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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.
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 .
The House was commissioned by the Tichbourne Family in 1699. [1] It served as a maternity hospital during the Second World War. [1] It was subsequently used by the Officers' Association (OA), and by the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC), before it was handed over for use as a training college for the Cadet Forces of the British Armed Forces in 1957, opening for its first course in 1959.
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]
The British Army has a network of permanent operating bases overseas, primarily in: [5] British Army Training Unit Kenya, [10] British Army Training Unit Suffield, in Canada, [11] British Army Training and Support Unit Belize [12] Omani-British Joint Training Area, in Oman, used as a Land Regional Hub (LRH). [13]
A formal disbandment parade was conducted at Fulwood Barracks, concluding with the commanding officer’s of 22 & 34 Field Hospital accepting command of the regiment’s task-squadron’s as the regiment’s role 1 squadrons resubordinated to command of their new units to create the Army’s first regular ‘Multirole Medical Regiments’.
The depot was responsible for training recruits undergoing their 19-week basic training before joining a regular battalion. In 1993, the barracks were re-designated the home of the Army Training Regiment, Bassingbourn, and remained as such for nearly 20 years. [2] Bassingbourn Barracks closed as an army training location in August 2012. [3]
Bramley Training Area is a British Army training camp, located south of the village of Bramley, Hampshire.Opened during World War I as an ammunition depot, the site now comprises a field training area and an Army Reserve Centre at Lapraik House, the base for C Squadron, 21 Special Air Service.