When Ms Cheng Yingmei first signed up for the Singapore Armed Forces Volunteer Corps (SAFVC) in 2016, her husband, a regular in the elite Naval Diving Unit, helped to prepare her for military life.

Her husband of eight years, Second Warrant Officer Lim Chee Seng, went to the SAFVC interview with her, helped her set physical training goals, and arranged a shooting session at the Singapore Gun Club for her to understand the basics of shooting and the effects of recoil.