BAG PACKING
PG 3
CULTURAL
CAMP
PG 4
SHOOTING
PG 4
WI N T E R
2013
Cosford
altitude
ISLE OF WIGHT
By Cdt. S Dhir
This year the annual Isle of Wight
camp took place on the week commencing the 24th of August. Cdt Dhir
was lucky enough to obtain a place on
the camp and she has written about
what she got up to during the week.
“After a long 7 hour journey, all cadets
from West Mercian Wing arrive in Jersey Camp; where all cadets stayed
during the camp. After a briefing about
the mornings arrangements, all cadets
were escorted to their rooms along
with their luggage. Cadets prepared
for the morning and had an early
night.
The next morning arises, all cadets
wake up and changed into their greens
and ready for breakfast at 08:00.
Breakfast is the main meal of the day
as many say. After having an English
breakfast, all cadets got told what
groups they were going to be in for
the rest of the camp; also the day’s
activities. Every day, each group were
given the kitchen as a duty - which
involved washing up and cleaning the
kitchen. After eating breakfast, all
cadets fell into their groups outside
and head off to their activities. Groups
A and B were doing Weapon Training
and Groups C and D were doing Field
Craft. After lunch the groups swapped
over.
Field Craft involved cadets being
taught how to make their own shelters
and were taught survival training.
Along with being taught how to patrol
and shown different ways of moving
stealthily, such as the leopard crawl, in
preparation for the night exercise.
Weapons Training involved cadets
learning about different weapons. Cadets were split into two groups: cadets
who have had training and those who
haven’t. The cadets who haven't previously had any training, were given a
lesson on how to safely handle the
rifles and then were all given the
chance to take their Weapons Handling
Test (WHT). All of these cadets
passed. The cadets who had previously
done training did different activities
such as Radio Communications. The
evenings activities were cancelled due
to the weather, so instead of doing
sport. the cadets watched a film, however some still decided to go for a run
despite the poor conditions. >>
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From Left: Cdt. S. Dhir;
Cdt. E. Eccleston; Cpl. A. Mathias
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