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CSM Anissa Patel, Head of Army Section, OB
Once the remainder of the troops arrived the following day and
the stores had been arranged in an orderly fashion, we were all
ready to begin training. On the first few days we headed to the
training area on camp to set up various stations of room and
urban clearance drills, first aid, section attacks and obstacle course
practice.This programme was slightly different to previous years
due to the access to the urban patrolling and clearance facilities
on camp, yet the cadets were still able to fire blank rounds and
practice essential infantry skills. Special thanks to Captain Pollard
and my fellow U6th whose legendary banana selling set the
atmosphere of a village market in the urban patrolling activity!
Bewl Water, our only “non-green” day when cadets are permitted
to wear civilian clothes, involved a day of fun activities such as
kayaking, laser tag, team building, mountain biking and trying
out the new Aquapark.This day always acts as a great bonding
experience between cadets across the five year groups and is a
well-deserved break from the intense training week.
To round things off, the cadets competed in the traditional Dan
Clack Trophy with eight different stands led by staff and the U6th
NCOs.This always proves to be a difficult but rewarding day
with high levels of competitive spirit between the L6th section
commanders.This year the new RSM Madhav Narayanan led his
section to victory with an excellent performance.
All in all, this year’s camp was very successful and I would like to
thank all the staff for their hard work throughout the year to make
weekly training and trips away run as smoothly as possible.
Army Camp 2019
This year after a few complications and
superb organisation from Mr Pascal
and Mr Hitching we managed to land
ourselves a spot at Lydd Camp in Kent.
This was a new camp for the staff and
pupils, so it was exciting to see what it
had to offer, although the early arrival of
the U6th NCOs along with Mr Hitching
and Mr Pascal caused unrest in the camp
by setting off the Armoury alarm for
twenty minutes while unpacking!