[bossdog]

kal kal:

What about a prop blade (Air Cadet level badge), a star (army cadet level badge), and whatever it is the Sea Cadets use?

My original design consisted of a baby bottle - I could always go back t that one

[Arctic_Menace]

there's one of an air cadet slapping an army cadet.



There was this time, where an army cadet was making fun of an air cadets uniform, and a Pigeon shat on his beret and shoulder. In your face army!

[bootlegga]

Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:

We should have a High School Graduate Medal, a College Degree Medal, a Soccer Team medal, a Likes Roast Beef Sandwiches medal, Brushes Their Teeth medal, Owns a Dog medal...

...or maybe we should just have a Medal Creation section in our profile, and we can give ourselves all the medals we can come up with.

[kal]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:

We should have a High School Graduate Medal, a College Degree Medal, a Soccer Team medal, a Likes Roast Beef Sandwiches medal, Brushes Their Teeth medal, Owns a Dog medal...

...or maybe we should just have a Medal Creation section in our profile, and we can give ourselves all the medals we can come up with.

The idea of a Cadet medal isn't that far out.... I don't know about Army or Sea cadet corps, but Air Cadet squadrons are actually listed as official squadrons on the Air Force roster. CIC officers are members of the Canadian Forces reserve.

[Yogi]

And while we're at it, let's not forget about a medal for ex-cons!

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lily lily:

There are already several military-type medals. How many more are needed?

I guess one more.

[kal]

Hey, I didn't propose the idea. But since I've been involved with the Cadets for over 6 years, I wouldn't be adverse to one.
It really is the best youth organization in the Country, possibly the world, bar none. It has often been described as 'Canada's best kept secret.'

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Taken from the air cadet web site:
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The primary purpose of the League during its formative years was a military one, but its founders were also thinking in terms of the long-range benefits of Air Cadet training. They realized that through voluntary study, the cadets would improve their knowledge of aviation and increase their usefulness to the country. Through participation in supervised squadron activities, they would find opportunities to develop those qualities usually associated with good citizenship.

It was the character-building aspect of Air Cadet training which appealed most strongly to the youth leaders of the country. Service Clubs, Educators, Boards of Trade and Veterans Groups offered their services to the League, not only as a contribution to the war effort but also as a means of assisting the youth of the country along the road to good citizenship.
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Activated in 1941, the RC(Air)C was originally for training Canda's youth who were not yet of legal age to join the forces, to get their pilots license. This would speed the training process up once they joined the RCAF. Quite remarkable, I remember reading an article of a 19 year old who was the pilot of a lancaster bomber and as such was responsible for the crew, which some of the members were probably older than him. This crew would be flying raids over Berlin and such. Pretty incredible stuff I think.

There are currently 440 air cadet squadrons across Canada. It's the largest organization of its kind in the world. Actually when I was at TACSTC in 2001 there was an Australian officer checking out the centre to try and replicate in Aus. I also met some British cadets when they came over in 2000 to check out CFB Trenton. Besides all the training, there are some fun perks as well. There are regular trips to military bases in Canada, the US, and sometimes overseas. My sqn had presentations from Candian Vietnam War vets, the K-9 unit, and the local Tactical unit (SWAT).

This isn't boy scouts. I knew an army cadet who drove a tank, fired a C-8, and got his jump wings. I knew a sea cadet who spent time on a ship and some gun run thing. A good number of my friends from air cadets have their gliders licence or ppl. Three of my friends have already joined the forces, and two others and myself will be joining up once finished with university. Cadets is a good program and nothing to laugh at.

Good people have come out of the program. Leaders who go on to lead the country and actually make a difference. You have your Chris Hadfields, olympic athletes, heck even Jim Carrey was a sea cadet.

[kal]

I met the former Cheif Test Pilot for Boeing's F-18 Superhornet program (actually, he might still be the Cheif test pilot, met him back in '03). He's a Canadian, was an air cadet. He attributed part of the reason he got the job to his Glider training.

[-MC-]

I think I have a video of him where he flies a super hornet promo/demo. I can send it to you if you want, its only 2mb.

[-MC-]

kal kal:

I met the former Cheif Test Pilot for Boeing's F-18 Superhornet program (actually, he might still be the Cheif test pilot, met him back in '03). He's a Canadian, was an air cadet. He attributed part of the reason he got the job to his Glider training.

I saw a program where a commercial airliner had loss power to its engines. The pilot had to glide it down to the runway, and afterwards the pilot commented on his glider training with cadets.

[FuBaR]

Well being an army cadet, I'm going to have to say that a medal for cadets would be kick ass. Id throw my wait around as a mod to get it done, but i dont have any, lol.

Distinctive Cadet medals would be good, but since im always medal hungry, it doesnt matter what it looks like or says, lol.

Bombadier Travis Netterfield
2370 Royal Canadian Artillery Army Cadet Corp
10 FD Regina, SK

[kal]

MattyC MattyC:

kal kal:

I met the former Cheif Test Pilot for Boeing's F-18 Superhornet program (actually, he might still be the Cheif test pilot, met him back in '03). He's a Canadian, was an air cadet. He attributed part of the reason he got the job to his Glider training.

I saw a program where a commercial airliner had loss power to its engines. The pilot had to glide it down to the runway, and afterwards the pilot commented on his glider training with cadets.

I think that was the movie 'Falling From the Sky'

[hamiltonguyo]

HEY I heard that comment about scouts!

Although I don't agreed with the direction Scouts has been going in lately(If I wasn't too old I would switch to air cadets prolly) there are a lot of good things about it, and most of the good leaders find their way around the insane politically correct regulations...

and the boy scouts in the us do some PRETTY interesting stuff but unfourtunately we got those damn lefty hippie folk up here...

[kal]

hamiltonguyo hamiltonguyo:

HEY I heard that comment about scouts!

Although I don't agreed with the direction Scouts has been going in lately(If I wasn't too old I would switch to air cadets prolly) there are a lot of good things about it, and most of the good leaders find their way around the insane politically correct regulations...

and the boy scouts in the us do some PRETTY interesting stuff but unfourtunately we got those damn lefty hippie folk up here...

Nobody said scouts wasn't a good program. The Cadet movement is just far superior.