FIELDCRAFT AT SCRAESDON FORT 22-24-MAY-15

 

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50 cadets, 10 senior cadet NCOs and 8 staff attended Scraesdon Fort , an old military fort now used for training, to spend a weekend of Fieldcraft skills development. During the weekend a number of refresher lessons were given after which the skills were put into practice in a number of exercises. To ensure that all energy was burnt, the cadets went on the 'mud run' with a steep him climb at the end of the course. Not even the senior cadet NCOs escaped from taking part in the course. Air Commadore Turnicliffe popped in to see the activities first hand and passed on valuable advice to the senior cadet NCOs who organised many of the activities under the command of the Wing Fieldcraft Officer.  The pictures below are thumbnails, click on the thumbnail for full size images.

 

 

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Safety Brief

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Meal Time

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Lunch is served

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Camp Scraesdon

 

 

 

 

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Lesson 1

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All round defence

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Patrol drill

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Patrol

 

 

 

 

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Knot skills

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More knots =

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... a stretcher

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Spot the sniper

 

 

 

 

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One sniper spotted

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Applying cammo cream

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More cammo cream

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In field lesson

 

 

 

 

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Lying in wait

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Spiders web challenge

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Camp cadets & staff

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Informal Camp photo

 

 

 

 

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On patrol

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Enemy close

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Final RV

IMG_4387.JPGClosing in on the target

 

 

 

 

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Deactivating the alarm

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Enemy in the tunnels

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Securing the tunnels

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Tunnels nearly secure

 

 

 

 

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Briefing for next objective

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Air Cdr Turnicliffe gives advice to the Directing NCOs

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Observing the exercise

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Moving in

 

 

 

 

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Fall back

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Into the Fort

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Night movement

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A new day a new challenge

 

 

 

 

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Back to the tunnels

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Treating the injured

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Chasm Challenge

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Chasm Challenge

 

 

 

 

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Ready for transfer

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Steady as it goes

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Loading the second load

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Another team try the challenge

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Crossing the chasm

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Transfer successful

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Observation Exercise

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Observation Exercise

 

 

THE MUD RUN CHALLENGE

 

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