Its main objective is to provide training and personal development to youth through both military-style training and discipline and community activities. The training is geared towards inspiring young men and women to become model citizens. Emphasis during training is placed on discipline, loyalty, leadership and good citizenry. This is often acquired though a completed training course of being an active member in the Corps.[3]
History
The Grenada Cadet Corps has its roots in the British colonial period as a school youth organisation. The corps was inspected by Queen Elizabeth II during her 1966 visit to Grenada.[4] The Cadet Corps disappeared in the mid-1980s, in the aftermath of the United States invasion of Grenada. In 2004, the police force established a police cadet corps, which became the nucleus of the Grenada Cadet Corps when it was fully reintroduced in 2009.[1] The corps was subsequently statutorised by Parliament with the enactment of the Grenada Cadet Corps Act in 2012.[5]
The Grenada Cadet Corps Advisory Council, which consists of the Commissioner of Police, the Commandant and representatives of government ministries is tasked with advising the Commandant and Minister for National Security on the general governance of the Cadet Corps. It also advises the Governor-General on the issuing and withdrawal of officers commissions in the corps.[5]
Ranks
Commissioned Officers
Under Officer
Lowest rank of commission
Second Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant Colonel
Colonel
Highest rank of commission
Non-Commissioned Officers
Recruit
New Students before basic training
Cadet Private
New Students after basic training
Lance Corporal
Students who are in the corps for at least a year
Corporal
Students who are in the corps for at least 2 years
Sergeant
Students who are in the corps for at least 3 years
Staff Sergeant
Students who are in the corps for at least 4 years
Company Quartermaster Sergeans
Students who are in the corps for at least 5 years
Sergeant Major
Students who are in the corps for at least 6 years
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
Students who are in the corps for at least 7 years
Regimental Sergeant Major
Students who are in the corps for at least 8 years
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