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Shooting
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After basic lessons on weapon handling and particularly
safety, cadets are first taught to fire a .22 rifle on a 25
m range. Cadets are taught the principles of marksmanship -
natural pointing, position and hold, sight alignment and
shot release and follow through. These also apply to the GP
Rifle, which is fired typically on 100 m, 200 m and 300 m
ranges during annual camps or weekends away. Senior Cadets
are also allowed to fire the Light Support Weapon at the
same ranges.
Cadets
who perform exceptionally in rifle shooting can achieve a
range of proficiency badges and go on to earn county colours
for representing the county at CADSAM, the Cadet Annual
Skill At Arms Meeting shooting competition. The country is
split into divisions, each being numbered. Though each
division conducts the competition differently, the
competition revolves around the same practices.
Cadets
also have the opportunity to fire the L81 A2 Cadet Target
Rifle in competition at Brigade (CTRM), National (Interservices
Cadet Rifle Meeting) and International (Dominion
of Canada Rifle Association Matches) level. Many
cadets go on to become part of the national team
representing the
UK
in international competitions.
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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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