Castries, Saint Lucia – 26 Dec.
2006 - The Saint Lucia
Cadet Corps held its National Recruit Camp over the weekend at the Leon Hess Secondary School
at Entrepot. The Camp was directed at the students of the various
secondary schools who had recently joined the Corps during the recruitment
drive. The program comprised lessons, discussions, demonstrations, field
exercises, drills and written work.
Lt Joseph was
assigned the duty of Camp
Commander
with Lt. St Jules as Camp Adjutant. This
year history was made when the oldest Unit welcomed the most recent Unit.
St Mary’s College as the first Unit in Saint Lucia welcomed the
island’s youngest and first all female Unit from the St Joseph’s
Convent.
There were forty six [46] females
and thus in keeping with Cadet Corps policy of female Cadets not being allowed
on Camp if there is no adult female officer, the 2006 National Recruit Camp was
chaperoned by three female officers. A total of thirteen
Secondary Schools attended the camp, with a compliment of ninety four recruits:
Augier Secondary, Babonneau Secondary, Bocage
Secondary, Castries Secondary,
Choiseul Secondary, Corinth
Secondary, Entrepot Secondary, Gros Islet Secondary,
Leon Hess Secondary, Soufriere Secondary,
St Joseph Convent, St Mary’s College,
Vieux Fort Secondary.
The Camp was supported by seventeen
[17] officers and six [6] sergeants.
1 - National Emergency Management Organisation is the Government of Saint Lucia's agency for the preparedness of and the response to any National Disaster.
2 - Saint Lucia Cadet Corps - a para military organisation for the youth supported by the Ministry of Education.