Another fantastic weekend with London Area Sea Cadets, proving that there really are no limits to what they can do. It started with a late-night tent pitching with great teamwork already showing amongst the cadets as they helped each other out. The weather was kind, which gave the cadets, some who had never camped before, […]
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In May, a group of five intrepid Winchester Sea Cadets embarked on an unforgettable journey as part of their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Award. Aged 14 to 15, these young adventurers paddled 27 miles of the picturesque River Wye with a singular goal: to photograph the diverse wildlife along the river. Over two days,
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Exercise SKIMO WARRIOR in April this year was the final exercise to prepare the UK Armed Forces Team to compete in the Patrouille des Glaciers (PdG). The PdG is the most prestigious ski mountaineering (skimo) race, with 4,386m of ascent over 58km from Zermatt to Verbier. Teams compete in patrols of three, racing through the
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Alpine Adventure 2024 Expedition Report (Ulysses Trust Application ID 3145) During the February school half term, 45 RAF Air Cadets and 14 volunteer staff from across the South of England travelled to Germany. They participated in an expedition that was to see them undertake a full six-day programme of ski training and skiing at two
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The Netherhaven Skydiving expedition, funded by the Ulysses Trust, aimed to provide a thrilling skydiving experience for our cadets. This report highlights the unexpected turn of events that led to a change in plans and the impact on the participants. The cadets were prepared for a static line jump from 3000 feet, ready to conquer
AIM: The exercise took place over the period of 10 – 16 June 2024 and involved 8 personnel from the Regimental Headquarters permanent staff cohort of 203 MMR, conducting 6 days of cycle touring in Northern France. The overall distance was 238km and was conducted from Cherbourg to Caen. BENEFITS: 203 MMR conducted numerous exercises
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Over the Bank Holiday Weekend of 03-06 May 2024 nearly 100 staff and cadets from the Derbyshire Sector of Trent Wing assembled at Barn Farm in Birchover for their annual DofE Expedition Weekend, again made possible due to the kind sponsorship of the Ulysses Trust and RAF Charitable Trust. This year was somewhat different in
Ex Snjor Mountaineer was the Army Mountaineering Association’s recent flagship ski mountaineering expedition to Iceland, which aimed to prepare for and then summit Iceland’s highest peak, Hvannadalshnúkur – a feat that had not previously been achieved by a British Military team. WO2 Ross Penver, the Exped leader, aimed for the Expedition “to expose a group
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While most university students were at home for the Easter Recess, 12 ULOTC OCdts embarked on a 2-week Offshore Sailing Adventurous Training exercise in The Caribbean Archipelago. With a single weekend earlier in the month acting as a preparatory training phase, this was the first true taste of sailing for 5 of the OCdts, and
After a full school day, 19 cadets gathered at the CCF hut and loaded their bags onto the transport. Boarders’ tea filled everyone up before we hit the road for the 90-minute journey along the A66 and across the Pennines. It is sometimes challenging to part teenagers with their beloved screens but as the Lake
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Thanks to a grant from Ulysses Trust, Cadet 1st Class L was able to benefit from a week on board the offshore vessel TS Jack Petchey, owned and operated by the Marine Society and Sea Cadets (MSSC) to benefit Sea Cadets from around the UK. He joined in Gosport with 11 other cadets. During the
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Introduction: The focus of the exercise was for five members of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) to attend and complete the rigorous static-line parachuting training course at the Centre École des Troupes Aéroportées (ETAP) and thereby earn their ‘French Wings’. Over two weeks, participants underwent intensive physical and theoretical training alongside 125 troops from
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After a hearty pre-exped dinner enjoyed whilst watching the 1965 ‘Heroes of Telemark’ starring Kirk Douglas, Second Lieutenants and three Officer Cadets set off from Cambridge ARC and headed for the Hardangervidda plateau, Norway, on 31 March 2024. Having explained our official NATO Travel Orders to a bleary-eyed French border officer, convincing him that we
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This report was formulated by senior cadet members of Pate’s Grammar School Combined Cadet Force to provide a snapshot of the expedition from the view of the participants. Day 1Beginners Group – Today we started on the green slopes with lots of energy and excitement from the group. We went over some basic skills at
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The aim of the exercise was to take 24 Army Cadets to Bavaria for a progressive AT programme using the medium of Alpine skiing. It was planned to the UKCC Snow Sports Snow Life Awards course as the basis for the weeks training. This was supported with elements of snow/mountain survival lectures including weather and
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During the first week of April, twenty-five cadets and two Cadet Force Adult Volunteers from two squadrons (1105 (City of Winchester) Squadron & 1101 (Kettering & District) Squadron), completed a five day camp with the Outward Bound Trust. As part of the camp, they undertook adventure training and outward bound activities, exposing cadets to new experiences,
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The Expedition started at Dover Priory Train Station, but the learning experience started at the students’ home locations across the UK. Many of the cadets travelled independently by buses, and trains, or a combination of them, to get to Dover Train Station and, for most, this was the first time they had travelled independently, a
In February half term a group of 33 cadets and 3 CCF staff deployed to Norway for a week of Nordic ski touring in the Haardanger Vida region. The plan was for three days of ski training followed by a three day expedition, with a night in a snow hole and a night in a
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