Retired

[engineerbabygirl]

Yes Im gone. I don't know how many of you know me but I have spent the last 6 years as an army cadet with number 7 then 2884 RCACC. Annual was amazing to end my career. It's sad to leave seeing I am going early due to moving for college. I was fine too until on annual they were talking about the original 5 in which I was part of too make 2884 seperate form number 7. It's sad to leave a corps you started. I want to thank everyone I have done course with and staff last summer at Blackdown. Enjoy your summer soon I will be back as an officer. WOOT! WOOT!
CSM/MWO Kathryn Drummelsmith

[Juice]

Psst! Check out the CW Legion, there's a multitude of threads regarding this :)

Sounds like you had a great career. Congrats on surviving til the end!

JB

[jgoguen]

Funny, I could've sworn it actually is in the Legion ;)

Oh wait...that's cause I moved it...right...:p

[hartleymartin]

G'day.

My name is Martin Hartley. I was a Leading Seaman, Seamanship Specialist at New Training Ship KANIMBLA, Australian Navy cadets for over 3.5 years. I first went down to see what it was all about November 11 2001, Enrolled February 2002 and now discharged at the age of 19 in June 2005.

I have attended numerous courses in my time as a cadet. All of which I have many stories to tell about each one. I have come away with alot of knowledge and developed quite a few strange habits from being in cadets.

On my final parade day, 26 June 2005 I was commanding the parade of the ship's company at a handing over of command (we got a new CO). After the inspection and march past for the old CO, we had the handing over of the weight and then an inspection and march past for the new CO. Just before I was to ask the new CO for permission to march off the ship's company, the State's senior Officer CMDR Gill called out one of my fellow cadets to be promoted to the rank of Petty Officer (Provisional), and ordered them to give me a march past and salute.

It was perhaps one of my proudest moments in my cadet career to watch them march around the parade ground, despite some of the younger ones being out of step I could only feel a great sense of pride in them, knowing that they were all people whom I had taught in their cadet careers and shown them how to do what they were doing that day. I have saluted to many officers, and presented arms plenty of times. But perhaps the present arms I gave them as they marched past was the most special one to me.

As I left the unit that day. I explained to two army cadets who were attending that day, how we salute when crossing the Gangway as a mark of respect. My last salute, ever as a cadet was not to some big brass officer or even to a member of my unit staff. It was to my ship and all that she stood for.