Tri-Service Cadet Open Day in Dundee

October 10, 2024
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Cadets and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAV) showcased their activities during a tri-Service Cadet Open Day in Dundee on 28 September. 

Local cadet units set up stands in City Square, showcasing the benefits and available opportunities within the Sea Cadet Corps (SCC), Army Cadet Force (ACF), and Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC). Cadets from all three Cadet Forces took part in the opening display with a parade from the High School of Dundee to City Square.

The free event, which ran from 11 am to 3 pm, gave insight into the Service Cadets and the readily transferable skills they learn. This was the second consecutive year the Cadet Open Day was held at the same location, following last year’s successful event on 3 June 2023.

The Sea Cadets brought along a Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) and a Marine Engineering Pod. The mobile workshop tours schools and colleges across the UK, inspiring and engaging young people about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects as an exciting future career choice. Sea Cadets and Royal Marines Cadets, part of the Sea Cadets family, from the Fife & Tayside District also set up stands.

The Army Cadets displays included bowling and tag archery.

The RAF Air Cadets displayed a mobile flight simulator, a Hawker Siddeley Harrier jet, and a first aid stand.

Army Cadets and RAF Air Cadets participated in drill displays throughout the day. The Army Cadets were represented by the Angus and Dundee Battalion Drill Display Team. The Air Cadets were from Central Scotland Wing. Drill equips cadets with the skills to march, be part of a team, and self-discipline.

Drummers from the Dundee Sea Cadets Band also performed for the crowd. The Band included Royal Navy Cadets and Royal Marines Cadets, both part of the Sea Cadet Corps.

Cadets also took part in a fitness challenge, led by a Royal Marines Cadets Physical Training Instructor. The physical demonstration culminated in an intense press-up competition. An impressive Army Cadet remarkably blew both the competition and the crowd away by beating all contestants, including the Physical Training Instructor.

The event was rounded off with an action-packed webbing competition, which involved three teams dismantling and reassembling webbing kit. Sea Cadets from Training Ship (TS) Duncan won last year’s competition, but Angus and Dundee Battalion Army Cadets came out on top this year at the very close competition.

The six winners of the webbing competition with the Sea Cadets, Army Cadets going further and Royal Air Force Air Cadets the next generation logos.

The winning Army Cadets team of the inter-Services competition.

Thank you to the cadet units that took part on the day: Dundee (No 113) TS Duncan SCC, Angus and Dundee Battalion ACF as well as Central Scotland Wing RAFAC’s 1145 (Dunfermline) Squadron, 1232 (City of Dundee) Squadron, and 2450 (Dudhope) Squadron.

Find out more about the Sea Cadets.

Find out more about the Army Cadets.

Find out more about the RAF Air Cadets.

Find out more about last year’s Dundee Cadet Open Day.