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Drill
and Turnout
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A time-honoured tradition of the military, cadets
are taught drill. Having learnt the positions of
attention, saluting
and turns at the halt, recruits progress onto
marching in quicktime. Many drill movements can be
executed while standing still and while marching,
and also while holding a rifle.
Each
year, drill is used for Remembrance
Day parades,
and at annual camps large parades take place, with a
colour party, in which cadets with rifles march with
and guard the standard-bearer.
Closely
linked with a cadet's drill is his or her turnout -
each cadet is issued with a uniform by the Ministry
of Defence and shown how to care for it and appear
smart at all times, with ironed-in creases and
polished boots.
The
aim of drill is to produce a cadet who is alert and
obedient and to provide the basis of teamwork. The
purpose of drill is to move an indivudual or body of
men from A to B in a smart soldier-like and uniform
manner.
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Name:
C/Sgt Ryan Driver
Age: 17
When and Why did you decide to join cadets?
"I
joined
cadets about 4 years ago at a cracking age of 14, after
it was recommended to me by the territorial army. I have
always been interested in the army so I thought this
would be a good taster for my future career, and so far
this has been a good decision."
What have you done in cadets?
"So far I have seen and done so many
things. so much has been offered to me , including
sports, shooting and different courses, these are all different
experiences which I would not have gotten to do out of
cadets..
I have taken part in everything I have been offered from
cadets and so I have done quite a lot of traveling
around Britain in order to compete at county, regional
and national levels in both sports and shooting. Since
joining cadets a have become quite a skilled shot with
different rifles, and so I have had the opportunity
to compete in a competition called the cadet 100
where cadets from all over the world gather at a rifle
associated centre called Bisley, this gave me the
opportunity to meet and work with cadets from different
countries.
Also through cadets I had the opportunity to travel to Belgium
with a small group of cadets to visit different area
affected by world war 2 which we found quite
interesting, this also gave us the opportunity to take
part in a parade at the Menin gate.
In cadets I have gone through quite a lot of training,
recently I have achieved the standard of master cadet
which means I am now at the pinnacle of my training. I
have found this training useful and I believe it will be
very useful in the future when I sign up for a career in
the forces.
Whilst I have progressed in my training I have also gone
up the rank structure within the army cadets and I have
recently been promoted to cadet color sergeant which has
also been a very enjoyable experience!"
What has been the most enjoyable part of cadets?
"I
think the most enjoyable experience in cadets was my
master cadet course which I completed recently, this is
because I attended the course with 2 of my best mates in
cadets and we had a good laugh throughout the week. as
we were all senior cadets we were treat like royalty and
overall it was a good week.
As a senior cadet who has had the experience I would
recommend cadets to anybody who is considering. The
first reason being that you will make a lot of new
friends, it also it gives you the opportunity to gain
different qualifications. you also have the opportunity
to attend different sports and training weekends which
everybody within cadets enjoys.
Every person who is considering cadets has the
potential to achieve what I have if they apply the right
amount of determination!"
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