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Royal Canadian Sea Cadets badge. This badge is the service crest of the RCSC, and is worn on cadet uniforms as a brass cap badge and as an embroidered jacket patch on issue parkas. Cadets Canada logo. This logo is intended for use on pan-organizational material representing the entire Canadian cadet organization: the CIC, the three cadet services, and the three Leagues.

The Royal Canadian Sea Cadets is a Canadian national youth program that is sponsored by the Canadian Forces and the Civilian Navy League of Canada. Along with the Army Cadets and Air Cadets, the organization forms part of the Canadian Cadet Organization, administered by the Canadian Forces, and supported by civilian leagues. Though members have a close relationship with the CF, cadets are not members of the Forces, and there is no expectation of a future military career. In keeping with Commonwealth custom, the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets is the senior of the three cadet organizations, due to the Royal Navy's long-standing primacy in the order of precedence, a custom common to most Commonwealth navies.

Cadets are boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 18. The organization and rank system of the Canadian Navy is used, but cadets can only attain Non-Commissioned Officer status. Adult leadership is provided by Officers of the Canadian Forces, contracted Civilian Instructors or authorized adult volunteers. Most are members of the Canadian Forces Cadet Instructors Cadre(CIC), who are especially trained to deliver the Royal Canadian Sea, Army, and Air Cadet Program. CIC members are commissioned officers of the Canadian Forces. The organization is administered by the Department of National Defence (DND), staffed by the Canadian Forces and funded by both the civilian Navy League of Canada (NL) and DND. The aim of the Cadet Program is:

To instil in youth the attributes of good citizenship and leadership, promote physical fitness and an interest in the activities of the Canadian Forces.

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[edit] Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps

Individual cadets belong to units are called Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps (RCSCC), or Corps de cadet de la Marine royale canadienne (CCMRC), and are the basic operating units of the program. The corps is comprised of Canadian Forces Officers of the Reserve Cadet Instructors Cadre, often assisted by Civilian Instructors (CI), and cadets. All but the smallest corps maintain several departments, typically including Training, Administration, and Supply, while larger units maintain training-support organisations, including Range, Boatshed, Sail, and PERI (Physical Education and Recreational Instruction. Training, Administration, and Supply operate under the direction of a CIC officer, possibly with an assistant, and a senior cadet, while the others, with the exception of Range, are often run by a senior cadet. Units generally adhere to the school schedule, meeting weekly for mandatory training, and carrying out additional training on weekends and other weeknights. The primary meeting is referred to as a parade night, while overnight weekend training conducted at the unit's home is called a live-aboard. Anything taking the unit away from its home is generally termed an exercise.

[edit] Primary Departments

  • The Training Department is comprised of the Training Officer (TrgO), Training Chief or Petty Officer (TrgCPO/PO), and a staff of senior cadets and adult staff, often with other duties within the unit, serving as instructors for the Phase Training Program - the basic Sea Cadet syllabus. The TrgCPO/PO is often responsible for maintaining each cadet's training record, as well as handling resources and rating cadet instructors.
  • The Administration Department is comprised of the Administration Officer (AdmO) and Administration Chief or Petty Officer (AdmCPO/PO), who wears the quill-pen and scroll badge of a Ship's Writer, and may be referred to as such. Administration handles all incoming and outgoing mail, as well as maintaining corps records other than those specifically handled by Training or Supply.
  • The Supply (or Stores) Department is composed of a Supply (or Stores) Officer, sometimes assisted by a senior cadet, who is entitled to wear the crossed-keys badge of a Storesman. The Supply Department is responsible for all equipment belonging to the corps; however, Supply tends to be primarily concerned with issuing cadets uniforms and related gear.

