got in formation and marched to the mess hall. Once there we were instructed to get our meal cards out and ready. I confidently opened up the pocket it was in and found out that it wasn’t in there after all. I checked all the rest of my pockets to no avail.I knew I was in for it. I was about to do the unthinkable about speaking to the Drill Sergeant without having been spoken to first. I spoke up and requested to speak to the Drill Sergeant. I guess he was in a good mood because he decided to wait to lay into me. Permission was granted. I explained my dilemma. That’s when I found out he wasn’t happy with me for deigning to speak to him and that he was even more unhappy after I told him I had no meal card with me.He pulled me out of the formation and proceeded to drop me. For twenty. Pushups. That’s it. Due to some unfortunate incidents that occurred to some trainees in years past being given so many pushups they almost died, a law was passed stating that Drill Sergeants and Drill Instructors were only allowed to drop you for 20 pushups. And that’s when I found out that Drill Sergeants and Drill Instructors in every training location the US military had figured out the loophole.Once I completed that initial 20 pushups he stood me back up and had me do a 1/4 Face Left. Then he dropped me again. Got me up and 1/4 Face Right and drop again. I got to 72 I think before my arms no longer supported me. Then he made me wait until the very last group of my training platoon went in the door before he let me in. It didn’t matter. I barely managed to get food onto my fork. By the time I had it headed to my face the seriously weakened muscles in my arms were spasming so much the food was being shaken off before it got into my mouth.Later on we were asked to give a nickname for the back of our PT t-shirts. I came up with Dr. Pushups. I thought it would be funny. At that point I still hadn’t made any friends so the incident I thought was funny enough to put Dr. Pushups on a t-shirt was something that didn’t even register on their radar. None of them got the humor of the joke. The Drill Sergeants did. Especially the ones for other training platoons. They had some fun watching me demonstrate my pushups ability. Putting Dr. Pushups on the back of my shirt wasn’t the smartest thing I’ve ever done. Also not the stupidest I’m truly sad to say.I will say this though, I never misplaced any of my ID’s much less my meal card ever again.