FIELDCRAFT AT SCRAESDON FORT 22-24-MAY-15

50 cadets, 10 senior cadet NCOs and 8 staff attended Scraesdon Fort , an old military fort now used for training, to spend a weekend of Fieldcraft skills development. During the weekend a number of refresher lessons were given after which the skills were put into practice in a number of exercises. To ensure that all energy was burnt, the cadets went on the 'mud run' with a steep him climb at the end of the course. Not even the senior cadet NCOs escaped from taking part in the course. Air Commadore Turnicliffe popped in to see the activities first hand and passed on valuable advice to the senior cadet NCOs who organised many of the activities under the command of the Wing Fieldcraft Officer. The pictures below are thumbnails, click on the thumbnail for full size images.
Safety Brief	Meal Time	Lunch is served	Camp Scraesdon
Lesson 1	All round defence	Patrol drill	Patrol
Knot skills	More knots =	... a stretcher	Spot the sniper
One sniper spotted	Applying cammo cream	More cammo cream	In field lesson
Lying in wait	Spiders web challenge	Camp cadets & staff	Informal Camp photo
On patrol	Enemy close	Final RV	Closing in on the target
Deactivating the alarm	Enemy in the tunnels	Securing the tunnels	Tunnels nearly secure
Briefing for next objective	Air Cdr Turnicliffe gives advice to the Directing NCOs	Observing the exercise	Moving in
Fall back	Into the Fort	Night movement	A new day a new challenge
Back to the tunnels	Treating the injured	Chasm Challenge	Chasm Challenge
Ready for transfer	Steady as it goes	Loading the second load	Another team try the challenge
Crossing the chasm	Transfer successful	Observation Exercise	Observation Exercise
THE MUD RUN CHALLENGE