By Our Correspondent
KORAPUT: 1 Odisha Infantry Company NCC, Jeypore successfully completed a twenty-day, Combined Annual Training Camp (CATC) on June 1st held at Vikram Dev University ,Jeypore.
DIG BSF Shailesh Kumar graced the occasion as Chief guest and motivated the cadets to join armed forces and paramilitary forces. He said there is ocean of platform for the cadets to join in forces as soldier and officers. Shailesh Kumar also said about his experience during his tenure in BSF and motivated the cadets to study well and work hard to achieve there goals and always to be good.
He interacted with cadets and motivated cadets to be disciplined and sincere towards life.
The duration of the CATC was from May 14 to June 2, 24 conducted in two phases and it was attended by 800 SD/SW & JW/JD along with eight associate NCC officers (ANOs), 8 PI Staffs, and 6 civil staffs .
The CATC served as a melting pot of learning, camaraderie, and skill enhancement for the boy & girl cadets from diverse areas in and around of Undivided Koraput District.
During Camp training, the endeavor was to give cadets maximum exposure to Range Drill, firing, and specialized training, emphasizing community living, discipline, First-aid, character, and confidence building. The foundation of the camp was built upon a robust curriculum designed to hone the cadets’skills in numerous domains. This camp will also be an eligibility criterion for the A, B, and C certificate Examinations.
During the period of 10 days, various training activities like morning PT, Drill, Map reading, firing practice with a .22 rifle(all 324 cadets fired), tent pitching, tug of war, and volleyball matches were conducted.
In addition, various guest lectures were conducted by BSF, Fire Department , Doctors, a lecture on Special forces, a lecture on CPR by Medical officer, Know Your Army, etc.
As part of peer learning, Officers, ANOs, also delivered lectures to cadets about their experience and field of expertise, thereby ensuring an overall enriching, informative, and knowledgeable experience for cadets. Various competitions like volleyball, debate, painting, elocution, firing, tug of war and drill were conducted and cadets were felicitated with prizes on the final day. Cadets also organized the cultural program during a Camp fire at the end of camp.
The Camp Commandent, Lt Col Preetiranjan Dash, during the closing address, said that NCC 1 Odisha infantry cadets triumph in this ten days CATC stands as a beacon of success, exemplifying the values of discipline, physical fitness, leadership, and camaraderie instilled by the National Cadet Corps.
Dash said all these 324 cadets who attended the CATC camp are flag bearers of NCC, who have to motivate other students & cadets further and enlighten them with what NCC is offering. He emphasized that such camps are opportunities for the cadets to learn the Army way of life and make friends for life.
