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Army Cadets Fieldcraft Training Guide

Fieldcraft teaches cadets skills for efficient movement and military activities across terrain by day and night. It is taught through demonstrations, explanations, and practice at the section level of basic tactics. Lessons involve both indoor classroom work and outdoor practical exercises in uniform with web equipment. Safety is paramount, with weapons inspections and paperwork required before any training with blanks.

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Army Cadets Fieldcraft Training Guide

Fieldcraft teaches cadets skills for efficient movement and military activities across terrain by day and night. It is taught through demonstrations, explanations, and practice at the section level of basic tactics. Lessons involve both indoor classroom work and outdoor practical exercises in uniform with web equipment. Safety is paramount, with weapons inspections and paperwork required before any training with blanks.

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FIELDCRAFT

Section 1. - Introduction
General
Fieldcraft is the name given to the skill, which enables a cadet to carry out a variety of military
activities with maximum efficiency whilst moving across country by day and by night. The standard
that a cadet achieves must partly depend on their ability in Skill at Arms and Use of Map and
Compass.

In order to achieve the aim of training as stated in the syllabus it is necessary to study and practise
basic military tactics only at section level and no higher.

The dress for Fieldcraft lessons will always be uniform with web equipment for those done outside
and usually for those done inside except when they are of a classroom nature, i.e., such lessons as
Section 8. - Introduction to Night Work.

Organisation of Instruction
Instructors are allowed latitude in the method they adopt to teach the various lessons provided
they do not deviate from the facts and drills laid down. Fieldcraft, properly presented is an interesting
subject and presents a challenge to the cadet

Fieldcraft is best taught by means of demonstrations; including films, explaining to the cadets what
they are seeing and then confirming by practice as soon as possible.

Demonstrations must be carefully prepared and rehearsed whether they are on a big scale, or just
the instructor showing his squad how to crawl, poor demonstrations are of little value.

Practice periods can be repeated according to progress made.

Fieldcraft does not lend itself to strict 40-minute periods. Some lessons and practices need far
longer and others are best combined into a day and night exercise.

Dress
Dress for all Fieldcraft should be: combats, bush hat and webbing.

In warm/hot weather, a T-Shirt under the combat jacket is advised.

S AFETY PREC AUTIONS


Before every lesson with weapons, all weapons, magazines, drill cartridges, spare parts wallets,
containers and cadets pouches must be inspected to ensure that no live ammunition is present.

The form ‘ARMY FORM B159, (Revision 1/96)’ [Red Book 0402, b./0402, j.] should be signed on
the appropriate side, before and after any training with blanks or if group has come from such an
event or a live firing shoot.

In hot weather observe for heat exhaustion (Red Book, 0604-0607)

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