How To Join the ACF
I'm between 12 and 18, how do I join the ACF?
Click on the Information link on the left for details on how to join as a cadet.
I'm an adult, can I join the ACF?
If you feel that you have something to offer the youth of today, can give a commitment of one or two evenings a week plus 4 or 5 weekends a year and attend a weeks Annual Camp each year, then why not consider becoming an Adult Instructor with A Company.
This is an opportunity for you to help shape the youth of North East Hampshire to become better citizens for tomorrow. Focus on their capacity for enthusiasm and their ability to help and care for others. We are looking for young Officers and Adult Instructors, male and female, looking to become youth leaders.
Initially you will spend a useful learning period as an Adult Instructor before being considered for promotion. Ideally there should be one Officer and one or two Adult Instructors with each Detachment, consisting of 15 to 35 Cadets. There is no such thing as a typical Adult Instructor, they come from different walks of life, many of whom have never had any military experience before joining.
No one expects you to take charge and lead a group of enthusiastic youngsters without the proper training and equipment. Uniform and equipment will be issued to you free of charge an all the necessary training is given by our Training Staff at County HQ or at the Cadet Training Centre at Frimley Park.
Courses are from two days to two weeks, covering all aspects of teaching and training the youth of today. You should complete an initial training course within your first year, and this coupled with text books, manuals and assistance from the qualified Adult Instructors, will enable you to master the training syllabus and begin to develop your skills as an Army Cadet Force Adult Instructor. You will have the opportunity to organise and implement all aspects of the training syllabus, which includes weekends away.
What can I get out of the ACF?
There is the reward of voluntarily helping the young people to become young achievers, thereby creating better citizens for the future. Knowing that by becoming young achievers they improve their employment prospects. No one joins the Army Cadet Force for financial rewards, however you can receive up to 20 days pay for your efforts and be reimbursed for out of pocket expenses.
People become Adult Instructors for the enormous sense of satisfaction for a worthwhile job well done.
If you are interested in becoming an Adult Instructor please contact us on 01252 819528 for further assistance.