[edit] Other Groups

  • Range: Most units will have at least one trained Range Safety Officer (RSO) and may conduct training in firearms safety and marksmanship using either the Daisy Air Rifle, or with the proper range facility, .22 calibre Lee Enfield or Anschutz bolt action rifles.
  • Sail: Many units run a sailing program using small dinghies, typically Pirate- or 420-class vessels, although other comparable designs are used, including Lasers, Olympic-class 470s, and International Cadets. This program is often staffed by a civilian sailing instructor, who is assisted by trained cadets, and may focus on competitive or recreational sailing. The Sea Cadet sailing program uses Canadian Yachting Association levels and material.
  • Band: Most units larger than thirty people will try to support some sort of musical ensemble, whether drum and bugle, drum and bell (glockenspiel, a military band, or just a drum line. A very few corps have a piper or two, while an even smaller group maintain pipe bands, rare due to both the lack of a Naval tradition of piping, and the comparative expense of the instruments.
  • Boatshed: This support department handles all the water-related needs of the corps, including maintenance of the sailing dinghies and other small craft, as well as supporting seamanship work off the water.
  • Canteen: Typically operated as a sort of joint venture between individual corps and their sponsoring groups, the Canteen typically sells pop, chips, and the like at breaks in training. Some also offer cadets various necessities such as thread, boot polish, and starch. More ambitious corps canteens offer unit clothing, typically sweatshirts, T-shirts, belt buckles and the like, suitably emblazoned.

[edit] Sponsoring Group

Each corps generally relies on some community group to provide funding for items not covered by DND. Typically, this will be an NL branch - essentially a parent committee - but may be a Royal Canadian Legion branch, or some similar service club; i.e. Lions, Rotary, etc. Navy League branches generally rely on community support, in the form of direct donations of money and goods, trusts, and various forms of fund-raising efforts. These last include sale of various items, much like the Girl Guide cookie campaigns, street-corner pin and tag sales by cadets, and funds raised through the attached cadet unit's own canteen.

Items funded by the sponsoring group include:

  • Accommodations for parade nights; local schools and community centres are typical, but some units are able to use Reserve armouries. A very few have their own building. Regardless of the building, the location the unit parades at tends to be referred to as "the barracks," with what the Army would term as a parade square called variously the drill or parade deck. A similar navalization converts walls to bulkheads, floors to decks, washrooms to heads, and the concession as the canteen.
  • Transportation: some units, especially rural ones, provide a pickup service for some or all activities using their own bus. Transportation for larger events is often provided by DND or by using chartered coach buses.
  • Optional Training, which includes everything not funded by DND, such as additional sail training, extra weekends, and the like.

[edit] Training & Ranks of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets

For a more complete discussion of RCSC Winter Training, please see Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Training

The following are the rank badges of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets<ref>Royal Canadian Sea Cadets Badges - Insignes de la Marine royale du Canada</ref><ref>The information for promotion criteria: from Annex A of CATO 33-01</ref>: In addition to the rank-specific criteria given below, all appointments are subject to the approval of the cadet's Commanding Officer, who generally promotes based on the advice of Divisional Officers and unit training staff.

Rank and Description Rank Badge

[edit] Ordinary Cadet - Cadet de 3e Classe

  • Upon joining the Sea Cadets, an individual is designated as an Ordinary Cadet (OC) (or cad3 in French). He/She doesn’t have to complete any prior training, successfully complete any performance or enabling check, or meet any prerequisites; however, custom dictates that such a cadet will have been "sworn in" in front of his/her unit, making a promise of loyalty to the Crown and obedience to orders.
  • Ordinary Cadets wear no rank.

[edit] Able Cadet - Cadet de 2e Classe

In order to be eligible for appointment to the rank of AC (or cad2 in French), the cadet must meet the following prerequisites:

  • hold the rank of OC;
  • have successfully completed Phase I from the LHQ program;
  • maintain a satisfactory level of dress and deportment; and
  • be recommended by his/her Divisional Officer.

Cadets appointed to this rank shall wear the AC badge in accordance with current Sea Cadet Dress Instructions.

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[edit] Leading Cadet - Cadet de 1e Classe

In order to be eligible for appointment to the rank of LC (or cad1 in French), the cadet must meet the following prerequisites:

  • hold the rank of AC;
  • have successfully completed Phase II from the LHQ program;
  • maintain a satisfactory level of dress and deportment; and
  • be recommended by his/her Divisional Officer.

Cadets appointed to this rank shall wear the LC badge in accordance with current Sea Cadet Dress Instructions.

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[edit] Petty Officer Cadet Second Class - Cadet-maître de 2e Classe

In order to be eligible for appointment to the rank of C/PO2 (or Cm2 in French), the cadet must meet the following prerequisites:

  • hold the rank of LC;
  • have successfully completed Phase III from the LHQ program;
  • maintain a satisfactory level of dress and deportment; and
  • be recommended by his/her Divisional Officer.

