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Combined Cadet ForceARMY SECTIONThe Army Section of the Cadet Force has battled through another year of activities . Many ofthese brought a great deal of credit to the Force and a few brought the opposite . One of the latteroccurrences involved our prize possession, the Landrover . This vehicle, on permanent loan fromthe Army, was received with great interest by all . Although it has been the subject of many heatedarguments and the cause of a few reprimands, we would never be without it . The vehicle has beenused for odd jobs, and in various tactical situations .The Section this year has had a full programme, a year that was varied and interesting . Itstarted with the annual camp last summer at Sennybridge in Wales . Here the new cadet had achance to sample Army life and to train on new ground . On the whole the camp was very successful,with good weather . When talking about weather, memories of Pakefield return . It was a weekendcamp held in February and was accompanied by torrential rain all night . At this camp wetried a night raid and a cliff assault, followed by a day on the range firing No . 4 rifles and Brenlight machine guns .During the early days of March we decided to tempt fate by camping, in the expected snowstorms, at Weybread training area . We had several exercises there and it again turned out to be avery enjoyable week-end . The tents proved to be warm, even at that time of year . A third week-endcamp, organised and run by the Army at Stanford Battle Area, in the form of a competition oforienteering and assault course crossings, brought praise from the C .O . at Stanford when ourteam came second .Representatives of the Army Section attended the Cadet Leadership Course, held again atStanford during the Easter holidays . The course lasted ten days and it included all types of trainingfrom diving with the Royal Engineers to a helicopter assault with the Royal Marines . The course,reputed to be-the best of its kind, certainly lived up to its reputation .The year ended with the annual Inspection which went very well and gave the College a goodname if only for our short haircuts! I must at this stage thank all the officers (Mr . Goss, Mr. Staveley,Mr . Moss) who have helped and guided all cadets throughout the year . We all look forward to anequally successful year after the older cadets have left at the end of the year, and we hope that theArmy will continue to outshine the other two sections .R . E. Kett, C.S.M.NAVAL SECTIONThis year has brought a large influx of new recruits into the force . This is rather unfortunateas they outnumber the "Old Lags" two to one . However, they have proved to be very keen and arealready almost up to proficiency standard with their training, and they should provide a very usefulbase on which to build in future years . All training has been temporarily interrupted by the feverishpreparations for this year's annual Inspection . We hope to provide a better display than ever witha combined "jackstay transfer" and fire-fighting display .Our old parent establishment, H .M .S . Bellerophon, was closed down just before Christmas .We have been transferred to H .M .S . Ganges, the R .N . School for boy seamen . We had a field daythere last term, which included a tour of the various training departments and an afternoon tripin an M .F .V . We hope to be able to organise many more such trips next year .After a long series of delays it looks as if we are finally to have our own boat, a 14 ft . G .R .P .sailing dinghy . We should be receiving it in the middle of May, and it will be a great asset as weshall no longer have to depend on the School to provide us with craft .