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  1. Frimley Staff Visit Cadet Direct...

    Frimley Staff Visit Cadet Direct...
    Staff from the Cadet Training Centre (CTC) Frimley Park paid a visit to the headquarters of Cadet Direct in Crowborough, East Sussex yesterday. During their visit, Lt Col Lackey and RSM Lightfoot were given a tour of the offices and warehousing and met staff many of whom are either former or currently serving cadet forces personnel. The general state of...
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  2. Current MoD Approved Brown Combat Boots

    Current MoD Approved Brown Combat Boots
    Personnel from the Army, Royal Navy and RAF have a choice of wearing five different categories of boots depending on what job they are doing and where they are based. Each of the five boot types comes in two different styles, allowing for personal choice with regards to fit and comfort. The five categories are: Combat High Liability, Patrol, Desert...
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  3. Patrol Commander's Equipment

    Patrol Commander's Equipment
    Patrolling is a fundamental military activity and patrols are used to obtain information, destroy and disrupt enemy forces and to control areas of tactical importance. With reference to Cadet Training, Fieldcraft and Tactics Pamphlet produced by CTC Frimley Park, our experts have put together the following kit guide to give you some ideas of the type of kit that can...
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  4. Fieldcraft & Tactics: excerpt from The Army Cadet Basic Training Handbook

    Fieldcraft & Tactics: excerpt from The Army Cadet Basic Training Handbook
    Fieldcraft - Overview Fieldcraft covers everything to do with military life outdoors. Being ‘out in the field’ means that you are away from modern facilities and have to operate and survive with just whatever you can carry and take with you. This can be in woodland, fields or even mountainous areas. This is an excerpt from The Army Cadet Basic Training...
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  5. Combat & Survival review the Kammo Tactical 24L Assault Pack

    Combat & Survival review the Kammo Tactical 24L Assault Pack
    Observant regular readers may have spotted that I have recently been keeping an eye out for a replacement daysack to use as an airline carry-on/camera bag as my old, well-loved and almost perfect, but no longer made, Source Assault 10 pack is on its last legs after years of use and abuse. To cut a long story short, Cadet Direct...
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  6. Tried & Tested Sleeping Bags

    Tried & Tested Sleeping Bags
    Rated Sleeping Bags for under £41 With summer now underway and autumn just around the corner we wanted to take a closer look at military sleeping bags to see which one represents the best value for money. All our tested sleeping bags feature a modern 'mummy'style design and come with a compression stuff sack- so we focused on the filling...
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  7. Annual Camp Kit List

    Annual Camp Kit List
    66 Annual Camp Essentials to get your Summer Training off to a great start! With British summertime in full swing Cadets from all over eagerly await annual camp. With this in mind we have created a really helpful kit list so that you can make sure you have everything packed from the flint to the 1000 mile socks. When the cadet summer training starts...
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  8. A journey to becoming a RAF Regiment gunner.

    A journey to becoming a RAF Regiment gunner.
    Today we wanted to share a good news story of a former cadet who has recently joined the RAF. AC Bashford is a phase 2 recruit training to become an RAF Regiment gunner. The RAF Regiment is the infantry force of the RAF. At age 13 AC Bashford joined the Air Training Corps at 2158 Sevenoaks Squadron and over 5 years progressed...
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  9. 15 Things You Need To Survive The Unexpected

    15 Things You Need To Survive The Unexpected
    15 Things You Need To Survive The Unexpected I don't know about you, but i've currently got myself immersed in The Island with Bear Grylls. I know it's reality TV, and most likely a load of rubbish but it does have me thinking about how I would fair in a survival situation. A well thought out survival kit will make a big difference in...
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  10. Prince Harry gets a makeover with help from Cadet Direct!

    Prince Harry gets a makeover with help from Cadet Direct!
    A new waxwork of Prince Harry has been unveiled to celebrate the royal’s 30th birthday. Harry’s waxwork, which has gone on show at Madame Tussauds in London, shows off his time as a helicopter pilot in Afghanistan. Cadet Direct supplied the belt, webbing and flashes. The figure is unveiled just in time for Harry’s 30th, next Monday. It’s also in...
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