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e would like to offer our heartfelt thanks to all of you who have so generously
supported Armed Forces Day 2010. After this year’s fun is over, there are many other ways that you can continue to Show Your Support. Here are some of the many opportunities available throughout the coming year. Troops serving in Afghanistan deploy
for six months and take part in Home- coming Parades when they return. Person- nel in the current Task Force Helmand will complete their mission in October and are looking forward to being able to thank the local communities that supported them and their families throughout the dura- tion of their operational tour. With 131,000 teenage cadets in more
than 3,000 locations the length and breadth of the UK, the Cadet movement is one of the largest and most established voluntary youth organisations in the country. At the heart of the Cadet Forces are the adult volunteers, without whom none of this would be possible. Today there are 25,000, but many more are need-
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ed. Volunteer leaders come from all walks of life, bringing with them an enormous variety of skills, gifts, qualifications and experience. They include managers and mothers, former soldiers and factory su- pervisors, engineers and English teachers. No previous experience is necessary and free training is provided. So if you have a bit of time to spare and want to help our young people develop their potential, why not join the Cadets as an adult volunteer? To find out more, visit
www.cadet150.org today. In July, nominations for the third Sun
Military Awards (‘Millies’) will open. This is your opportunity to put forward names of your heroes who could be chosen to attend a fantastic award ceremony in De- cember and win a special award. The nation pays its respects for the sac-
rifice that the military has paid in the serv- ice of our country on Remembrance Sun- day on November 14, 2010 with the main parade held at the cenotaph in London. A two-minute silence is observed across the UK at 11:00 on Thursday, November 11, to mark the time when the Armistice was
Winchester welcomes home some of the many Hampshire-based servicemen and women who have recently served in Iraq and Afghanistan
signed in 1918. People from all over the UK think of
the troops deployed overseas at Christ- mas time each year. Boxes of goodies are handed out on Christmas Day to every serviceman and woman serving abroad through the charity UK4U Thanks. To find out more, visit
www.uk4u.org. Easter 2011 will see the return of the
men and women of 16 Air Assault Bri- gade from Helmand Province, many of whom will have completed three tours of Afghanistan. Such famous organisations as the Parachute Regiment with their ma- roon berets and Royal Irish Regiment with their unique ‘caubeen’ have become syn- onymous with the courage and fortitude of the British soldier. They will have seen a great deal of progress there since the first missions in Helmand in 2006. The host city for Armed Forces Day
2011 will be announced at this year’s Car- diff event. We are looking forward to all showing our support together again on Saturday, June 25, 2011! •
THE ARMED FORCES DAY TEAM
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