CORNWALL CADET BATTALION
 LIGHT INFANTRY
(ARMY CADET FORCE)

   #  The ACF (APC) Syllabus

RECRUIT  1 STAR 2 STAR 3 STAR

4 STAR MASTER CADET

3 STAR TRAINING
Suggested age range: 15-16yrs

DRILL & TURNOUT:

• Revision of drill movements up to 2 star.
• Words of command and directing files.
• Cane drill.
• Ceremonial Drill - Banner Guard.
• Drilling a squad.

SHOOTING & SKILL AT ARMS:

• Revision of GP Rifle.
• Introduction to the LSW.
• SUSAT.
• Strip, Assemble and Clean.
• Load and Unload.
• Holding and firing.
• Mechanisms IA's and stoppages.
   
• SHOOTING
• Cadet GP rifle course.
• LSW Course.
• Target Rifle Course.
• To achieve an improved score with the air or .22 rifle application courses.

MAP AND COMPASS:

• Position Finding.
• Plotting position.
• Setting a compass for a night march.
• Finding north by the Pole Star.
• Day and night navigation exercises.

FIELDCRAFT:

• Revision of all field craft including 2 star.
   
• AMBUSHES
• Ambushes - organisation into groups, communications, springing.
   
• SECTION BATTLE DRILLS
• Section Battle drills.
• Section Attacks
   
• ORDERS
• Explanation of orders.
• Extraction of orders.

FIRST AID:

• OPTION A
   
• The first of two parts of a recognised adult first aid competition.
   
• OPTION B
   
• The second of two parts of a recognised youth first aid qualification.

EXPEDITION TRAINING:

• Training and preparation for the three star expedition. (25miles, 2 nights camping out).

PHYSICAL RECREATION:

• Participate in an activity in the handbook for a minimum period, attempting to gain standards where appropriate.

CADET IN THE COMMUNITY:

• Spend at least 15 hours on community service over a 6 month period as an individual. This may be done in either the cadets time or as part of a detachment activity (A certificate of attendance is required).
  
  OR
   
• Take part in a community project organised by the detachment over a period of at least 15 during training.

JUNIOR CADET INSTRUCTORS CADRE:

• To teach the senior cadet how to instruct up to and including 1 star level in the following subjects:
   
• Methods of instruction.
• Drill, Turnout and military knowledge.
• Skill at arms.
• Map Work.
• Field Craft.

  #  Latest News

Summer Camp 2006

Browndown Army Camp Gosport was this year's location for the Annual Camp when over 180 Cadets from Cornwall spent two weeks fulfilling a wide and varying programme of activities.

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  #  News Links

Summer Camp 2006
Duke of Westminster Award
Army Cadet Exchange - Korea
Army Cadet Exchange - Germany
Army Cadet Exchange - Sweden
Junior Camp
Children's Hospice South West Fund Raising
Challenge Day TA Centre Truro
Royal British Legion Special Award
Assessment Weekend
WO2 Jezz James Second Battalion LI
Rugby International at Bicester
Wyvern Challenge