Record turnout for Summer Camp 2010
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.

 
Star 4 cadets fine tune their skills under the watchful eyes of 2 Lt  Emanuel Ward as they prepare for the final phase of their star 4 training program at the Paragon campsite on Tuesday 5 July 10.

Approximately 50 star 4 cadets will undertake a grueling 4 day adventurous training exercise before heading off to Grenada to undertake a special mission in support of the new Grenada Cadet Corps.

SUMMER CAMP STARTS

Summer Camps 2010 commenced on 1 Jul 10 with the staging of a camp for Senior and Junior NCOs at Paragon Base. Seven officers, six BDF staff instructors and support personnel, and eighty nine Cadets attended this phase of camp.

The main focus of the Senior and Junior NCO Courses is to provide cadets with an opportunity to understand the role of instructors and get practice in instructional techniques. It also provided additional practice for those star 4 cadets who will be travelling to Grenada shortly.

The Camp Commandant, Captain Errol Braithwaite, reported that Coordinating meetings were held during camp with camp staff and that as a result, many improvements were made during the actual period of the camp. He summarized the phase as having been very successful.

This phase of camp ended on Sun 4 Jul 10 with a brief Closing Ceremony where participants were presented with certificates for performance on the course.  This represents a very positive start to 2010 Summer camps and augers well for the Junior Cadets who enter camp on 6 Jul 10 and for the  main camp phase that follows them. 

   

Master Cadet and Star 4 Cell

makes use of WEB platform

Chanelle Qualifies

for The CAC Games
The new Training cell established to coordinate senior cadet training in the BCC has made an impressive start to their project. Under the command of Captain Errol Braithwaite, the program has successfully prepared the first ever batch of master cadets that will be traveling to the UK and to Canada this summer, as well as the over fifty star 4 cadets who will complete their training in Grenada in July.

Of special mention is their use of a newly created WEB platform to focus and coordinate the training. On the Cell's website, cadets and parents can find updates on the latest information, meeting schedules, camp dates as well as travel plans.

Of interest also is the development of training material which permits cadets to access this information at their leisure and to push forward their own training at their own pace. The Training team is to to complemented for the impressive progress is such a short time.

The Cadet Shooting program has scored another first. SSgt Chanelle Jackman of Queens College has been selected to represent Barbados in the Central American and Caribbean Games which will be held in Puerto Rico from July 18 to 28, 2010. These games are held under the aegis of the Barbados Olympic Association and are a qualifier for the Commonwealth Games being held in India in October 2010.

SSgt Jackman was also among the first two cadets to represent Barbados in the 10m Air Rifle when she participated in the Junior Commonwealth Games held in Pune India in 2008. Both Barbadian cadets reached the finals in that competition.

Chanelle is currently the most senior member of the Shooting Program which is currently under the charge of 2Lt. D Smith and is coached by Mr. Marlon Best of the Barbados Rifle and Pistol Federation.
 

Cadets to March Through Bridgetown

One of the over twenty detachments which took part in the last March through Bridgetown proceeds up Broad Street towards the saluting dais.

The Barbados Cadet Corps will be putting on a route march through the city of Bridgetown on July 24 during Cadet Week, 2010. The march will commemorate the Corp’s 106th anniversary.

The objectives of the route march are:

·        To welcome the over two hundred and fifty new cadets who would have been recently issued with their new uniform, having completed the one year junior cadet course.

·        To showcase the quality of our master cadets who have reached the highest levels of cadet training and who will be traveling to the UK and Canada this summer to represent the Barbados Cadet Corps at international exchange camps.

·        To sensitize the general public about the work of the Cadet Corps

·        To reconnect with our large network of former cadets who, having passed through the corps some time ago, continue to support and promote the work of cadetting in Barbados.

The event will commence at 1000 hours at the Harrison College grounds where all units will assemble before leaving at 1100 hrs for the projected 1 hour exercise that will take the various contingents through the streets of Bridgetown and eventually through Heroes Square where Minister of Youth, Hon Stephen Lashley is expected to take the salute.

As was the case for the last such march, there will be a detachment of former cadets participating in the event. Spaces may still be available and interested former cadets are invited to register to participate in this event by contacting the secretary of the Cadet Association, Mr. Bill Blackman or by calling Cadet Headquarters at 436 6185.

The detachment of former cadets (easily identified by the waistlines) march up Broad Street

Cadet Executive Officer Major Skeete discussing final details with former cadet and official bugler Mr. Mac Fingall

The Cadet Commandant will make a number of honorary NCO appointments (detachment commander, 2IC, sergeants, corporals etc) for the former cadets. These will be effective for the duration of the exercise.

The parade Commander passes the saluting dais

This will be very first occasion where the new cadets will wear their uniform in public. This uniform will have been issued and fitted during their summer camp only weeks before. A number of prizes will be awarded to those who are judged to be the best prepared and fitted among the new cadets.

During the march, all of the various types of uniforms worn by the Corps will be displayed by the different contingents on parade. This will range from the ceremonial wear used for formal and state occasions to field wear that is used for outdoor training.

The parade will be under the command of the cadet commandant, Lt. Col T.T. Browne.

 

 
 

Units 1, 15 & 21 draw up Innovative Training Plan

Units 1,15 and 21 have conceptualized a novel and interesting training plan for their cadets as the school year draws to a close. During the closing weeks of school, from June 18 to June 23, cadets from these units will be attending full days of cadet training at the Barbados Table Tennis Center which is located midway between Harrison College and St Michael Schools.

The arrangement has been negotiated with the respective principals of the schools and

with the permission of the cadets’ parents, and seeks to maximize the use of the time when activities at school tend to take on a rather informal, 'wind-up' mode.

In addition to refresher training, which is intended to sharpen  cadet skills in preparation for Summer Camp, there will be a number of exciting exercises including weapons training sessions.

The Barbados Productivity Council will be

 conducting Team Building and Leadership Training Sessions during the training camp and the cadets will also be introduced to the sport of Table Tennis through organized sessions with coach of the BDF Sports Program, Mr. David Harris. There has already been some interest expressed in an ongoing table tennis training program for some of these cadets next school year.

Congrats to the Officers involved on the innovative approach taken.
 

Senior Cadets Set for Exciting

Summer Camp exchanges

Over seventy cadets from across twenty schools and other educational institutions affiliated to the Barbados Cadet Corps will be traveling to a number of exciting overseas locations during the coming summer camping season.

Fifteen master cadets will be hosted in England by the Nottinghamshire Army Cadet Force in the first such exchange arrangement between Barbados and British Cadet bodies. Another fifteen master cadets will travel to Ottawa Canada as guests of the 2784 Governor-General's Foot Guards Royal Canadian Cadets. This too is a new exchange arrangement, since the last such cadet exchange between Canada and Barbados took place in the early 1970s.

 Regionally, over forty 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.

Cadets from Nottinghamshire, England prepare for an event during their exchange visit to Barbados in 2009

Commandant of the Barbados Cadet Corps, Lt Col Trevor Browne has been expressing great satisfaction at the new training opportunities that the Corps has been able to put in place for local cadets. He indicated that the activities planned this summer are the culmination of many years of detailed planning and hard work by the officers of the Corps and by the staff of Cadet Headquarters. The role of Cadet Executive Officer Major Patrick Skeete was specially highlighted.

Captain Errol Braithwaite will lead the contingent of three officers, one Permanent Staff Instructor and fifteen cadets to England while Captain Randy Charles will be in command of the three officers and fifteen cadets to Ottawa.

Captain John Walcott will take charge of the group of four officers, one Permanent staff Instructor, one medic, one cook and forty five cadets that will be undertaking the mission to Grenada.

It is the intention of the Commandant to continue to develop these opportunities for our cadets to benefit from the level of advanced training that derives from these kinds of interchanges with other highly developed cadet organizations. This means that current and future junior cadets can look forward to experiencing these opportunities in coming years.

