What did you do last summer

During the summer of 2009 Cadets from the Naval Station Everett Division (this one) attended or participated in the following evolutions.

  • USS Abraham Lincoln (an Aircraft carrier)

    • A day cruise into the Puget Sound that included demonstrations of shipboard activities, ship wide tours, a FOD walk down, fine Navy chow and more. The day cruise also included touch and go landings by the Navy jets EA-6B Prowler from NAS Whidbey.

  • USCG Henry Blake (A Coast Guard bouy tender)

    • A three hour cruise from Naval Station Everett to USCG Station Seattle. This occured twice, once for the Seafair festivities and one was routine Coast Guard work.

  • Commanders Cup at Naval base Kitsap

    • A regional competition and training evolution held at Naval base Kitsap

  • Recruit Training at Ft.Lewis

    • This training is required for all cadets who wish to advance during their career in the Sea Cadets and take advantage of the training opportunities below. This may be the most rewarding and most difficult part of being a Sea Cadet.

  • Navy League Orientation at Ft Lewis

    • This is a orientation to Navy League and Sea Cadet programs as well as Navy Life. Cadets in this program was able to train using firefighting equipment, weapons simulators, and to learn military structure and organization.

  • Honor Guard Training at Ft Lewis

    • This allowed cadets to learn silent drill techniques, to conduct honor and ceremonial guard activities

  • Seabee Training

    • Caets who attended this learned about Seabee operations and equipment use.

  • Petty Officer Leadership Training

    • This is required for advanced training and teaches leadership skills that cadets use ads they advance through their Sea Cadet Career.

Ask a Sea Cadet about their experiences while participating, what they learned, was able to experience, and the memories they and their families develop.

Sea Cadet training consists of Navy Non-Resident Training Courses (NRTC), training evolutions (away from local units), shipboard training, and training arranged locally by units.

All new cadets enter the program at the rate of Seaman Recruit. In order for cadets to move up through the ranks they must complete the following: the NRTC Correspondence Course for that rate, one training evolution, and depending on the rate, the Navy's Military Leadership exam for that rate. NRTC's cover basic military and naval subjects such as naval history, seamanship, leadership, and ship/aircraft familiarization. The cadet rate structure parallels that of the Navy and Coast Guard's enlisted rate structure, with Chief Petty Officer being the highest rate a cadet can achieve.

Training takes place mostly during summer months and occasionally during winter and spring break periods and are generally one to two week evolutions. The first training evolution for all cadets is NSCC Recruit Training, better known as boot camp. It is a scaled down version of the Navy's boot camp. For approximately two-weeks cadets are instructed by active and reserve military personnel and Sea Cadet officers in military drill and discipline, physical fitness, seamanship, shipboard safety, first aid, naval history, and leadership.

After cadets have successfully completed boot camp, they can then participate in advanced training. Sea Cadet advanced training currently consists of the following:

Training Schools

  • AIRMAN TRAINING (BASIC & ADVANCED)
  • AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TRAINING
  • FAA GROUND SCHOOL
  • CULINARY ARTS TRAINING
  • MEDICAL TRAINING (GENERAL, FIELD, SURGICAL & DENTAL TECH)
  • FIREFIGHTING TRAINING
  • PHOTO JOURNALISM TRAINING
  • CEREMONIAL GUARD
  • SUBMARINE SEMINAR
  • MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING
  • CONSTRUCTION BATTALION (SEABEE) TRAINING (BASIC & ADVANCED)
  • MINE WAREFARE OPERATIONS TRAINING
  • MUSIC SCHOOL
  • SEAL TEAM TRAINING
  • EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL TRAINING
  • AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING
  • PETTY OFFICER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
  • MASTER-AT-ARMS TRAINING (MILITARY POLICE/LAW)
  • JUDGE ADVOCATED GENERAL (JAG) TRAINING
  • SAILING SCHOOL
  • SCUBA SCHOOL
  • SEAMANSHIP TRAINING
  • SHIPBOARD TRAINING

LIVE ABOARD NAVY & COAST GUARD SHIPS & SHORE STATIONS FOR TWO-WEEKS.

Sea Cadet training is held throughout the continental United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam on military installations.

In addition to the above, those cadets who exhibit extraordinary initiative and leadership ability may participate in annual exchanges with Sea Cadet Corps' around the world.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE PARTNERS

  • AUSTRALIA
  • BELGIUM
  • BERMUDA
  • CANADA
  • HONG KONG
  • JAPAN
  • NETHERLANDS
  • RUSSIA
  • SOUTH KOREA
  • UNITED KINGDOM

Cadets get to meet their foreign counterparts, experience new cultures, and get to see how the navies of the world operate.