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Celebrating 25 yearsof service to the CCF“Having inspected the Honour Guard, the training speaks foritself and if this is an indication of the rest of the day, we havemuch to look forward to,” said Lieutenant General Sir Robert Fulton, KBELt Col Mike Hampshire is celebrating25 years of dedicated service to theEpsom College Combined CadetForce (CCF).Mike was commissioned inDecember 1982 and was appointedCommanding Officer of the EpsomCollege CCF Contingent in April 1988.He also became Award Manager of theDuke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme atthe College at the same time.He has served on the London DistrictShooting Committee and has been aReserve Forces and Cadet ForceAssociation Representative for GreaterLondon on the Combined Cadet ForceAssociation Committee since 1993.In 1998, Mike joined the NationalExecutive Committee of the CombinedCadet Force Association, of which heis also a Trustee.He was promoted LieutenantColonel in December 2002 and in 2004was awarded the Commander-in-Chief’s Commendation for MeritoriousService in the New Year’s Honours List.I n 2010, Mike was selected as theCCF Cadet Force Adult Volunteer toaccompany Cadet Ambassadors for anaudience with Her Majesty The Queenand His Royal Highness the Duke ofEdinburgh to celebrate the 150thanniversary of the cadet movement.He was appointed Vice Chairman ofthe Combined Cadet Force Associationin December 2011.Mike’s particular interest is indirecting youth leadership exercises.He has organised month-longexpeditions to Morocco, India,Pakistan, Bolivia Borneo, Costa Rica,Mongolia, Uganda, Zambia andEcuador. He is currently organisingan expedition to Namibia in 2014.Lt Col Mike HampshireLent 2013 The LINK 11