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Becoming a cadet in the Australian armed forces is something that a handful of Glen Innes youth have embraced.
Attending a Glen Innes RSL Sub Branch barbecue lunch yesterday, a group of six local cadets joined with SAS (some of Australia’s special elite forces) and Army personnel to show support for the Wandering Warriors who arrived in Glen Innes later in the day.
The cadets rubbed shoulders with those they hold in high esteem and volunteered to help with serving customers enjoying the barbeque.
The Wandering Warriors are raising funds to also show their support of returned service personnel in addition to other support they receive through the government.
Glen Innes RSL Sub Branch president Gordon Taylor said it is important to continue to provide support through the community to help integrate service personnel back into their communities upon their return from service.
“By hosting this dinner and lunch it’s our way of contributing to the support of modern day soldiers which is basically our charter.
“It’s also a pleasure to be in a position to help when we can,” Mr Taylor said.
Warrant Officer Class 2 Hutton said he would like to see more cadets join up.
“We have only 14 cadets in Glen Innes at present,” he said.
“We’re running at about half strength at present, so we could definitely have more interested youth.”
Cadets enjoy a range of activities, learn discipline and are able to then apply that to the formation of their lives and future employment opportunities. It’s also gaining leadership skills, confidence as an individual and in what you can achieve, and also creating mateship. This combined with having some serious fun are reasons to take a second look at becoming a cadet.
For all cadet information relating to the Australian Army and other forces such as the Navy and Air Force go to www.cadetnet.gov.au