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At our Divisions night on Fri 10 Apr, we were delighted to enrol New Entry Cadet Mattless and Recruit Wagstaff as a Sea Cadet and Royal Marine Cadet respectively.

The two Cadets said the Sea Cadet and Royal Marines Cadet Promises in front of the rest of the Unit and received their caps from the Commanding Officer. Well done both!

In addition to presentations for our Cadets, the South East District Officer, Lieutenant Commander Janner-Burgess, was very pleased to award our Juniors Training Officer, Petty Officer Rosenstiel, her Cadet Forces Medal at our March Divisions.

This award recognises 12 years of service as an Adult Volunteer in the Cadet Forces. Huge congratulations to Petty Officer Rosenstiel on achieving this significant milestone - thank you for your dedication to our Unit and the Sea Cadet organisation.

It was great to welcome the District Officer, Lieutenant Commander Janner-Burgess, to the Unit on Friday for Divisions, which saw presentations to the following Cadets:

• Junior Cadet First Class Burton: Advanced to Able Junior Cadet.
• New Entry Cadet Mattless: Awarded his Commodore's Broad Pennant from his time as a Junior Cadet.

Well done to the four Cadets who attended the Naval Experience Week at HMS Raleigh in Torpoint. Royal Marines Cadets Akpan-Etuk E and G, Wagstaff and York joined other Cadets from across South East District in undertaking a wide range of activities, including the assault course, damage control, fire fighting, a ship visit in Plymouth harbour and generally learning about the Royal Navy.

Massive congratulations to our Royal Marines Cadets who finished second in the Eastern Area Sea Cadets Drill Competition, receiving their medals from the Area Officer, Commander Bagot-Jewitt. Well done in particular to Corporal Champion who was also runner-up for the Best Troop Commander award.

This is the first time that our Royal Marines Cadet Detachment has ever entered a Drill Competition at either Troop or Company level, which makes this achievement even more special! This is a real testament to the hard work and commitment of the Cadets and support from our Adult Volunteers over the last couple of months.