Halkirk Detachment ACF

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HALKIRK CADET OF THE MONTH; Congratulations to Sgt Iona Young for being awarded cadet of the month, pictured with last month's winner Cdt Katie Davies. Sgt Young showed great drive and initiative to complete her Silver DofE Award and is now working towards her Gold Award.

CADET OF THE MONTH Congratulations to Cdt Katie Davis for being awarded the Cadet of the Month for Halkirk Detachment. Last Month's cadet of the month, Cdt Ben Brierley, selected Cdt Davis due to the great dedication and commitment that she has been showing. Well done Katie

A great day poppy collecting in Thurso today...

CONGRATULATIONS Cdt CSM John Bremner...!!! A huge congratulations to John Bremner on being awarded Master Cadet today and being promoted to Cdt CSM. A great badge of honour for you and a proud moment for Halkirk Detachment.

FAREWELL TO Cdt RSM KEANU JONES This week we said farewell to Cdt RSM Keanu Jones, who has been a good supporter of Halkirk Detachment throughout his cadet Career A great young leader who has been a fantastic role model to others. We wish you all the best in your endeavours

MASTER CADET COURSE Here is C/Sgt John Bremner of Halkirk Detachment at Inverness airport this morning on his way to Frimley Park for his Master Cadet course. All the skills he has learnt in the ACF along with his leadership in the field will be put to the test. Go smash it.

ROYAL VISIT - FORSINARD VISITOR CENTRE, 31/07/24 Today HM King Charles III attended at Forsinard Visitor Centre to unveil a plaque marking it's new World Heritage Status. Lord Lieutenants Cadet C/Sgt John Bremner of Halkirk Detachment had the honour of meeting the King.

THE HOSTING

MORE PHOTOS - AWARDS CEREMONY On 16/06/24, the Caithness based detachments held a family open day and Award Ceremony, where we put on demo lessons on Rifle Drill, Air Rifle and First Aid After that, many awards were presented by the Lord Lieutenant for Caithness, Lord Thurso.

THE REFRESHMENTS TEAM

THE AWARDS

FIRST AID LESSON - taught by SI Binns

RIFLE DRILL LESSON - taught by Cpl Grace Nicholls

AIR RIFLE LESSON

STAR PASSES Congratulations to the following Halkirk Cadets who were presented with their respective Star Level certificates on Sunday 16/06/24 by Lord Thurso, the Lord Lieutenant for Caithness; 1. Cdt Lucy Herd - 1 Star 2. Cpl Grace Nicholls - 3 Star 3. Cpl Iona Young - 3 Star

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST SGT... Congratulations to Grace Nicholls on her promotion to Sgt on Sun 16/06/24 at our annual awards ceremony A very well deserved promotion. Go and enjoy being a good role model to the junior NCOs

FAREWELL TO LCPL LAUREN YOUNG On Sun 16/06/24 we said farewell to LCpl Lauren Young who aged out after turning 18, having spent 6 years as a cadet at Halkirk. It's been a pleasure having you in the Detachment Wishing you all the best with whatever the future holds for you.

BASIC TRAINING PASSES Well done to the following Halkirk cadets who were presented with their Basic Training certificates on Sunday 16/06/24 by Lord Thurso, the Lord Lieutenant for Caithness; 1. Cdt Ben Brierley 2. Cdt Kalina Jaworska 3. Cdt Malwina Joworska

C/Sgt John Bremner - inspiring others to achieve... On Sun 16/06/24 we held our annual awards ceremony, where C/Sgt Bremner received a number of presentations; 1. 4 Star Certificate 2. Promotion to C/Sgt 3. ACCT Praiseworthy action award 4. Lord Lieutenants Cadet Award