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Sharp drenching showers had no
impact on the hundreds of cadets of the Barbados Cadet Corps who
paraded through Bridgetown on
 Saturday
July 24. The parade was in celebration of Cadet Week which
commemorates 106 years of cadetting locally.
Multiple detachments, representing various aspects of cadet activities, and accompanied by The Cadet Band and the Barbados Regiment Band, marched from Harrison College down to Jubilee Gardens via the Wharf road, and back via Broad Street. |
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 As
if on cue, the showers came just as the parade stepped off and
the sun returned with blue skies upon completion of the march.
The Cadets returned to Paragon campsite where they are currently in the middle of the annual summer camp. |
The Sea Cadet detachment Commandant of the Corps, Lt Col Trevor Browne explained that in addition to celebrating Cadet Week, the march provided the very first opportunity for over two hundred new cadets to wear their new uniform in public. The cadets will attend a church service at St Patrick's Church on Sunday. |
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CADET CORPS 2010 OVERSEAS ENGAGEMENTS
COMMENCE WITH MISSION TO GRENADA
Parents and guardians witness the departure of the Star 4 Cadets on board HMBS RUDYARD LEWIS.
On Wednesday 20 July 2010, amidst the excitement created at Paragon Base for the Cadet Band, Sea cadet Unit and Star 1,2 and 3 Cadets, the Star 4 Cadets departed camp at 1915 to move to HMBS PELICAN Base, the starting point of their Star 4 adventure.
Cadet HQ staff, parents and cadets gathered alongside HMBS Rudyard Lewis which was gearing up to transport these cadets on their mission to Grenada
Finally
the moment came and HMBS RUDYARD LEWIS slipped at 2200 hours in the
quiet of the night.
Parents and Cadet HQ staff waved back to cadets standing proudly on
board bedecked in their uniforms and life vests.
They were off on a 9-hours journey to Grenada. The group was led by Major John Walcott. He was assisted by OCdt Zara Massiah and Sgt Samuel Boyce, Permanent Staff Instructor at Cadet Headquarters. On board also was BDF medic, Pte Small S.
The remainder of the Star 4 Cadets pose with Lt Col Atheline Branch and Lt Col Trevor Browne
On their arrival they were greeted by Lt Col Trevor Browne, Commandant of the Barbados Cadet Corps and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Lt Col Atheline Branch who both had a word of encouragement for the Cadets.
The previous evening, Lt Col Branch had performed a similar function for the cadets travelling by Coast Guard vessel After checking in, Cadets were assembled for prayers and Rev Devere Murrell, BDF chaplain, was on hand to say a prayer and share a few thoughts with the members of the group. The two officers travelling with this group were 2Lt Khalil Greene and OCdt Tikesia Clarke.
During the 48-hour period prior to the departure of this group, an advanced party comprising Capt Errol Brathwaite and a BDF cook, Pte Daniel, had moved to Grenada by air to make preparations on the ground for the arrival of the Barbados Cadet Corps contingent.
These 39 Star 4 cadets will travel to Grenada to complete their demanding Star 4 training program. This group will play a very special role in Grenada as role models and instructors for the new cadets of the recently reconstituted Grenada Cadet Corps. This organization had been inactive since the Coup of the early 1980’s.
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Record turnout for Summer Camp 2010 |
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Record numbers of cadets have responded to all phases
of summer camp 2010. As the final phase of local camp gets going,
Paragon is again packed to capacity as cadets turned out in their
numbers to complete this crucial part of their annual training. The first of its kind EXAMS camp was also an overwhelming success. Lt Randolph Clarke, who is the officer responsible for the Corps' Exams and Records, expressed satisfaction at the turnout. The campsite was again packed full and all exams were completed with the professionalism that can be expected from Lt Clarke and his team. |
For the first time in anyone's memory, it was necessary
to actually turn away some cadets at the Junior Cadet camp due to the
excessive numbers and the late registration in those cases. Enthusiasm has been high and the standards very impressive according to all reports. CEO Major Patrick Skeete has expressed satisfaction at the enthusiasm of all cadets this year. The star 4 cadets under Major John Walcott's command leave for Grenada on Tuesday 20 Jul and the final two phases of camp, and also the most anticipated, will see teams leave for camps in Ottawa, Canada and Nottinghamshire England in a few weeks. |
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