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The ACF is a family affair for you isn’t it? “Yes, very much so! At Crowland detachment my Mum is Staff Sergeant Instructor Will-Murray and my cousin is Sergeant Instructor Cox.”   Who joined first and how did it go?  “In 2013, Mum joined in June and I joined in the September. My cousin joined […]

16 cadets went on the expedition and they spent 4 days and 3 nights travelling along the river Ardèche from Aubenas to St Martin, navigating the difficult rapids and weirs along the way whilst carrying all their equipment with them. The cadets were all members of Derbyshire Army Cadet Force (ACF) and used the challenging […]

Adult volunteer Under Officer Vikki Hill, aged 31, is a mum of two, works part-time as an Office Manager for the NHS and volunteers with Lincolnshire ACF’s Newport Detachment in her spare time. Speaking about her ACF journey so far, Vikki explained: “I was previously a cadet for six years. I had a 12 year […]

Clay target shooting as it is now known, originally was invented for sports men and women to shoot at glass balls that were thrown up in to the sky mimicking the practice of shooting birds. However, as the artificial target sport developed the activity was opened up to a much wider audience and today sophisticated […]

Cadet Sergeant Caetano Capurro, aged 17, from Leicester has represented his unit and area in five different sports. He explained: “I love sport and the ACF allows me to try a range of new activities without simply sticking to one sport.” Caetano has represented (Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland (LNR) ACF in football, cross country, rugby, […]

Name: Cadet Sergeant Leanne Strudwick Age: 17 Youth organisation: North Sommercotes Detachment, Lincolnshire Army Cadet Force (ACF) When did you join the ACF and why? “I joined the ACF in 2013 as I had always enjoyed hearing all of my dad’s Army stories from when he served in the military. A few friends and I […]

Cadet Sergeant Sophie Henton, aged 17, volunteers with Lincolnshire ACF’s Sleaford Detachment as well as studying photography, health and social care and hospitality and catering at college.   Sophie believes that being able to speak about her experiences in the ACF and gaining the First Aid at Work qualification helped her to get her current […]

Colonel Burt spent nearly 36 years in Notts ACF. He served 3 years as a Sergeant Instructor prior to commissioning in 1985 eventually assuming command of the nearly 700 Cadets and 162 Adult Instructors in the County in September 2013. On the final day of Annual Camp, held this year at Otterburn in Northumberland, Alan […]

Being an Army cadet is all about having fun, adventure and meeting new friends. Activities cadets can take part in include water sports, rock climbing and mountain biking, as well as more green-based training like fieldcraft and shooting. Basically, if you are a cadet there is no need to be bored over the summer as […]

Traveling more than 300 miles from Nottingham to France then on to Belgium, the ACF group made up of cadets who play in the youth organisation’s Corps of Drums, visited historic locations including Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial and The Yser Tower in Diksmuide – a peace monument commemorating the soldiers killed on the Yser […]