Cadets appointed to this rank shall wear the C/PO2 badge in accordance with current Sea Cadet Dress Instructions.

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[edit] Qualified Petty Officer Cadet First Class - Cadet-maitre de 1e Classe (admissible)

In order to be eligible for appointment to the rank of C/QPO1 (or Cm1(A) in French), the cadet must meet the following prerequisites:

  • hold the rank of C/PO2;
  • have successfully completed Phase IV from the LHQ program;
  • maintain a satisfactory level of dress and deportment; and
  • be recommended by his/her Divisional Officer.

Cadets appointed to this rank shall wear the C/QPO1 badge in accordance with current Sea Cadet Dress Instructions.

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[edit] Petty Officer Cadet First Class - Cadet-maître de 1e Classe

In order to be eligible for appointment to the rank of C/PO1, the cadet must meet the following prerequisites:

  • must have passed the national C/PO1 Performance Check;
  • must have held the rank of C/QPO1 for at least 6 months;
  • maintain a satisfactory level of dress and deportment;
  • must be recommended by the Merit Review Board; and
  • there must be a vacancy on the corps PO1 establishment.

Cadets appointed to this rank shall wear the PO1 badge in accordance with current Sea Cadet Dress Instructions.

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[edit] Chief Petty Officer Cadet Second Class - Premier maître de 2e Classe

In order to be eligible for appointment to the rank of C/CPO2 (Pm2 in French), the cadet must meet the following prerequisites:

  • must have held the rank of C/PO1 for at least 6 months;
  • maintain a satisfactory level of dress and deportment;
  • must be recommended by the Merit Review Board; and
  • there must be a vacancy on the corps C/CPO2 establishment.

Cadets appointed to this rank shall wear the C/CPO2 badge in accordance with current Sea Cadet Dress Instructions.

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[edit] Chief Petty Officer Cadet First Class - Premier maître de 1e Classe

In order to be eligible for appointment to the rank of C/CPO1 (Pm1 in French), the cadet must meet the following prerequisites:

  • must have held the rank of C/CPO2 for at least 6 months;
  • maintain a satisfactory level of dress and deportment;
  • must be recommended by the Merit Review Board; and
  • there must be a vacancy on the corps CPO1 establishment - one per corps.

Cadets appointed to this rank shall wear the C/CPO1 badge in accordance with current Sea Cadet Dress Instructions.

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[edit] SCSTE Chief Petty Officer - Capitaine d'armes de CIECM

This rank, based on the Base Warrant Officer/Chief Petty Officer rank of the CF, is worn by a Royal Canadian Sea Cadet employed as the Cadet Coxswain or Chief, capitaine d'armes cadet in French, (different SCTEs use their own term) of a Sea Cadet Summer Training Establishment, and may be considered the pinnacle of a cadet's service. This rank may not be worn for any other reason.

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[edit] List of Sea Cadet Corps in Canada

Main article: List of Sea Cadet Corps in Canada

[edit] Summer Training

For a more complete discussion of RCSC Summer Training, please see Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Training

Summer Training Centres, officially termed as either Sea Cadet Summer Training Centres or Establishments, and referred to colloquially year-round as "camps," and, by their ship's company over the summer, as "the base," provide additional training intended to support or complement that offered at the home unit from September to June. Across the board, cadets applying for summer training must have 75% attendance in the normal training year.

STCs are staffed by members of the Canadian Forces, primarily members of the CIC, but also including other branches of the CF, and senior cadets selected for employment as staff cadets. Sea Cadet STCs are commanded by an officer of the rank of Commander. Most STCs employ staff cadets appointed as Petty Officers Second Class through Chief Petty Officers First Class, with a CPO1 being appointed as Cadet Cox'n. Some STCs employ staff cadets at the rank of Leading Cadet for support positions. Staff cadets are paid at a percentage of a CF Naval Cadet's (officer trainee) basic pay.

