National Cadet Advisory Council
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The National Cadet Advisory Council is the link between cadets and officers in the Australian Army Cadets system. The NCAC, as it is commonly known, endeavours in improve cadets and the standard of cadets any way it can. The NCAC generally meets once a year, with regional CAC's meeting at least once a school semester.
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[edit] National Cadet Advisory Council
Meets at least once a year. Items to be discussed are complied previous to the meeting by the NCUO, and are based around what was brought up in RCAC meetings. Minutes from each meeting are recorded and passed onto the CO of the AAC.
[edit] Members of the NCAC
The NCAC is chaired by the National Cadet Under Officer and the National Cadet RSM. The Regional Cadet Under Officer and Regional RSM of each AAC region make up the council. The regions are: North Queensland, South Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory.
[edit] National Cadet Under Officer
On the 7th of May, 2007, Cadet Under Officer Richard Newnham was appointed as the National Cadet Under Officer for the Australian Army Cadets.
CUO Newnham first joined the ADFC in 2002 at a local Australian Air Force Cadet Squadron. CUO Newnham joined the Australian Army Cadets in 2003 at the Christ Church Grammar School Cadet Unit (CCCU). After being a Platoon Commander at CCCU and holding the rank of Cadet Under Officer in 2005, Richard was appointed as the Cadet Adjutant for one of Western Australia’s 4 Army Cadet Battalions. Later in the 2006 he was appointed as the Cadet Adjutant for the Western Australian Army Cadet Brigade.
During his time at Headquarters Western Australia Richard’s focus was to work closely with the Senior Instructors for the Cadet Under Officers and Senior Leaders Courses to develop and improve the current lesson material. In his new role, CUO Newnham has focussed on maintaining a reliable and informative link of communication between National Headquarters and the Regional Appointments.
Richard is currently completing his third year of a Bachelor of Commerce at The University of Western Australia and hopes to complete it with majors in Management, Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations. CUO Newnham is also an advisory board member to the Youth Affairs Council of WA, and is completing an Internship with an international human resource management firm. In addition, Richard is the Vice President of a substantial youth political movement in his electorate. In his spare time he is a supervisor at a cocktail bar in Perth.
[edit] National Cadet Regimental Sergeant Major
On the 8th of June 2007 Cadet Warrant Officer Class One Brendan Forde was appointed as the National Cadet Regimental Sergeant Major for the Australian Army Cadets.
CDTWO1 Forde first joined the AAC in 2003 at 125 Army Cadet Unit in Rockhampton, a considerably small unit at the time. With a successful first year CDTWO1 Forde attended the Junior Non-Commissioned Officer’s Course and was promoted to Cadet Corporal in 2004, where he was appointed as a Section Commander.
After a rewarding year as a Cadet Corporal CDTWO1 Forde attended the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer’s Course in 2005 and as a Platoon Sergeant began to experience his first taste or senior leadership. CDTWO1 Forde was promoted to CDTWO2 in 2006 and appointed as the Company Sergeant Major for 125 ACU after successfully completing the Warrant Officer’s Promotion Course. During the same year he attended the Chief of Army Cadet Team Challenge and represented North Queensland as the acting Cadet Regimental Sergeant Major.
Later in 2006 CDTWO1 Forde attended the Cadet Under Officer’s Course and was placed as the number one student for the course, entitling him to the position of Parade Commander for the graduation parade at the conclusion of the course. CDTWO1 was also appointed as the North Queensland Cadet Regimental Sergeant Major at the promotions course in December 2006.
Brendan is currently studying Yr 12 at The Rockhampton Grammar School. He takes a variety of maths, science and marine studies subjects and looks forward to a successful year in the highest position held by a Non-Commissioned Officer in the AAC.
[edit] Regional Cadet Advisory Council
Each Region has its own CAC, currently consisting on the RCUO and RSM, and the highest ranking member of each cadet unit in that region. In the future, each Region CAC will have a RCUO and RSM, a Battalion CUO and Battalion CSM (for those regions with more than one Battalion), and two delegates from each unit. One delegate must be between CDT and CDTCPL, the other delegate between SGT and CUO.
RCAC are required to meet at least once a year, but are encouraged to meet as often as possible to help the flow of information. The RCUO chairs each RCAC, and the items discussed are to be okay'd by the NCUO beforehand. Minutes are to be kept from each meeting and passed onto the appropriate people (NCUO, region SCO, and region CO).
