Cayman Islands Cadet Corps

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Commandant of the Cayman Islands Cadet Corps
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The Cayman Flag is used by the Cayman Islands Cadet Corps as their Flag
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Incumbent
COMDT. Col. Errol Brathwaite, CCM
since April 14 2023
Youth and Sports
Style Colonel (Col)
Member ofCaribbean Cadet Association
Reports toDeputy Governor
Residence Cayman Islands
Appointer Governor of the Cayman Islands with the advice of the Premier
FormationMarch 2002
First holderComdt. Colonel (Col.) Philip Hyre (Ret)
DeputyVacant
Website www.cicadetcorps.ky

The Cayman Islands Cadet Corps (CICC) is a youth organisation in the Cayman Islands for male and female secondary school students between age 12 and 17. It was established in March 2002.

Contents

Core subjects

The Cayman Islands Cadet Corps Structure

The CICC is split into 6 detachments:

The main objectives of the CICC are defined in its Charter, Vision and the Mission Statement.

The Charter

The Cayman Island Cadet Corps is a National Voluntary Youth organisation. It is sponsored by the Governor's office and administered by a local headquarters led by the Commandant. The Cadet Corps were originally operated by the Ministry of Education with assistance from the RCIPS and provides military style, adventurous, and community activities. The Corps are currently under the Ministry of Health, Environment, Youth, Sports & Culture.

List of Commandants and Deputy Commandants of the Cayman Islands Cadet Corps

List of Adjutant Training Officers of the Cayman Islands Cadet Corps

List of Warrant Officers of the Cayman Islands Cadet Corps


Cadet ranks

As well as learning new skills by working through the APC syllabus, experienced cadets can be awarded a rank. As the Army allows its soldiers to take on responsibility and leadership as non-commissioned officers (NCOs), so too does the ACF.


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Cayman Islands Cadet Corps
ACF Cadet Rank Slide UO.svg ACF Cadet Rank Slide CSM.svg ACF Cadet Rank Slide CDTSSGT.svg ACF Cadet Rank Slide CDTSGT.svg ACF Cadet Rank Slide CDTCPL.svg ACF Cadet Rank Slide CDTLCPL.svg ACF Cadet Rank Slide Cdt.svg No insignia
Cadet Under OfficerCadet Company Sergeant MajorCadet Staff
Sergeant
Cadet
Sergeant
Cadet
Corporal
Cadet Lance
Corporal
CadetRecruit
CDTUOCDTCSMCDTSSGTCDTSGTCDTCPLCDTLCPLCDTRCT

Cadet NCOs wear the issued cadet rank slides. [1] The titles of some ranks may vary as cadet detachments are affiliated to Army regiments and adopt their terminology. There is usually only one Cadet RSM per county. In many counties, there is the opportunity for appointment to Cadet Under Officer (CUO), an appointment allowing the holder to stay in the officers' mess. [2]

Although promotion is based on merit rather than progression through the APC syllabus, the following criteria must be met before a cadet is eligible for promotion: [3]

Officer ranks

The following are the insignia - emblems of authority - of the British Army. Badges for field officers were first introduced in 1810 and the insignia was moved to the shoulder boards in 1880 for all officers in full dress.

NATO codeOF-10OF-9OF-8OF-7OF-6OF-5OF-4OF-3OF-2OF-1 OF(D) Student officer
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No equivalent
British Army OF-5.svg British Army OF-4.svg British Army OF-3.svg British Army OF-2.svg British Army OF-1b.svg British Army OF-1a.svg British Army OF (D).svg No equivalent
Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet

    History

    The Cayman Islands premier has stated the desire to raise a Cayman Islands Defence Force when it can be afforded, which would make the Cayman Islands the fifth British Overseas Territory to have a locally raised army unit, but for the moment it has only the Cayman Islands Cadet Corps.

    The CICC was established in 2001 and enacted by the Cayman Islands Cadet Corps Law of 2003. The First Commandant of the CICC, now retired, was Colonel Philip Hyre. In 2013, Lieutenant Colonel Bobeth O’Garro was confirmed as the Commandant for the CICC, thus becoming the first female Commandant to lead a Corps in the Caribbean region. [5]

    Syllabus

    The Organisation has been modeled on the UK Army Cadet Force organisation (ACF). The organisation aims to provide citizenship training via military-style activities, including instruction in military knowledge, drills, leadership, public speaking, field craft, land and sea navigation, signaling, physical fitness, first aid, arms skills, and music.

    Cayman Islands

    The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory and uses the same school curriculum as the UK. In September 2005 the CICC began working with the Cadet Vocational Qualification Organisation (CVQO) in the UK to add a vocational training element that has resulted in qualified cadets gaining the BTEC First Diploma in Public Services, which is equivalent to passes in four subjects at GCSE. The CICC became the first Cadet Corps in the Caribbean to offer such a diploma.

    The CICC has an overseas exchange program with UK, Canada and other Caribbean Islands.

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    References

    1. Army Dress Regulations (All Ranks), Part 08 "Dress Regulations for Combined Cadet Force (Army Sections) and the Army Cadet Force", Ministry of Defence, April 2013
    2. AC 14233 The Army Cadet Force Manual (2012 Edition), Paragraph 6.014
    3. AC 14233 The Army Cadet Force Manual (2005 Edition), Paragraph 6.012
    4. "Cadet Ranks" . Retrieved 2 March 2014.
    5. "Cayman Islands News". www.caymannewsservice.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013.