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The Army Cadet Force (ACF) is a cadet organisation based in the United Kingdom.It is a voluntary youth group sponsored by the Ministry of Defence (British Army).Local units of the ACF, called Detachments, are based in towns and villages across the UK and formed of those cadets and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAVs) parading together at that location.
Headquarters North West Cadet Training Team, at Fulwood Barracks, Preston [8] [9] Cheshire Army Cadet Force, at Fox Barracks, Chester [10] Cumbria Army Cadet Force, at Carlisle Castle [11] Greater Manchester Army Cadet Force, in Bury [12] Isle of Man Army Cadet Force, in Douglas [13] Lancashire Army Cadet Force, at Fulwood Barracks, Preston [14]
Headquarters North is the British Army's Regional Point of Command (RPoC) for North West England, North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber.The command administers the reserve units based in its area and also provides the military support HQ for the police and civilian population in the area.
The Army Cadet Force (ACF), generally shortened to Army Cadets, is a national youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and the British Army. [3] Along with the Sea Cadet Corps and the Air Training Corps , the ACF make up the Community Cadet Forces .
Under Army 2020, 4th Infantry Brigade merged with 15th Infantry Brigade in 2015. The latter became "Headquarters North East", which was the point of contact for the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. [1]
As part of the government's Better Defence Estate strategy, announced in Nov 2016, the Army plans to, over a period of 25 years, close down and dispose of numerous bases in the UK. This more efficient approach "co-locates people and capabilities in sustainable locations around centres of mass," and also releases land for up to 55,000 new homes ...
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Each Army Cadet Force 'county' is in-fact a battalion, and each 'detachment' equivalent to that of a platoon. [4] [5] [6] The county's is organised as follows: [4] County Headquarters, Wiltshire Army Cadet Force, at Le Marchant Barracks, Devizes; County Cadet Training Team, Wiltshire Army Cadet Force, at Le Marchant Barracks, Devizes