COM B I N ED C A DE T F ORC E
CCF – Combined
A celebration of the myriad of activities undertaken by the Combined Cadet Force dispite the unusual circumstances of Covid-19. by
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he Combined Cadet Force have managed to achieve a lot in the last year. The new Middle Fifth recruits approached their training in the autumn term with positivity and enthusiasm. The training, which would normally be delivered by the Upper Sixth NCOs, had to take place in year group bubbles, planned by the pupils but delivered by staff members. The Middle Fifth responded well and kept high standard throughout their training in drill, first aid, leadership, communications, military knowledge and navigation. The staff have been impressed by the standard of the recruits. Each year there is an award for the top recruit and this year the award went to George Pereni, who showed exceptional enthusiasm and interest at every step of the training. The Upper Fifth cadets in all three sections have managed to complete a 78 The Exonian 2021
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certificated first aid qualification across a six-hour course. They have also had climbing sessions, leadership, shooting, swimming and tai chi. The RAF section have completed their senior cadet course, many achieving distinction level passes. The navy and army sections have also both been completing syllabus training; it was the navy Upper Fifth who launched the return of offsite activities this year with their DofE bronze expedition in October. The Lower Sixth in all three sections have been completing the leadership courses and building their skills in order to take on the training of the recruits and step up to being the senior cadets in autumn 2021. This year was challenging and somewhat disappointing for the senior cadets who, having trained and prepared, were unable to complete their CCF journey in the manner they
Upper Sixth Former Stan Hart was awarded the Jack Sadler Award.
