October Tactical / Firefighter Training
The Baton Rouge Division held their October drill at the National Guard Base in Slidell, Louisiana. Then Slidell Fire Dept. is co-located at the base and allowed the Sea Cadets the use of their training field for firefighter training. Cadets also ran the National Guard obstacle course as a team in a tactical scenairo. Cadets enjoyed a classroom presentation of small arms of the 20th century with real examples of rife and handguns from WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. The new Type III Navy uniforms were issue to cadets in preparation for Winter Recruit Training (RT) and our Annual Inspection. Awards and promotions earned during the last month were handed out at the end of drill. A good time was had by all