Cadet Training Centre, Frimley Park
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The Cadet Training Centre (CTC), Frimley Park is the Home of the Combined Cadet Force
Combined Cadet Force
The Combined Cadet Force is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. Its aim is to "provide a disciplined organisation in a school so that pupils may develop powers of leadership by means of training to promote the qualities of responsibility, self reliance,...

 (CCF), and the spiritual home of the Army Cadet Force
Army Cadet Force
The Army Cadet Force is a British youth organisation that offers progressive training in a multitude of the subjects from military training to adventurous training and first aid, at the same time as promoting achievement, discipline, and good citizenship, to boys and girls aged 12 to 18 and 9...

 (ACF). Training of all CCF and ACF officers occurs here, as well as much training of cadets including the Cadet Leadership Course (for CCF and ACF), and the Master Cadet Course (run for the ACF).

Frimley's Aim is:

History

The House was privately owned ever since the Doomsday Survey, until around the time of the War, when it was passed on the Army to be used as a maternity Hospital. Over 100 babies have been delivered in Marlborough Hall.

The House has changed hands within the Army several times, having been used by the Officers' Association, and the WRAC
Women's Royal Army Corps
The Women's Royal Army Corps was the corps to which all women in the British Army except medical, dental and veterinary officers and chaplains and nurses belonged from 1949 to 1992.-History:The...

  before it was handed over for use as a training College for the Cadet Forces in 1957, opening for its first course in 1959. The College has remained with the Cadet Forces ever since.

Location

CTC Frimley Park is located on a large site immediately to the South West of Frimley Park Hospital
Frimley Park Hospital
Frimley Park Hospital is a large, 720-bed NHS hospital in Frimley, Surrey, part of the Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.It opened in 1974 to provide a full range of district general hospital services for North East Hampshire and West Surrey, a catchment population of about 365,000...

, situated near Junction 4 of the M3
M3
M3, M-3 or M03 may refer to:* M3 , a measure of the money supply* Metribolone* M3, a metric screw size- Science :* Cubic meter , a unit of volume* Messier 3 , a globular cluster in the constellation Canes Venatici...

. near Camberley
Camberley
Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, situated 31 miles  southwest of central London, in the corridor between the M3 and M4 motorways. The town lies close to the borders of both Hampshire and Berkshire; the boundaries intersect on the western edge of the town where all three counties...

.

Courses

The CTC Frimely Park is used primarily for the training of the cadet forces through courses. These include:

Adult Courses

  • Senior Officers' Course
  • Area Commanders' Course
  • King George VI Memorial Leadership Course (KG6)
  • ACF Instructors' Course
  • CCF Basic Course

Cadet Courses

  • Master Cadet- ACF
    Army Cadet Force
    The Army Cadet Force is a British youth organisation that offers progressive training in a multitude of the subjects from military training to adventurous training and first aid, at the same time as promoting achievement, discipline, and good citizenship, to boys and girls aged 12 to 18 and 9...

     only
  • Cadet Leadership Course (CLC) - Both
  • First Aid - Both

Note:The CTC also hosts the ACF Champion Cadet Competition.
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