MattyC for Cadet Medal
kal @ Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:04 pm
Virgil Virgil:
Arctic_Menace Arctic_Menace:
bah!
Okay, so how about Cadet medal, and Cadet Veteran?
Kinda like the way we have soldier and veteran medals?
Okay, so how about Cadet medal, and Cadet Veteran?
Kinda like the way we have soldier and veteran medals?
Or how about the Cadet Medal just applies to people who are and have been cadets...
That sounds reasonable
kal @ Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:08 pm
ziggy ziggy:
Ok,It says this is this the place to nominate or "apply" for a medal. So I dont see what the big deal is about someone applying for one.
My mom as a commercial pilot and instructor taught lot's of cadets their ground school and even used her piper to take up a few budding young pilots who are now in our air force for mountain training.
Air Cadets aint boy scout's,I like to think of them as pilots in training for the CAF and if you seen the shit my mom used to put them through in ground school and during flight training you would know what's expected of them. After all,she was the one to do the solo flight with lots of them.
My mom logged lots of hours and was an accomplished bush pilot,she is 4 foot nothing and I used to enjoy watching her teach her cadet's,most of the "kids" were 6 foot or better,just kid's but there was no joking around in my mom's class,I noticed the respect for authority from these guy's,they wanted to fly,nothing else.
I guess my point is that Air cadets are just as disciplined as some in the military and the effort put in for that is often missed my most. You dont hear of air cadets rolling into town for something and making the new's the next day because some got hammed up or created a fraca's.
So I'm for AC medals,I seen what some of those folks went through,they deserve it as much as anyone.
Just ask my mom.
My mom as a commercial pilot and instructor taught lot's of cadets their ground school and even used her piper to take up a few budding young pilots who are now in our air force for mountain training.
Air Cadets aint boy scout's,I like to think of them as pilots in training for the CAF and if you seen the shit my mom used to put them through in ground school and during flight training you would know what's expected of them. After all,she was the one to do the solo flight with lots of them.
My mom logged lots of hours and was an accomplished bush pilot,she is 4 foot nothing and I used to enjoy watching her teach her cadet's,most of the "kids" were 6 foot or better,just kid's but there was no joking around in my mom's class,I noticed the respect for authority from these guy's,they wanted to fly,nothing else.
I guess my point is that Air cadets are just as disciplined as some in the military and the effort put in for that is often missed my most. You dont hear of air cadets rolling into town for something and making the new's the next day because some got hammed up or created a fraca's.
So I'm for AC medals,I seen what some of those folks went through,they deserve it as much as anyone.
Just ask my mom.
Having gone through both the Air Cadet Glider Scholarship and Power Scholarship courses, I can vouch (sp?) for that. I'm going on the instructor's course in June to teach at the regional gliding school.
Power was hard as hell. We did what takes most people 2 years in about 6 weeks. We were hammered day-in and day-out, both in the cockpit and on the ground. Pays off though, got a 99% on the TC exam. The average for my flight school was around 85. Very few civilian centres that don't teach cadets can say that.
-MC- @ Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:52 pm
Virgil Virgil:
Arctic_Menace Arctic_Menace:
bah!
Okay, so how about Cadet medal, and Cadet Veteran?
Kinda like the way we have soldier and veteran medals?
Okay, so how about Cadet medal, and Cadet Veteran?
Kinda like the way we have soldier and veteran medals?
Or how about the Cadet Medal just applies to people who are and have been cadets...
That's what the medal description says.