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    Sea cadet march pasts/parades--is there any historical basis for their format?

    Do any sea cadets here parade with units that simply do divisions and/or a proper marchpast (as per either manual)?
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    The Inevitable Debate on Half Masting

    Can anyone confirm the following explanation for the origin of half-masting/staffing flags?: (This only really applies to the navy, but....) When a death severely affected a ship's company, despite the best attempts by the XO, the mourning seamen could not concentrate well enough to do tiddley...
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    Why do they rig sheers in sea cadets?

    Thank you all, you have convinced me that sheers are a useful part of the training programme.  How many of your units have the infrastructure for sheers?  (The whole device, I mean, not just lashing two poles together and saying, 'OK, that's as far as we can go....')
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    Why do they rig sheers in sea cadets?

    I don't think I've made myself really clear.  When I say 'that they will literally never use again,' I mean literally.  I am not complaining of cadets learning sheers to never use them in their civilian lives (or navy lives).  This can be applied to a great many specific activities cadets do. ...
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    Why do they rig sheers in sea cadets?

    There have been a lot of good points raised about the skills learnt in sheerlegs construction.  Perhaps it is just the units with which I have done this evolution, but there is no programme implemented to ensure this skill (sheerlegs construction) is continued.  That is, there is no programme...
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    Sea cadet march pasts/parades--is there any historical basis for their format?

    Perhaps those sea cadets who have attended SCSTCs other than QU'APPELLE could post the marchpast formats used.  Did any go by the SC manual of drill and ceremonial?  (I.e., 2 marchpasts, one in column of route, one in column of platoons.)
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    Why do they rig sheers in sea cadets?

    Without getting into a discussion of the merits of drill, I will say that it has proven itself to be a good 'attitude' tool for promoting teamwork and obedience to orders.  Whereas sheers are only one possible way of combining the seamanship skills. The problem I notice with the sheers is the...
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    Why do they rig sheers in sea cadets?

    I would like to know if anyone has any insight into why sea cadets learn this more-or-less useless skill only to never use it again in their lives.  I have been giving a long and hard think into the sea cadet QSP and wondering why it does not teach more modern navy skills.  Moreover, I have...
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    Sea cadet march pasts/parades--is there any historical basis for their format?

    Can anyone give me insight to the creation of the SC manual of drill & ceremonial?  Also, I'd like to hear how various SCSTCs conduct their parades.  I have only experienced HMCS QU'APPELLE's morning parade (which was not quite like the SC manual of drill & ceremonial's parade format).
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    Sea cadet march pasts/parades--is there any historical basis for their format?

    Do you speak of the individual drill movements themselves being different?  (I assume so, as a drill competition would not include battallion ceremonial as far as I know.) Navy drill, aside from not stomping and different dressing due to shipboard space constraints, is no different from army...
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    Sea cadet march pasts/parades--is there any historical basis for their format?

    I had started a thread on the history of naval parades done ashore (i.e. not divisions done aboard a ship) in the navy forums.  My purpose was to find out what the RCN and MARCOM thought was a parade.  I have been subjected to two extrenes: fancy ceremonial parades every morning in sea cadet...
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    Cornwallis Vs. St Jean

    Why one would wax floors seems no different to me than why we must fold a foot of our linen down on our beds.  It is merely to build a manner of organising work and responding to orders (just as SeaKingTacco said). Regarding the wear of civvies: frankly, I found them a bother.  You have to...
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    Dress Cap.

    Though the name for the army's cap is 'forage cap' (as it was used for foraging), the navy's did not originate from the army's and is merely called a 'peaked cap.'  (Though this is just another case of unification leaving the navy with a strange vocabulary for items that were similar between it...
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    What to do with old uniforms?

    It's sad that all DEU is unreturnable (in most cases).  I can see why old underwear and socks might not be wanted but I think that it's a terrible waste to not be able to send something like a sweater or tie back for another round of wearing.  I assume that it's a cost-saving issue; that...
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    History of naval parades done ashore

    Is 'one minute to colours' no longer used on any ships?  Gino posted above that it is.  Either way, it doesn't change the order of things. Also, does the quartermaster make his announcement 'attention on the upper deck etc.' or does he not, assuming that everyone on the upper deck is under the...
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    Recommended books and math subjects for MARS?

    I think any sort of trigonometry and a good mental math ability are essential.  Not sure if the latter would be a course one could take but that's an important skill nonetheless.  I think the hardest part about navigation is (at least regarding fixes) getting the practice.  Studying all the...
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    History of naval parades done ashore

    Thanks for the response, that is pretty much what I had imagined.  Except I find it a little strange that the ship's company are kept at attention for a couple of minutes, rather than having 'one minute to colours' announced.  But then I suppose details like this differ ship to ship since they...
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    Who can wear a boat cloak?

    The latest CF Dress Instructions state that only Capt(N)s and above may wear a boatcloak (p. 6E-1).  However the NETPO Handbook (Version 1.2 Revised May 2005) says that all commissioned officers may wear them (p. 5-40). Which is correct?
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    History of naval parades done ashore

    The section in the CF Manual of Drill & Ceremonial on conduct of guards aboard HMC Ships during colours seems to match what is being said about the whole of ship's company: 32. The officer of the day or watch, or a designated officer, the leading seaman of the gangway and the ceremonial piping...
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    History of naval parades done ashore

    None of the ceremonial manuals (recent or past) seem to contain this info.  The best I could find was that the OOW/OOD says 'pipe the still/carry on' and the XO does the QM's job of ordering everyone to attention, facing the mast. Here's a quote from the ceremonial manual on the conduction of...
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