23 Kent Sea Cadets - Blog

Cadet Thomas McNeil, of Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron 53 C.E. Monty, of Summerside, was one of over 20 cadets from across PEI to take part in a virtual Cadet Activities Program during this years march break. The five day program allowed junior cadets, like McNeil, to explore a variety of activities from Air, Army, and Sea Cadets. The program was originally supposed to be held in-person, but due to Circuit Breaker measures issued by the Chief Public Health Office, the program had to quickly be adapted to be held online. If held in-person the program would contain activities such as hiking, marksmanship, and even skating, if the weather allowed for it. Instead activities had to be adapted to fit the new online setting, while still being fun and engaging for the cadets. Cadets had the opportunity to take part in Knot Tying, a virtual Scavenger Hunt, and even a Build a Boat/Plane/Bridge Challenge. Andrew Stordy, an air cadet from 53 C.E. Monty, put his creativity skills to the test and...

Lt(n) Terry Scott, Commanding Officer of Rcscc 23 Kent, prepares for a special St. Patrick's day lesson. Cadets from all across PEI had the opportunity to take part in a 5 day, virtual Cadet Activities Program during March Break. Taking cadets online isn’t something new for Lieutenant (Navy) Terry Scott, commanding officer of 23 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Kent, in Charlottetown. His team of staff have been training cadets online since this past October, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  Patrick O'Hanley, the Chief of Rcscc 23 Kent, prepares for a virtual knot tying lesson. Patrick O’Hanley, the Chief Cadet of 23 RCSCC Kent explains, “Our whole training year has been online. Everything had to be adapted and many areas of our training plan had to be cut out. You can’t do sailing or marksmanship over a computer.” Another big challenge that the cadet program had to face was retaining cadets. “Cadets has always been a very hands on program, and when you remove the hands on aspect, ...