https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/1000-graduate-as-saf-specialists
Third Sergeant Dela Cruz Carl Stephen Linao grew up watching war movies and harboured an ambition to be a soldier.
It was reinforced at age 13 when he had his first exposure to national service during a visit to Pulau Tekong with his family, who are from the Philippines.
The year was 2009 when he became a Singapore citizen.Today, the 23-year-old is a newly-minted ground-based air defence systems specialist in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF).