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Remembrance Sunday is a memorial day that is closest to the 11th November,the date at which the first world war officially ended, which is also known as Poppy Day or Armistice Day and aims to remember those members of the armed forces, within Commonwealth Countries, who have died in the line of duty. Remembrance Sunday in […]

35 of their most senior cadets and cadet non-commissioned officers (NCO’s) were personally invited by Squadron Officers to take part the weekend, which included training in the topics of practical leadership, effective communication and teambuilding. In addition to developing skills, the objective for each cadet was to attempt to prove to members of staff that […]

East Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association (RFCA) has been working closely with contractors,  John Martin Hoyes of Lincoln and Arch Lodge Construction Project Management Ltd, to complete the redevelopment works and is now delighted that the centre is officially open for use by the cadet organisations in Long Eaton. The centre, which is based […]

  The successful team which will be made up of school-age cadets, representing all aspects of the armed forces from across the UK will debate themes around defence in the House of Lords Chamber. The theme of the event will be ‘The Great War: Listening to the Past; Talking to the Future’. Corporal Sasha Forrest […]

Led by the Long Eaton Silver Prize Band, a long column of Veteran and youth organisations marched through the town to assemble at the War Memorial for a Service of Remembrance, led by the Bishop Roger Jupp. Around 25 Air Cadets and staff from 2195 (Long Eaton) Squadron proudly took their place within the parade […]

City played against local rivals, Nottingham Forest and some 30,000 supporters filled the terraces as the cadets formed a guard of honour along with Army Cadets and RAF Cadets from 1181 (Syston) Squadron as the match ball and a wreath was delivered by helicopter from RAF Shawbury. The wreath was handed over by Sergeant Chris […]

East Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association (RFCA) has been working closely with contractors John Martin Hoyes of Lincoln to complete the redevelopment works and is now delighted to be officially opening the centre that will be used by the Army Cadet Force (ACF) and Air Training Corps (ATC) in Long Eaton for years to […]

The new Cadet Training facility has been developed to replace two cadet training huts that formerly existed on the site on Grange Park Station Road in Long Eaton. The former constructions were built in around 1970 and were extremely tired and not suitable for renovation. The new building includes a drill hall, office spaces, classrooms […]

On the day, the first race Cpl Parker found herself competing in, involved the Individual Medley Relay which combined four different swimming styles – Butterfly, Breast Stroke, Back Stroke and Front Crawl which, seen her beat off stiff competition from other female swimmers within her age group, reaching 1st place and being awarded with her […]

CSV Day is an annual event for the Swadlincote Squadron, which saw cadets taking part in a wide range of activities including a full litter-pick around Eureka Park, a 5 hour sponsored aerobics session to raise money for a teenage cancer trust and a Scottish Mountain rescue service as well as: Citizenship training for the […]