Is the Sea Cadet Corps mainly a recruiting arm of the Navy?
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Milne: No. We are heavily funded by the Navy. They are one of our main benefactors but, actually, many of the staff, who are adult instructors, will wear naval uniforms. In fact, we are very definitely not a recruiting organisation, and the youngsters will leave the Corps hopefully as better citizens. Some of them, yes, of course, will join the armed services generally, but equally, they may go off and join the police, ambulance service or just do the whole range of other jobs that are available to us all. Hetty Meyric Hughes: If a young person wants to become a Sea Cadet, what should he/she do? Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Milne: Normally, they learn from their friends, so if their friend is having a great time in the Unit, they are brought along. Sometimes, it’s casting around on the fantastic web pages that we’ve got, where they’re just cruising around the websites and they pick up on the Sea Cadets, and they learn where the nearest Unit is, and decide to come