Cadets rewarded for being BAD?

Normally, as we approach the end of the third school term, cadet activities are scaled back to allow students to concentrate on their academic exams. Two reasons likely explain the large numbers of Junior Cadets that continue to attend training at Harrison College on Saturday mornings.

1 - These juniors are not yet into the external exam phase of their school lives

2 - The parents are probably more than happy to get them out of the house on Saturday mornings.

In any event the juniors seem to really enjoy the activities put on.

 Of particular interest appears to be the BAD contests where officers and NCOs actively encourage and assist these young cadets to be BAD.

There is an inter platoon contest as well as an individual BAD competition to find the top BAD male and female cadet.

When the dust cleared on Saturday June 4, two male cadets were left standing in the search for the BAD cadet of the day.

This however is not a new trend in the Cadet Corps, over the years almost every cadet have wanted to be BAD. indeed many former cadets now brag

about being BAD in their heyday. The main difference now is that these Junior Cadets will be able to say in future that he or she was THE BAD cadet on a particular date - since on that day they would have been adjudged to have been BEST AT DRILL, and they will have the trophy to prove it.

Jr Cdts on facebook
   

One hundred and sixty registered

One hundred and sixty junior cadets have already registered to attend summer camp 2010. Registration opened on Saturday May 29 at Harrison College and continues on Saturday June 5, 2010. All registered junior cadets should make every attempt to attend camp. Successful completion of this camp is required for junior cadets to move on to the next phase of cadetting.

Details of Junior Cadet Summer Camp have been released by the Camp Planning Cell....All parents and junior cadets are to take careful note of the details below.

Feel free to contact your school officer or Junior cadet officer if you have any questions.
Junior cadet summer CAMP 2010

The Barbados Cadet Corps will be conducting a camp for all Junior Cadets participating in the Basic Training Programme 2009-2010 at Harrison College.

This camp will be held at the Paragon Campsite from Tue 6 Jul until Wed 14 Jul 10.

The aim of the camp is to

a. Complete the Basic Training syllabus in all subject areas

b. Execute the Adventurous Training component of the programme

c. Conduct training in Skill at Arms and marksmanship using the .177 air rifle

d. Introduce cadets to the basics of camping a way from home.

 

On successful completion of the programme, the cadets will be awarded the Blue Star badge.

UPDATE:

After a review of the summer camp policy, all junior cadets will now be permitted to register and attend the Junior Cadet Camp.

Any junior cadet registered with a cadet unit may register for summer camp by registering at Harrison College or contacting Cadet Head Quarters

 REGISTRATION

Registration for camp will be held on Sat 29 May & 5 Jun 10 at Central Recruit Training, Harrison College.  There is a $10.00 registration fee for the camp.  Late Registrations will be accepted on Sat 12 Jun 10, but there will be an additional LATE REGISTRATION FEE OF $5.00.

No registration will be accepted on the day of the camp.  All registration must be completed at Harrison College prior to the start of the camp.

REPORTING

All cadets are to report to Paragon Base on Tue 6 Jul 10 by 0900hrs in full school uniform. Camp will conclude with a short closing parade on Wed 14 Jul 10 at 1500hrs. Parents are to collect their child/ward immediately after the parade and have them off the compound by 1530hrs.

CAMP APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENT

NAME

Camp Commandant

Maj P Powlett

Deputy Camp Commandant

Capt G Vaughn

Training Officer

Capt G Mitchell

Camp Adjutant

Lt R Wharton

Camp Admin Assistant

CUO T Lowe-Murrell

Assistant Training Officer

2Lt W Simmonds

OIC Service Support Unit (SSU)

OCdt T Clarke

2iC Service Support Unit (SSU)

CUO S Lorde

A COY Commander

Lt R Conliffe

2iC A COY

2Lt G Wallace

B COY Commander

Lt N Williams

2iC B COY

OCdt D Best

Instructors

Lt E Holder

OCdt Z Massiah

 

