When soldiers of mixed Corps participate in a parade, the commander of the parade gives honour to the senior inspecting officer with a war cry. This is one of the many protocols followed on parade. The commander will give the command to "kaleh senjata", on this command the rifle barrel is pushed to the left by the right hand and the left hand grabs the barrel of the rifle. Thus freeing the right hand of the soldier. They remain in this position until the commander yells the "Army War Cry" which is "Gempur!". The men behind him yell with a resounding "Wira!". This is done three times. Each time they yell"Wira!", their right clenched fist is raised up and brought down. It is to honour the most senior officer who takes the salute. This is done by soldiers in battle to strike fear in the hearts of this nation's enemies. In the Rangers, they have their own war cry. The Rangers on parade will have their commander shout "Agi Idup!", a resounding response is given, "Agi Ngelaban!" Which means, "while there is life there is fight". Likewise 3 times.

In Ijok they bastardise the Army's War Cry, "sedia gempur". Where on earth are the nations enemies in Ijok.? As far as alot of us can see there are none, only our very own Malaysians. They are the leaders of the opposition. They are not foreigners. Please grow up and stop intimidating Malaysians with "Sedia Gempur!". It sounds very "Thuggish" when civillians yell war cries. They have not experienced flying bullets and explosions, so that's why they can use that, in peaceful Ijok. I doubt they would be yelling that war cry in a battle zone where the real enemy fights back. Anway this is food for thought, whatever happened to this endearing and nice sounding slogan "Bersih, Cekap, Amanah or the Cemerlang, Gemilang, Terbilang.......I know, I know, you guys out there would like to change that with your own words for example............."Temberang" and so forth. I guess that does not carry any weight anymore, as no one believes in it after being hood winked for awhile since 2004. People of Ijok, go forth today and make your right choice.