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Assam: 10-Day Specialised Training For NCC Girl Cadets Held In Guwahati

A total of 325 girl cadets of both senior and junior wing along with three Associate NCC Officers underwent the training.

New Delhi: A 60-member team of the Assam girls’ battalion of National Cadet Corps (NCC) successfully completed a Combined Annual Training Camp (CATC) on Thursday. The 10-day CATC, held at the Indian Army’s Narangi Transit Facility (NTF) in Assam’s Guwahati, was organised from January 2 to 11. A total of 325 girl cadets of both senior and junior wing along with three Associate NCC Officers (ANOs) underwent the training.

The objective of the camp training was to give the cadets maximum exposure to range drills, firing and specialised training with emphasis on community living, discipline, first-aid, and character and confidence building. The foundation was based on a robust curriculum designed to hone the cadets’ skills in numerous domains.

Over the period of 10 days, various training activities, including morning Physical Trainings (PTs), drills, firing practice with .22 rifles, tent pitching and volley ball matches were conducted. In addition, various guest lectures were conducted by personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), traffic police, cyber security cell, drug abuse experts, breast cancer experts, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) experts, Know Your Army, among others. As part of the peer-learning exercise, an ex-cadets interaction was also organised during the training.

Officers, ANOs and Girls’ Cadet Instructors (GCI) also delivered lectures to the cadets about their experience and field of expertise, thereby, ensuring an overall informative and knowledgeable experience. Various competitions such as volleyball, debate, painting, elocution, firing, tug of war and drills were also part of the exercise.  

Additional Director General (ADG), NCC Directorate NER, Major General Gagan Deep, Group Commander, NCC Guwahati group headquarters, Brigadier Dinar Dighe, and Deputy Group Commander (DGC), NCC Guwahati group headquarters, Colonel S Ramesh visited the site to take stock of the training exercise.

The senior Army officers interacted with the cadets and inspected the administration and training schedule. During the interaction, the officers motivated the cadets to be disciplined and sincere towards life. They emphasised that such camps are opportunities for the cadets to learn the Army way of life.

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