Sea cadets are members of a
cadets youth program sponsored by a national naval service, aimed for young people with an interest in waterborne activities and or the national navy. The organisation may be sponsored in whole or in part by the navy or a naval supporter's organisation.
Sea cadet organisations exist in most of the maritime nations of the world. As described by the International Sea Cadet Association:
Organisations
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Australian Navy Cadets
The Australian Navy Cadets (ANC) is a youth development organisation supported by the Royal Australian Navy, with a focus on the maritime domain. The organisation promotes activities, both on land and in water, with key objectives including bu ...
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/ref> formed from the Australian Naval Reserve Cadet Corps and the Navy League Sea Cadet Corps
** Navy League Sea Cadet Corps
* : Royal Belgian Sea Cadet Corps
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**Navy League Wrennette Corps
The Navy League Wrennette Corps was formed by the Navy League of Canada in 1950 as a cadet organisation for girls to complement the Navy League Cadet Corps of Canada.
It had similar objectives to the boys' organisation, and taught girls seamansh ...
**Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
The Royal Canadian Sea Cadets (RCSC; ) is a Canadian national youth program sponsored by the Canadian Armed Forces and the civilian Navy League of Canada. Administered by the Canadian Forces, the program is funded through the Department of Nati ...
**Navy League Cadet Corps (Canada)
The Navy League Cadet Corps (French: ''Corps de cadets de la Ligue navale'') was created by the Navy League of Canada for boys in 1948, and the Navy League Wrennette Corps was formed for girls in 1950. The Wrennette program no longer exists, since ...
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** National cadets of Germany
* : Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps
* : Sea Cadet Corps (India)
* : Junior Sea Friends' Federation of Japan
* : Sea Explorers of Korea
* : Sea Cadet Corps The Netherlands (''Zeekadetkorps Nederland'')
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** New Zealand Sea Cadet Corps
The New Zealand Sea Cadet Corps (also known as Navy Cadets, SCC, and Sea Cadets) is one of the three corps in the New Zealand Cadet Forces, the other two being the Air Training Corps, and New Zealand Cadet Corps. It is a military-style traini ...
** Sea Cadet Association of New Zealand, the supporters group for the NZSCC
* : Portugal Sea Cadet Corps (''Corpo de Cadetes do Mar de Portugal'')
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** Sea Cadet Corps (Russia)
** Kronstadt Sea Cadet Corps
* : Singapore National Cadet Corps (Sea)
* : Sea Cadet Corps (South Africa)
* : Swedish Sea Cadet Corps
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**Girls' Nautical Training Corps
The Girls' Nautical Training Corps was formed as part of the National Association of Training Corps for Girls in 1942, with units mainly in Southern England. Its objective was congruent with that of the Sea Cadet Corps, teaching girls aged 14 to ...
**Sea Cadets
Sea cadets are members of a cadets youth program sponsored by a national naval service, aimed for young people with an interest in waterborne activities and or the national navy. The organisation may be sponsored in whole or in part by the navy or ...
(Formally known as the "Sea Cadet Corps" in the UK, the first such named organisation in the world. Renamed and re-branded to "Sea Cadets" in 2011)
**Marine Society & Sea Cadets
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets is seafarers' charity in the United Kingdom and the national organisation for sea cadets. It was formed in 2004 when the Sea Cadets and The Marine Society merged. It is a registered charity in England, Wales and Sc ...
– parent charity of the Sea Cadet Corps, following the merger of the Sea Cadet Association and the Marine Society
** (British Overseas Territory
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or alternatively referred to as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are the fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, ...
): Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps
The Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps was created in 1966 and registered as a charity under the ''Bermuda Sea Cadet Association Act, 1968''. The first unit had actually been created two years earlier.
History
Despite Bermuda, Bermuda's historical maritime ...
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**United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps
The United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps (USNSCC or NSCC) is a congressionally chartered, U.S. Navy–sponsored organization that serves to involve individuals in the sea-going military services, U.S. naval operations and training, community ser ...
**Navy League Cadet Corps
The U.S. Navy League Cadet Corps (also known as the United States Naval League Cadet Corps or "NLCC") is a junior version of the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps (NSCC) program developed for younger cadets, aged 11 through 13, under the auspices ...
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**Zimbabwe Sea Cadet Corps
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Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...
See also
* Cadets (youth program)
Cadets or cadet corps are voluntary youth programs sponsored by a national military service or ministry of defence. These programs are aimed to provide youths with activities associated with military or paramilitary training, including drills, ph ...
* Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCAs) are Crown bodies in the United Kingdom which give advice and assistance to the Defence Council, and to the Army, Royal Navy and RAF, on matters that concern reserves and cadets. They are contracted ...
* Sea scouts
Sea Scouts are a part of the Scout movement, with a particular emphasis on boating and other water-based activities on the sea, rivers or lakes (canoeing, rafting, scuba, sailboarding). Sea Scouts can provide a chance to sail, cruise on boats, ...
References
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