C.C.F. NOTES A new syllabus of C.C.F. training has been published by the Joint Cadet Executive, and considerable changes will be necessary. The revised programme can be summarized as follows : 1. Basic training is as before, up to The Basic Test (formerly the Certificate "A", Part I). 2. Service Section training will be modified, and aimed at the Naval, Army or Air Force Proficiency Test. The Naval Test will be very similar to the present R.N. proficiency examination; the Army Test will be a modified form of the Certificate "A", Part II examination; the Air Force Test shows the biggest change, being similar to the Army Test plus at least one R.A.F. subject. 3. The third stage provides optional advanced training in each Service section, and, for selected cadets, the possibility of an InterServices Cadet Badge, for which one qualification will be to have passed a week's leadership course run by the Services. It is intended that this badge shall be a high qualification for a regular or reserve forces commission, and that it should acquire a status in civil life comparable to that of a National Service commission. The completion of the new but greatly eases the storage problem and makes it passible for all kit to be kept away from Houses. On the training side, the Signals and R.A.F. Sections have gained much improved accommodation, and an Information Room has been opened, so that all cadets can have access to training sources and to information about the regular and reserve forces. Capt. J. N. Gaastra has joined the Contingent this term. He served from 1939 to 1946 in the Royal Artillery and the Royal Armoured Corps.
Main Events of the Summer Term 27TH MAY.
March-past. Salute taken by the Chief Constable of York. 24TH JUNE. General Inspection by Air Vice-Marshal H. V. Satterly, C.B., C.B.E., D.F.C., Air Officer Commanding No. 64 (N) Group, R.A.F. The Inspecting Officer arrived by helicopter on the cricket field, where the inspection was carried out; a march-past and inspection of training completed the programme in the morning. In the afternoon an exercise was held on the golf course area, and this included a river crossing in assault boats and by jackstay. At the same time the Basic Section did some shooting at Strensall, and the Recruits had a map reading exercise on Strensall Common 49
