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Every year East Midlands UOTC hosts a Winter Ball where Staff and Officer Cadets alike can relax, socialise and celebrate the festive season. For OCdts in the Junior (Badajoz) Company, it is their first experience of military dinners and the formalities that come along with them, such as speeches, toasts and many other long-standing traditions. As well as being a...

New images have been released of the redesigned British Army Crowned Cap Badges. The badges feature the new King's Crown (Tudor Crown) which is replacing the Queen’s Crown (St Edward’s Crown). The College of Arms, which designed the cyphers, was founded in 1484 and is responsible for creating and maintaining official registers of coats of arms and pedigrees.  https://www.cadetdirect.com/rank-slides-badges/metal-badges-accessories/metal-cap-badges

Cadet Direct presented one of its £500 skiing bursary cheques to a well deserving cadet in December. The bursary is for a weeks skiing course in Bavaria, Germany next February. Courses to Bavaria are run by CCAT and are open to CFAV’s and cadets aged 16 or over from the ACF and CCF. This year, one of the winning cadets was Cadet Corporal Emma...

Air cadets from Sussex Wing ATC have just completed the trip of a lifetime! A NASA expedition, funded by the RAF Charitable Trust, has been run as part of the RAF100 celebrations. This enabled individuals from Air Cadet squadrons to travel to the Johnson Space Centre, Houston and undertake STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) activities. The trip was part...

An Air Cadet has quite literally thrown herself into raising money for the Royal Air Force Association by jumping out of a perfectly good aeroplane!    RAF Charity Supported by Air Cadet 18 year old Cadet Warrant Officer Rebekah Oldknow, who is based at 209 (West Bridgford) Squadron, Air Training Corps, has been busy raising money for this important charity...

On Saturday 21st April 1414 (Crowborough) Air Cadet Squadron will meet at Barnsgate Manor Crowborough for their annual dinner. They will be celebrating their wonderful year where 12 new cadets joined 1414. The heart of the evening will be celebrating 100 years of the RAF, of which part is inspiring the next generation and where better to start than with...

The new Cadet Direct catalogue has just hit our desks so we thought we'd let you know more about it. First of all it's completely FREE! To order your copy simply click here and we'll send a copy out to you today. Secondly the catalogue is packed with lots of cadet kit and uniform - so whether you're after Army...

Cadet Direct has presented a cheque for £900 to the Commandant of the Cadet Training Centre at Frimley after agreeing to sponsor two cadet places on the upcoming CCAT ski-ing course due to take place in Bavaria, Germany next month. James Munday, the Managing Director at Cadet Direct presented the cheque to Lt Col Gavin Jones during a visit to...

Our new Spring 2015 Catalogue has just arrived! It's packed with exciting new cadet products as well as all the classic items you've come to expect from us. This latest Easter Camp edition features lots of new ranges and our Osprey Assault Order Kit Layout. What's more this catalogue is completely free. Order on our web site here.

CCF cadets are being advised it's not safe to wear uniforms in public and being asked to carry out searches of accommodation and training areas when arriving at camp says an article in the Daily Mail. Click here to view.... Follow us: @CadetDirect on Twitter | CadetDirect on Facebook