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Fox in reply to @hugo7

I'd have thought CCF linked to schools would be much more prevalent at private, or at least grammar schools.

I'm not being funny, but did you read the article?

To make it even worse, it is the poorest areas of the country and society that are targeted. In just one year, over 2,000 school visits took place in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. And there are proportionately greater numbers of visits to state secondary schools than private schools. Subsequent recruits – impressionably young and often from deprived backgrounds – are then funnelled into combat roles when they turn 18, usually in the infantry where personnel are seven times more likely to die than in other parts of the armed services, and where those recruited at 16 are approximately twice as likely to die as all the rest.

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hugo7 in reply to @Fox

I'm not being funny, but did you read the article?

Yep. In fact I skim read focusing on the bit you quoted, was a bit confused how it was relevant and then read the whole thing properly.

There is a difference between an extra curricular cadet force doing fun outdoorsy stuff and marching and targeted marking and school visits to deprived schools offering a way out.

For eg how brilliant from a marketing POV is the Royal Navy born in Carlisle /made in the Royal Navy ad?

I accept there is some crossover and a sort of link, but didn't see anything in the article which directly relates to CCF.

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