Celebrating Success / Feel Good Stories from the RAFAC

A lot of units have now returned and it’s a busy time, so share your best/favourite stories of pride and success!

Anecdotes, Social Media and News site links, photos - whatever you’ve got.

3 Rules:

  1. Positive story
  2. Positive responses
  3. Nothing identifiable that doesn’t already appear in a public source

There’s a lot of good in this organisation, so now that most are back in action it’s time to remember why we’re all here!

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Very smart.

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If you zoom in on the wreath, it’s Priory Foundation Academy in Lincolnshire. Good to see CCF looking smart

solid beret there and shoe string in the jumper!

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https://www.facebook.com/26035834884/posts/10159913982189885/

Another good image.

Good effort to that CWO, a lot of achievements shown on his brassard.

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That’s a cracking brassard! I know we joke about the addition of all the badges but that does look good!

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Robo-cadet. Looks unstoppable!

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Corrected that for you…

Plus QAIC…

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Ah yes.

I’m going to assume he is also a mayor’s cadet.

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Main BBC news story re today’s commemorations shows two cadets in prominence at the Aberystwyth ceremony

BBC News - Remembrance Sunday: Nation falls silent to remember the war dead

Great to see my news feed filled with cadets parading today.

Great efforts by all.

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Little bit of self promotion, Remembrance Sunday last year, my incredibly premature lad was being blue lighted 3 counties away for surgery to save his life.

I managed to start volunteering again two months ago. Much against my better judgement I’m sure.

Today, we went to the squadrons parade, with him looking cute as a button.

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Little legend. Already getting the cam and con skills polished I see!

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That was OC home’s decision… Dead against it at first, but it grew on me. Suits him. :rofl:

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Only a small thing.
But I was so proud of my Sqn today.
30 cadets on parade and all smart as a button.

Considering 80% are new, it is a testament to the Sqn, staff team and my cadet NCOs.

Sometimes, wish I didnt have to maintain the annonimity for here, but doesnt change the fact I am very proud of them all.

A good day.

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Small success story from yesterday for me:

None of our cadets fainted!

All looked fantastic and marched really well. A proud moment after missing last year and having very limited practice time :grinning:

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One shy cadet on camp really struggling… until codebreaking exercise. RAF staff VERY interested - “who are they? They’re REALLY good”. Who knows what will follow from that!

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Ours were fantastic, spectacular parade and a very nice Chipmunk flypast.

One of my LCpls did faint, but as he did it last year too we were ready for him this time…

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One of the veterans came up to me after the parade yesterday and commented on how smart we looked and how much better our drill was than the Army Cadets. I usually make a point of not commenting when we’re compared with the other cadet forces, but it did make me smile given most of our cadets only joined within the past 6 months or so and I could count on one hand the number of quality drill nights some of them had before the parade.

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I was at White Hall one of the Donkey Wallopers went down with a clatter.

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