Summer Camps 2010 commenced on 1 Jul 10 with the staging of a camp for Senior and Junior NCOs at Paragon Base. Seven officers, 6 BDF staff instructors and support personnel and eighty nine Cadets attended this phase of camp.
The main focus of the Senior and Junior NCO Courses is to provide cadets with an opportunity to understand the role of instructors and get practice in instructional techniques. It also provided additional practice for those star 4 cadets who will be travelling to Grenada shortly.
The Camp Commandant, Captain Errol Braithwaite, reported that Coordinating meetings were held during camp with camp staff and that as a result, many improvements were made during the actual period of the camp. He summarized the phase as having been very successful.
This phase of camp ended on Sun 4 Jul 10 with a brief Closing Ceremony where participants were presented with certificates for performance on the course. This represents a very positive start to 2010 Summer camps and augers well for the Junior Cadets who enter camp on 6 Jul 10 and for the camp main phase that follows them.
Indeed, reports are that Junior Cadet Camp is oversubscribed with more cadets registered than can be accommodated at the campsite.
