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The Combined Cadet Force | |||||||||||||||
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The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) is a tri-Service military
cadet organisation based in schools and colleges throughout
the UK. Although it is administered and funded by the
Services it is a part of the national youth movement.
The CCF receives assistance and support for its training programme from the Regular and Reserve Forces, but the bulk of adult support is provided by members of school staffs who are responsible to head teachers for the conduct of cadet activities. |
CCF officers wear uniform but they are not part of the Armed Forces and carry no liability for service or compulsory training. There are some 240 CCF contingents with 40,000 cadets, of whom some 25,000 are Army Cadets. The role of the CCF is to help boys and girls to develop powers of leadership through training which promotes qualities of responsibility, self-reliance, resourcefulness, endurance, perseverance and a sense of service to the community. |
Military training is also
designed to demonstrate why defence forces are needed,
how they function and to stimulate an interest in a career as
an officer in the Services.
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