Air Cadet Summer Training

1. Air Cadet Summer Training Cadet and Parent Briefing - 2014

2. General Information1. Applying • Apply through the squadron (on the form provided) • If you’re planning family vacations please indicate the dates you’re not available for camp • Priority ranking is based on attendance, behaviour and merit • Acceptance is done by Region, not us – when they tell us, we’ll tell you if/for what and when you’ve been accepted. Don’t ask, we’ll tell. • Offers and travel orders will be made by email only – we MUST have a cadet AND parent email.

3. General Information1. Applying Continued • If you don’t respond by the deadline, or if you refuse an offer, don’t count on getting another. • If you accept, then later cancel, an offer, don’t expect another. Ever. • If you are not initially accepted, you MAY still receive a latter offer, even up to the last minute.

4. General Information2. Attending • Once accepted cadets can get detailed camp rules & lists of what to bring, and what NOT to bring, from the Cadets.ca website. • Cadets will also be issued, before going to camp, camp uniform items, including for example, shorts/shirts, runners, and a camp tilley hat. • In most cases, cadets will depart for camp from 1 Yukon Lane (Downsview) by bus, and be returned to there. • If a cadet does not behave appropriately, they will be sent home– parents will have to pick them up at their own expense.

5. General Information2. Attending Continued • All cadets will be given the opportunity to call home from camp, and parents may generally visit on Sundays, which is not a training day. • Cadets at camp earn an allowance of $10 per day, up to $60 a week or $360 a course. • Squadron staff are NOT regularly in touch with the camps, and do not have information on how cadets are doing. Don’t contact us except in an emergency.

6. 3. The Courses/Camps • General Training • Leadership • Fitness and Sports • Survival Training • Music • Aerospace & Aviation Technology • Aviation

7. General Training • Introductory, 2 week camp – “little bit of everything”. Held at 8 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Trenton. • Activities include: survival exercise, air-rifle, drill, paper gliders and rockets, airport operations, tours, recreational sports/ swimming, music training, general knowledge and citizenship. • 12-14 years old • Completed level 1.

8. Leadership • Basic • 3 weeks, held at CSTCBlackdown (Canadian Forces Base Borden) to the west of Barrie • Using drill and other tools teaches followership, teamwork and leadership • Level 2 completed • Leadership and Ceremonial • 6 weeks, held at 8 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Trenton • Teaches instructor level skills in followership, teamwork and leadership • Level 3 Completed

9. Fitness/Sports • Basic • 3 weeks, held at CSTCBlackdown (Canadian Forces Base Borden) to the west of Barrie • Sportsmanship, teamwork through a variety of sports • Level 2 completed • Fitness and Sports Instructor • 6 weeks, held at Blackdown (Borden) • Teaches instructor level skills in sports/fitness, including teamwork and leadership • Level 3 Completed

10. Survival • Basic • 3 weeks, held at CSTCBlackdown (Canadian Forces Base Borden) to the west of Barrie • Practical knowledge and skills in wilderness survival • Level 2 completed • Survival Instructor • 6 weeks, held at CSTCBlackdown (Canadian Forces Base Borden) to the west of Barrie • Teaches instructor level skills in wilderness survival, including teamwork and leadership • Level 3 Completed

11. Marksmanship • Air Rifle Marksmanship Instructor • 6 weeks, held at National Army Cadet Training Centre - Connaught (just to the west of Ottawa) • Teaches instructor level skills in air rifle and summer biathlon, including teamwork and leadership • Level 3 Completed

12. Music (Military Band) • Basic • 3 weeks, held at CSTCBlackdown (Canadian Forces Base Borden) • Music proficiency plus some “general” air cadet training • Level 2 completed • Intermediate • 6 weeks, offered at both CSTCBlackdown (Canadian Forces Base Borden) & 8 Wing, Canadian Forces BaseTrenton • Music proficiency, instrument maintenance, instructional technique. • Level 3 completed, Basic music already completed

13. Music (Military Band)Continued • Advanced • 6 weeks, offered at both CSTCBlackdown (Canadian Forces Base Borden) & 8 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Trenton • Music proficiency, instrument maintenance, instructional technique. • Level 3 completed, Intermediate music already completed

14. Aerospace/Aviation Technology • Basic Aviation Technology and Aerospace • 3 weeks, held at 8 Wing Canadian Forces Base Trenton • Fundamentals of aerospace, airport operations, aircraft maintenance • Level 2 completed

15. Aviation • Basic Aviation • 3 weeks, held at 8 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Trenton • Fundamentals of aviation • Level 2 completed • Advanced Aviation • 3 weeks, held at 8 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Trenton • Develop specialist, team leader and instructional proficiency in aviation • Level 3 completed

16. 4. Timings Two-week (General Training) WE DO NOT KNOW WHICH SERIAL OUR CADETS WILL BE OFFERED. • Serial A 7 – 18Jul • Serial B 21 Jul – 1 Aug • Serial C 3 – 15 Aug Three-week • Serial A 7 – 25Jul • Serial B 28Jul – 15 Aug Six-week • 7Jul – 15 Aug NOTE: Dates subject to change – check Joining Instructions and travel orders for correct final dates and times.

17. 5. National Courses • Cadets have already applied for National Summer Courses • Practice Interviews will be conducted 24 Jan 2014, read the Air Cadet League Handbook for information on Interview Questions • Interviews for All National Courses (except IACE) – 1 February 2014 • IACE Interview – 15 February 2014 • Selection and Announcement by Early-Mid May