New Zealand Sea Cadet Corps

The proposal was that every major seaside centre in the dominion should have naval reserves whose numbers were fed by the sea cadet corps upon graduation of training.[2] The proposal was tabled again at the 1928 Navy League Conference[3] Ultimately it was not until 1929 that the first sea cadet corps company (Originally named "The Navy League Sea Cadet Corps") was formed by Colonel Vere Staunton Smyth,[4][5] formerly of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and who served in the First World War with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own).[6] Enrolment began on 16 October 1929[7] and after only a month had a strength of 65[4] By July 1930 the company had grown in numbers to 73 although the boys in the early sea cadet corps sometimes struggled to find funding for the uniform, which they had to purchase individually.[8][9][10][11] In 1932 the sea cadets were noted to be underequipped by Colonel Smyth, "He mentioned the handicap under which the corps laboured in the lack of proper equipment, including a ships compass, signal flags, morse keys, and books".This office was established in Christchurch user the auspices of the Canterbury branch of the Navy League.[20][21] In 1941 the corps expanded again with a Wellington-based unit being established and absorbing the Collingwood Sea Scouts.[22] April of the same year saw the first two sailors of the sea cadet corps join the Royal Navy.[32] During the same year attempts were made to have the name changed to "Royal New Zealand Sea Cadet Corps" to bring the organisation in line with its commonwealth equivalents, unsuccessfully.The New Zealand Naval Board agreed in 1950 to provide uniforms to all members of the sea cadet corps and established the protocol of sea cadet officer's receiving commissions in the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve Special Branch.The first seven RS Feva's arrived in New Zealand in October 2009 through the importer, Takapuna Sailing Centre (Boats Bits Ltd.).The RS Feva is the first new class of training vessels the New Zealand Sea Cadet Corps has adopted since 1978.Each unit also has a cadet NCO holding the position of Ships Coxswain (COXN), this individual will almost always hold the rank of Warrant Officer (personnel occasionally are bestowed the position without the rank, however, this is a rare occurrence and only when the individual is close to meeting the promotional requirements).The uniform worn by SCC members is the same as that of the Royal New Zealand Navy, except that for all ranks, the lettering on the bottom of the rank insignia shoulder boards reads "CADET FORCES" rather than "NEW ZEALAND" to differentiate SCC personnel from RNZN personnel.This switch away from RNZN GWD is to allow a more streamlined logistics approach to working dress that will see costs decrease due to the much larger Air Training Corps being the primary consumer of the uniform.Sea Cadet Corps Officers also follow the RNZN Rank structure, and are: Note: All instances of Lieutenant are pronounced "Leftenant" in line with the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence pronunciation.New Zealand Cadet Force Officers continue to undergo training throughout their career, following the yet to be released NZCF 170O.There is a deliberate delineation between an 'Adult' and an 'Officer' as the latter has specific authority to exercise command and control over cadets and other NZCF Officers.[48] Run in partnership with the Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Awards the award is a multi year, voluntary, non-competitive programme of practical, cultural and adventurous activities, designed to support the personal and social development of young people aged 14–25, regardless of gender, background or ability.[49] Within the frame of the New Zealand Cadet Forces, parade nights and community service events like Anzac Day parades can count towards the service requirement while weekend camps and courses can count towards the skill section of the awards.Each year the Smitt Trophy shooting competition is held between all the Sea Cadet Units in New Zealand.Develop and maintain safe seamanship skills in power, sail, oar, and paddle craft, and learn the correct way to utilise ropes and pulleys.Sea Cadets often receive a more personalised tour of the vessel and are occasionally able to stay on the ship while it transits between cities in New Zealand.The programme provides standardisation for training and expected development within Cadet Units for CDT(E) – CDTWO(E).The content of the Four-Year Training Programme is not designed to fill every period during parade nights in a calendar year, but intentionally leaves scope for Cadet Unit Commanders to add content that will add value to their communities, strengthen Unit identity and provide opportunities for cadets that they may not receive outside of NZCF.Note: TS Achilles represented the area at Nationals Each year, the Sea Cadet Association of New Zealand (SCANZ) holds a competition for the most efficient unit in the country.The trophy is presented annually to the winner of the Sea Cadet Corps small-bore postal shoot.[1] This competition also represents one of the only opportunity for New Zealand Sea Cadet Corps personnel to earn the NZCF Marksman Badge.In order to be awarded the badge a cadet must, while competing in the Smit Shooting Competition achieve a score of 80% or more.New Zealand Cadet Forces units contest the Class B competitions (using issued rifles and sights).The aim of these team matches is to encourage the Youth of the Commonwealth to participate in the sport of small-bore target rifle shooting.