Intro “You build a connection like no other when you jump out of a plane together” Cadet Liam Pollitt On 15 April 2022 Norfolk ACF completed their expedition to Skydive Hibaldstow returning home after more than 500 skydives in total with 9 cadets as newly licenced skydivers and 7 more cadets and CFAVs hoping to …
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Post Exercise Report EXERCISE CANFORD SCOTTISH WINTER SKILLS 18 – 24 Feb 2022 General Canford CCF conducted a L3 Adventurous Training expedition to the Cairngorms, training Cadet NCOs in the necessary skills to benefit from the challenges and rewards of the Scottish mountains in winter. This PXR summarises the expedition and gives key recommendations for …
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Ex FINN SKI CADET EXIGENT Val Thorens, France 19 – 26 Mar 22 26 OCdts, 4 staff and 5 instructors conducted an overseas ski Exped following easing of COVID restrictions. I was part of the planning over a number of months and with all overseas exercises cancelled over the past few years, it was a …
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PXR For Ex Northern Jacobite Venturer 2022, UT ID 2830. Preamble: Our now annual Scottish exploit is in it’s 14th year but due to COVID has had to reset its ambitions to year 1 of a four year development programme. Our long serving local instructors now have an expectation of great training weather and this …
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Ulysses Trust ID 2842 Ex SNOWBOARD SAPPER 22, Austria, 12 – 24 March 22 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (EOD&S) Exercise Snowboard Sapper 22 was the Corps of Royal Engineers Snowboard Championships for 2022 and for a long while it looked like it wasn’t going to happen… luckily Covid-19 restrictions in Europe lifted just …
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Ulysses’ Trust ID 2805 Exercise Shamrock Neige 12-19th March, Argentiere, France 253 (NI) Medical Regiment From 12-19th March 2022, 253(NI) Medical Regiment took a group of 15 Soldiers and Officers, including 2 instructors to Argentiere, France. The group was made up of personnel from different Squadrons and Detachments of 253 from various locations in NI …
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Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School Combined Cadet Force Gold Duke of Edinburgh Expedition 24th – 28th February 2022 Ulysses Trust Expedition Grant Number 2847 Authors: Captain Graham Naismith & Lance Corporal Layana Joshy The Duke of Edinburgh Gold Expedition is the highlight of the arduous Duke of Edinburgh Gold Programme. It requires participants to immerse …
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Headquarters Home Command EXERCISE MONTY MERGER 26 Feb – 5 Mar 22 Exercise Monty Merger is Headquarters Home Commands’ annual skiing expedition to Mayrhofen, Austria. This year, thirty personnel participated in both alpine and ski touring. With varying abilities and skiing experience, the exercise accommodated Ski Foundation One (SF1) for beginners, Ski Foundation Two (SF2) …
CADET CENTRE FOR ADVENTUROUS TRAINING (CCAT) EXERCISE CADETROCK VENTURER 2022 Major Kevin Edwards OC CCAT A group of Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAVs) assembled at Manchester Airport to fly to Spain in search of winter sun and dry rock. The aim of the CCAT rock climbing concentration course is to provide the opportunity to further …
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DRAGON CALPE BLUE Cambridge UOTC Ulysses Trust Grant Id 02835 On the 13th February 2022, Officer Cadets from Cambridge University Officer Training Corps returned to Cambridge from a field exercise in Thetford. Tired from the weekend’s activity we were now sat in the mess awaiting a brief on the week that was to come. Once …
“The Shackleton Commemoration Expedition – Antarctic Quest 21” – Written by Lt Cdr Paul Hart RNR It’s never easy to organise an Antarctic expedition, especially when that expedition is going to travel well away from the commercial routes, operated by Polar Tourism companies and, thereby, well away from their Search & Rescue services. While it …
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On the afternoon of 29th January staff from the Army Staff Leadership School departed Pirbright in Surrey for Tignes in the French Alpes, a total of 15 staff (1 Lt Colonel, 1 Major, 2 Warrant Officers, 10 Staff/Colour Sergeants & 1 Lance Corporal (3 of whom were reservists) along with 3 instructors. The aim of …
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On the 5th of January 2022, East Midlands University Officer Training Corps and one member from Birmingham Officer Training Corps set off for the Scottish mountains, with 21 Army Officer Cadets, 2 Army Reserve Officers, 4 Instructors and 2 Trainee Instructors. Once we arrived in Kinlochleven, Glencoe, we were allocated to our instructors, issued a …
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Being a part of the maritime forces, taking part in Adventurous Training (AT) in the form of sailing is particularly pertinent. As such, sailors from HMS WILDFIRE decided to organise another National Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) Sailing Exercise (SAILEX) after the inaugural exercise in 2019 was such a success. The principal objective of the exercise …
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On the 15th Of October 2021, a small band of maritime reservists from HMS Dalriada made their way from their Unit in Glasgow, through the dark and winding country roads of Royal Deeside, towards their weekend adventures in the Scottish Mountains. Arriving in the crisp autumnal air and pitch black, carrying their bergans and armed with …
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“No plan survives contact with the enemy” or “The best made of mice and men ” were two maxims that sprung to mind when the exercise leader developed a trapped nerve in his neck 72 hours prior to the expedition starting. The immediate issue was how to safely staff the activities and allow the cadets …
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Exercise Phoenix Adrenaline was a 579 Fd Sqn (EOD&S) led adventurous training event in Jersey for 2021. The team combined members from 101 Engr Regt (EOD&S) comprising personnel from 579, 350, 217 and 221 Sqns. The advance party travelled across on the ferry taking all the kit and luggage a couple of days before the …
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TRAILRIDER 2021 In late September a group of 9 adult volunteers from Central and East Region Royal Air Force Air Cadets deployed to North Wales to undertake some much-needed staff development training. As the country slowly returns to state where face to face cadet activity could resume it was recognised that having a team of …