[edit] Current Sea Cadet Summer Training Centres

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  • Sea Cadet Summer Training Centre HMCS Quadra, located in Comox, British Columbia, is the second largest Sea Cadet Summer Training Centre. It employs close to 150 staff cadets every year, whose tasks vary from general maintenance to physical fitness to boat instruction. Quadra is the only Sea Cadet Training Centre in Canada to include all four trades plus three of the four specialty trades (Marine Engineering, Shipwright, and Silver Sail). SCSTC HMCS Quadra occupies Goose Spit opposite Comox, and makes use of Highland Secondary School as an auxiliary training facility for classroom work, first aid, and music training. Cadets undergoing training as Boatswains and Marine Engineers also undergo training in damage control at CFB Esquimalt. SCSTC HMCS Quadra plays host to a number of international exchange cadets. In recent years, these have included contingents from Korea, Japan, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. HMCS Quadra's website
  • Sea Cadet Summer Training Centre HMCS Ontario, located at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, is one of the smaller camps in Canada. It is home to all four trades, but only includes the first level of training in the Boatswain course. And hosts the bi-service Athletic Instructor (AI) course. SCSTC HMCS Ontario is more centred around physical fitness then most of the other Sea Cadet Training Centres. HMCS Ontario's website
  • Sea Cadet Summer Training Centre HMCS Acadia, located in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, is the largest Sea Cadet Traing Centre. During the course of the summer, SCSTC HMCS Acadia is home to roughly 1200 cadets who are undergoing training. Acadia provides training in all four trades and is known for a strong Royal Canadian Air Cadet presence amongst both course and staff cadets. HMCS Acadia, much like HMCS Quadra, hosts an international contingent. HMCS Acadia's website
  • Sea Cadet Summer Training Centre HMCS QUÉBEC, located in Ste-Angèle de Laval, Québec, is the only Sea Cadet camp that is entirely French. It trains cadets in all four trades plus the Shipwright specialty course. HMCS Québec occupies a school during the summer season. HMCS Québec's website (Link in French, only)

Additionally, cadets may apply for a number of tri-service courses, some hosted by Sea Cadet Summer Training Centres - as Athletic Instructor is at SCSTC HMCS Ontario - and others held on Army or Air Cadet facilities. Currently, Athletic Instructor and various forms of music training are offered as tri-service to some extent. In past years the Air-heavy Introduction to Aerospace course was offered as tri-service; however, this seems to have lapsed.

[edit] Former Summer Training Facilities

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  • HMCS Qu'appelle was located at the Echo Valley Conference Centre, formerly the Fort San sanatorium, near Fort Qu'appelle, Saskatchewan. HMCS Qu'appelle offered the introductory Two-Week General Training course, and the entirety of the Music and Sail courses. HMCS Qu'appelle last offered courses in 2002. HMCS Qu'appelle's website (Last updated 2001)

[edit] Flag - Royal Canadian Sea Cadets

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The Sea Cadets used a variety of flags in their history: some corps flew the White Ensign until 1929; they then used the Canadian Blue Ensign and the flag of the Navy League of Canada until 1953. In that year, the Chief of Naval Service approved a design for the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Flag: a white flag with the Union Flag in the canton, and, on the fly, the badge of the Cadets, a gold anchor on a blue roundel surrounded by red maple leaves and surmounted by a Naval Crown. In 1976, the Sovereign approved a new design which replaced the Union flag in the canton with the Maple Leaf Flag.


[edit] Admiral of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets

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His Royal Highness the Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh is the Admiral of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets since 1953. The first Admiral of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets was His Majesty King George VI since 1941, when the Navy League Sea Cadets became the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets.

[edit] References

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[edit] See also


Cadets Canada logo Canadian Cadet Organization
Air Air | Image:Royal canadian army cadets.jpg Army | Sea Sea

[edit] External references

Naval Cadet organisations
Image:ISCA logo.gif International International Sea Cadet Association
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia Australian Navy Cadets
Image:Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium Royal Belgian Sea Cadet Corps
Image:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada Canadian Navy League Cadet Corps
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada Navy League Wrennette Corp
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada List of Sea Cadet Corps in Canada
Image:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps
Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand New Zealand Sea Cadet Corps
Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Sea Cadet Association of New Zealand
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Sea Cadet Corps
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The Marine Society & Sea Cadets
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps
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