We don't have an organisation like this in Holland, but I think it's a very good way to learn a lot of skills that can come in handy in a country like New Zealand that is surrounded by water and when you choose to join the Navy.
My nephew joined the Royal Dutch Navy when he was 17. He's 25 now and still is in the Navy. He was near the coast of Somalia three times and is away for months every year. Being away is strenuous, but he enjoys it too, because he sees a lot of different places in the world. We're all very proud of him.
Sea Cadet's is great because it offers an alternative to school, family and the ever present sport as an outlet for learning and socialising for the difficult age between 13 to 18 (my youngest is just coming up to her 14th), and being open to both girls and boys, it gives them all an equal opportunity to excel, as well as providing a springboard later in life to a potential career in any branch of the services, regardless of whichever cadet corp you originally enter.
it doesn't suit all the kids that come along, and there's a pretty high rate of attrition, which is why they have to wait for 6 weeks before gaining a uniform after passing a test and being nominated by an officer.....just makes it that much more of an achievement when they get the full kit. *huzzah*
would you believe she didn't end up using the darn thing!!!
I tried it myself and first time it did a brilliant job of getting my lank locks into a creditable bun...but my youngest has decided she needs to grow her hair out to a more even length, so makes do with pins, nets and hair ties until that happens. Plus the natty-hat needs pins to keep it on (only for the girls, the boys don't need pins as they take their hats off and on, when they go in and out all the time, the girls keep theirs on regardless)\
When she was in her full regalia she looked so much older than 14 *sigh* my baby's all grow'd up!!! *sniff*
thanks, she looks so professional. She had her first Thursday Night parade this week and looked the part in full uniform. Her Unit Leader says she's set her goal to become a Leading Hand, and he's confident she'll achieve it!!
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We don't have an organisation like this in Holland, but I think it's a very good way to learn a lot of skills that can come in handy in a country like New Zealand that is surrounded by water and when you choose to join the Navy.
My nephew joined the Royal Dutch Navy when he was 17. He's 25 now and still is in the Navy. He was near the coast of Somalia three times and is away for months every year. Being away is strenuous, but he enjoys it too, because he sees a lot of different places in the world. We're all very proud of him.
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it doesn't suit all the kids that come along, and there's a pretty high rate of attrition, which is why they have to wait for 6 weeks before gaining a uniform after passing a test and being nominated by an officer.....just makes it that much more of an achievement when they get the full kit. *huzzah*
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Yay, congrats to you all!
A very fetching hat too! And it looks like the bun-maker worked a treat *G*
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I tried it myself and first time it did a brilliant job of getting my lank locks into a creditable bun...but my youngest has decided she needs to grow her hair out to a more even length, so makes do with pins, nets and hair ties until that happens. Plus the natty-hat needs pins to keep it on (only for the girls, the boys don't need pins as they take their hats off and on, when they go in and out all the time, the girls keep theirs on regardless)\
When she was in her full regalia she looked so much older than 14 *sigh* my baby's all grow'd up!!! *sniff*
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And congratulations to you and your family.
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so proud. *happy sigh*
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