Ex WET FEET at CCF Recruits Camp
Sixty brand-new Third Year recruits, accompanied by 15 of their Sixth Form NCOs, made their way to Folkestone in the middle weekend of the half-term break for Corps鈥� annual Recruits鈥� Camp. They began by receiving their uniform and being instructed in its correct wearing, before heading out beneath grey skies for lessons in basic fieldcraft and drill. As the World Cup Final raged on boxes around world, the recruits took to the training area on Saturday evening for a battle of their own against a dastardly enemy (and the elements). Their platoons scattered by an ambush, the recruits traversed the area is small groups seeking checkpoints to achieve their mission while evading enemy patrols on the never-better-named Ex WET FEET.
After a warm hot chocolate and a good (?) night鈥檚 sleep, the contingent undertook further lessons on Sunday on obstacle crossing, drill, duties of a sentry and living in the field. The evening offered recruits their first chance to fire live on the range with the small-bore target rifle, an exercise in elementary night movement beneath a glorious full moon, and lessons in military knowledge. In a flash it was Monday and time for the fiercely-contested inter-section 鈥淐oke Can Challenge鈥�: competitions in drill, the DCCT range and the obstacle course led to 1 Section under Sgt Desai emerging as victors. On a miraculously dry(ish) final parade, the Commanding Officer commended a stellar crop of recruits warmly before awarding some special prizes:
–聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Best in the Field聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Rct Roberts
–聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Best on the Obstacle Course聽聽聽聽聽聽 Rct Beech
–聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Best Shot聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Rct Coomes
–聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Best in Drill聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Rct Amsel
–聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Most Improved 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Rct Foskin
–聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Best NCO聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Cpl Dillon
–聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Best Recruit聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Rct Mulcaire
Without hyperbole, the staff were agreed that it was the strongest and most impressive cohort of recruits and NCO instructors they had taken away for many years 鈥� an uplifting way to launch another busy training year.
Capt Mathew Owen
OC Army Section
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