Academic study emphasis for cadets

Waimarino Bulletin, 26 July 1988, Page 8

Academic study emphasis for cadets

A year in the life of five officer cadets Continuing our story on the year in the life of five Army officer cadets, Hunt, Dunwoodie, Rankin, Azahar and Ivil, this week we learn that they have returned ffom their leave and started the second term of the course.

On July 5 our five Waimarino Officer Cadet reporters started the second term of the year-long course to be commissioned as Army Officers. They are now members of the senior class. Of the 44 that initially marched in only 36 have made the class. Graduation is on December 14, only 146 days away. On July 7, 26 new, junior class, officer cadets marched in. The

senior class officer cadets have the responsibility of administering the juniors, making them feel at home in their new environment (the army, barrack life and being an officer

cadet) and lookmg arter their welfare. To date only one junior has left. Some of our reporters have been given rank to help with the day to day running within the

NZ Corps Officer Cadets. This 'Army Life' column by Officer Cadet Company Sergeant Major John Ivil, Officer Cadet Corporal Ahmad Azahar, Senior Officer Cadets Tim Dunwoodie, Janet Hunt and Brett Rankin is on "First impressions of being a senior class Officer Cadet". The major field exercise hurdle is Senior Class Field Week Au-

gust 7-11 but more on that latcr! Capt Nick Ang Officer Commanding ocs "It's hard to say what I think of Senior Class, OCS. I have to take time out to think about it. "At the moment, it is revolving at around 40,000 words a minute on Musori^ns, Battlecraft and Tactics. "Our senior class wasn't kidding when they said their was an

emphasis on acadcmics. It is life in the fast lane. "Graduation was great. There will never be another feeling like that as our senior class marched through our ranks. They were a part of us, and now we take over that role for our junior class.

"The junior class themselves are not a problem, but we have to scratch for time to take them to places that they need to go to. I seem to remember finding time to fit in with out senior class at their convenicnce. "The senior class has finally received Corps Turn page 9

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belts too. A small point but it is possible that this combined with our new status is promoting our Espirit de Corps. We will need all

the promotion we can get. "It was sad that this week one of the senior class left. I think w e all felt it to some de-

gree. Hc finally decided that it wasn't what he wanted to do after all. "As for the rest of us, we havc less than 150 days to go. May all of

the senior class be there!" OCdt J.D. Hunt "From the comparative ease with which we swept junior class aside, we have plunged headlong into the new term. "Few would say that they were prepared for the continuous flow of increasing academic work. It is with much trepidation that the cadets dare to look ahead to the field aspects of the course which haven't even begun yet. "Having a new set of juniors in has bcen an

experience, watching them make all the same mistakes we made and expericncing what we went through. "Senior term so far has been quite wonderful except that we have been getting piles of academic work but in comparison to what we did in junior term it is more interesting. "This is because you feel that what we are learning now seems more applicable to what we will be expected to do after graduation - if of course we make it that far.

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Rankin