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Huge congratulations to Marine Cadet Swires who has completed the necessary training to become a fully enrolled Marine Cadet.

He was awarded his beret on Wednesday by Chief Petty Officer Waterhouse. BZ.

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Today brings the year to a close for Bradford Sea Cadets, and what a year it has been.
But I am pleased to announce, following review by the Area Officer we have been awarded a Burgee (the highest award a Unit can get short of the Canada Cup), which is a fantastic achievement.
The ship's company has changed significantly since reopening in April, with many new faces joining the Ship's company, many of the senior cadets came of age and left, which left many gaps. The way you have made new cadets feel welcome is a credit to you all, We have had to parade differently which brought its own challenges, some lessons still being delivered virtually, parading one night a week due the numbers of cadets on-board, additional cleaning, wearing masks, different routines etc and you have all embraced this and we have learnt and developed together.
All staff whether UMT, Uniformed, UA's or Civilian Instructors have worked tirelessly and cohesively which has significantly shared the workload, Parents and friends have become involved with organising parties and fundraising and achieved much as well as getting equipment for us and I cannot thank you enough
I feel privileged to be the Commanding Officer and look forward to a year of new challenges and adventures and I know our growth, development and achievements will continue.

CPO Waterhouse

We are pleased to announce two new staff appointments at Bradford.  CPO Jayne Rolls is now our First Lieutenant and PO Tariq Mahmood our Training Officer - congratulations to them both and we wish them every success in their new positions.

Bradford Unit's Marine Cadet Detachment joined others last weekend for their annual CATSEA inspection.  Our Marines came out with a Good rating.

Bradford's Detachment Commander, Sgt Toni Murch, gives the following brief explanation of the CATSEA process:-

"The Cadet Annual Training and Safety Assessment (CATSEA) is an annual test that replaced the Staff Officer Royal Marines assessment two years ago . The assessment is very much like the Sea Cadet's RNP. The cadets are in sections of eight and are given a set of NATO orders to extract at company level then the section commander (cpl Mitchell) has to create a model pit and a set of section orders for a patrol . After giving his orders the patrol sets off and at some point will come under fire . The section must react to this under the direction of the section commander who will make a battle appreciation and direct his troops to the next action be it to withdraw or fight through . This part of the test lasts around two hours and looks at reaction to effective fire , teamwork , and skills taught by staff .

Scores are made from Unsatisfactory , Satisfactory , Good and Very Good . This year we achieved a Good score . We know where we can improve and will strive to achieve a Very Good next year . However the result is fantastic for us and all the cadets who were very tired after a full day of training activities did exceptionally well.

I am very proud to be the detachment commander and to see the constant improvements in our cadets . A major chuck up for cpl Mitchell for his hard work throughout the weekend"