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He re-joined T.S Tiger 40 years ago in 1978, and moved through the ranks and made Officer in Charge before completing the Command Course in 2000 and being promoted to  Commanding Officer (CO) until 2009 when he moved to Loughborough Unit. After just four years there he was personally selected by the Area Officer to […]

The event that took place at Nottinghamshire County Council on the Embankment, saw cadets be joined by Cadet Force adult volunteers, veterans, council employees and civic dignitaries. The annual event included a veteran raising the flag who had previously served in as a National Serviceman in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the late 1950s […]

Being a volunteer can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people, however, it could see you give up some of your spare time to help your community, make a positive difference to the lives of other people and have the opportunity to gain new skills such as leadership and the […]

Colour Sergeant Paul Squires, a former cadet and currently the unit’s only adult volunteer explained how he got involved: “I owe so much to the cadets, it was the adult instructors who shaped my life during my teenage years, I decided to repay the commitment shown to me and become an instructor. “It is rewarding […]

A number of cadets received promotions to Cadet First Class and Junior First Class ranks, there were also a number of individual awards given out to members of the unit who have shown exceptional effort in the last year. The drill team were commended for winning the district trophy and finishing sixth in the area […]

The prestigious Portsmouth Cup is an annual competition that seeks to find the best Royal Marine Cadet unit from the Sea Cadet Corps (SCC), the Combined Cadet Force (CCF) and the Royal Marine Volunteer Cadet Corps (RMVCC). The competition involved each cadet team who were aged 13-17 years old presenting a summary of what their […]