  DUTY

ROSTER

 Tue 6 Jul 10 Wed 7 Jul 10 Thurs 8 Jul 10
Duty Officer 2Lt G Wallace OCdt D Best Lt R Conliffe
  Fri 9 Jul 10 Sat 10 Jul 10 Sun 11 Jul 10
Duty Officer OCDT T Clarke Lt N Williams 2Lt W Simmonds
  Mon 12 Jul 10 Tue 13 Jul 10 Wed 14 Jul 10
Duty Officer OCdt Z Massiah OCdt D Best 2Lt G Wallace

DAILY CAMP ROUTINE

Ser

Occurrence

Time

1.

Reveille

0515HRS

2.

Physical Training

0530HRS – 0600HRS

3.

Breakfast

0630HRS – 0730HRS

4.

Muster

0755HRS – 0810HRS

5.

Period One

0815HRS – 0850HRS

6.

Period Two

0855HRS – 0930HRS

7.

Period Three

0935HRS – 1010HRS

8.

Break

1015HRS – 1045HRS

9.

Period Four

1050HRS – 1125HRS

10.

Period Five

1130HRS – 1205HRS

11.

Lunch

1215HRS – 1325HRS

12.

Period Six

1330HRS – 1405HRS

13.

Period Seven

1410HRS – 1445HRS

14.

Period Eight

1450HRS – 1525HRS

15.

Organised Recreation

1545HRS – 1730HRS

16.

Supper

1800HRS – 1900HRS

22.

Lights Out

2230HRS

CAMP TIMETABLE (ALPHA COY)

DAY

DATE

TRG PD 1

0815–0850

TRG PD 2

0855-0930

TRG PD 3

0935–1010

1015

1045

TRG PD 4

1050-1125

TRG PD 5

1130-1205

1215

1325

TRG PD 6

1330-1405

TRG PD 7

1410-1445

TRG PD 8

1450-1525

1545-1730

6 Jul Camp Admin-Registration & Squading

C

A

N

T

E

E

N

 

 

B

R

E

A

K

 

SENSIBLE LIVING

Barrack Room setup & Uniform issue

L

 

 

U

 

 

N

 

 

C

 

 

H

 

FC

Personal camouflage and concealment

 

 

 

R

E

C

R

E

A

T

I

O

N
7 Jul

DRILL

Revision of All serials, Open & Close Order,

 SENSIBLE LIVING

FC

Why things are seen

FC

Why things are seen (Practical)

SENSIBLE LIVING
8 Jul DRILL

 Marching and Halting in Slow time

SENSIBLE LIVING

Lec

Organisation of the BCC – Special Units of the BCC (Band, Sea cadets, Shooting, Medical)

FC

Shelter Building – Building improvised shelters

 

 SENSIBLE LIVING
9Jul

DRILL

Marching and Halting in Slow time

SENSIBLE LIVING

FC

Personal camouflage and concealment - Practice

SAA

Safety with Weapons – The Air Rifle

SENSIBLE LIVING
10 Jul

ADV TRG

“Exercise Hill Trek” – (Hike from Indian Ground to Walkers)

ADV TRG

“Exercise Hill Trek” – (Hike from Indian Ground to Walkers)

ADV TRG

“Exercise Hill Trek” – (Hike from Indian Ground to Walkers)

11 Jul

SAA

Loading & unloading – Holding Aiming and Firing.

 SENSIBLE LIVING

SAA

Loading & unloading – Holding Aiming and Firing.

 SENSIBLE LIVING CHURCH PARADE
12 Jul

RANGE DAY

RANGE DAY

RANGE DAY

13 Jul

DRILL

Inter Platoon Competition

FC

Inter platoon competition (camouflage and concealment)

FC

Inter platoon competition (Shelter Building)

14 Jul

DRILL

Revision all serials – Rehearsal for Final Parade

SENSIBLE LIVING

Camp cleanup

Preparation for Final Parade Final Parade and Dismissal