Celebrating their graduation from Basic Military Training are 3,078 recruits who completed their rite of passage: a nine-hour, 24km route march. Now privates, they mark their promotion in a ceremony at the Float@Marina Bay. The city event was the first organised by the Tekong-based Basic Military Training Centre, as previous end-of-course ceremonies had been held on Pulau Tekong. (Oct 2, 2010)