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  2. St John Ambulance - Get to know other cadets etc, show off your kit!

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    With regards to Epaulettes, my Unit Manager has always given them to me - I have recently been promoted to Unit Cadet Lead and am at grade 5 officer level - meaning two 'pips' - so I can only get them from Managers anyway.

     

    BritishArmyReserveCadets - Best of luck with your University Degree. I am sure that you will love doing it - although it does seem like hard work, it is very worth while. I have chosen the student paramedic route myself and hope to work with LAS as emergency ambulance crew until the East of England Ambulance Service recruits student paramedics.

  5. St John Ambulance - Get to know other cadets etc, show off your kit!

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    I totally agree with you! It is the same in my area like when we changed from Hampshire to South East lots of people who have been there for ages were suddenly taken away from their post.

     

    If you are in cadets (or familiar with them) you'd know how off-putting the cost is (and the people if you're in an annoying division!). Even for adults, SJA just seems to be ruining itself, there are plenty of other places where you can do practically the same job!

  6. St John Ambulance - Get to know other cadets etc, show off your kit!

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    Aaaarrrr, you sound like you love doing your work, it also sounds like a great place to volunteer with you guys! Keep up the hard work! How many countries are there in the order of Malta countries? It may be similar to SJA with the Malta side as well because they are both linked in together somehow I believe.

     

    Now, I don't know if anyone will agree with me, but St. John seems to be getting worse and worse every year! Cadets is just silly, we have to pay subs every year (£72, for what?), we do not get to do any trips or cross-cadet-championship things (such as cross division work), duties are getting less and less and overall it is getting stupid! It may be my division, but there are so many things that other cadets/members do all across the world, it seems we do next to nothing! 

  9. St John Ambulance - Get to know other cadets etc, show off your kit!

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    Hi all, not in SJA or even SJAB(St John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland). Im a member of the Order of Malta Ireland(previously known as Order of Malta Ambulance Corps). Im a member in Dublin in the Eastern Region. Got bored and decided to read this thread and found it very interesting how the johnnies work. OMAC is one of the 3 vollies in Ireland whos primary focus is first aid and ambulance cover the others being the Irish Red Cross and the SJAB. Im more than happy to answer any questions about how OMAC or the first aid levels work here in Ireland.

    Welcome to the Forum!

     

    The OMAC seems like it does the same as SJA, but its good that you are involved in something like that any-road! What do you mean by "OMAC is one of 3 'vollies' in Ireland"?

     

    Also have you heard of the SOS Bus and if so is there one in Ireland that you know of; because I am a member of SJA and the SOS Bus here in England and they say that there is a similar (if not, an SOS Bus) type get-up like the SOS Bus in Ireland, but here we are a bit unsure...

     

    Regards, Mike :)

  10. St John Ambulance - Get to know other cadets etc, show off your kit!

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    Hi Liam, welcome to the forums, glad to hear you're enjoying SJA, any questions, pop a post here and we'll see what we can do! :)

     

    The OC-D

     

    I agree with 'theocd', we will offer assistance where we can :) I am a leading cadet of the Southend Combined Cadets Division; I also have been offered my SDU free, but that was about July time (last year)! Uniform here is often slow, but this is very annoying!

     

    Regards, Michael :)

  12. St John Ambulance - Get to know other cadets etc, show off your kit!

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    Just a quick question,

     

    Do you lot all parade on Remembrance day? By parade I mean take part and not provide first aid?

     

    If so, are any of you taught some sort of foot drill?

    I'm asking because the St John Cadets in my town look very unpleasant to the eye when they're taking part in a parade. Berets worn like flat caps and they sort of just bimble along.

     

    My cadets in Southend mainly cover first aid, but if we had enough interest in participating in a parade, then we would teach those the basics of drill before they go out and do it.

     

    I don't know how your cadets work there, but we mainly cover first aid there, marching is minimal and not great! We rarely take part in those type of events as uniform is a problem, being the same, what the cadets actually own etc...

     

    :)

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