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By Shaun Bailey, Army Cadet Force 1983 to today, youth worker, government adviser
I was a member of the Army Cadet Force for over 14 years and have recently made a welcome return after being invited to be an honorary Colonel in the ACF. I have accepted this honour, knowing the life-changing experience my membership of the Cadets provided me with as a boy and a young man.
The Army Cadet Force made me. It demanded more of me than I asked of myself. It required me to believe in myself, to value myself and to know that with determination I could succeed.
For me it was never about a career in the Armed Forces. It was about serving my community. But first I had to learn the self-respect that leads to respecting others.
Over the first years as a Cadet I learnt more about myself than I did at school; I did not start out as top of the class, but by being a Cadet I developed the focus and self-belief to outperform expectation by gaining a degree. This made me determined to share with ot...
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