SINGAPORE - In his teenage years, Specialist Cadet Muhammad Haireen Mahadi, who described himself as "rebellious", did not do well in his studies and stopped going to secondary school when he was 15.
"I was irresponsible, lazy and did not make the right decisions, but army life instilled discipline and regimentation in me," said SCT Haireen, 28, who enlisted in 2009 and is now a regular with the Army Deployment Force.
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