Battalion promotions rewarding leadership and talent, Captains Rab McCauley and Steve Dunion to Major, Lt Yasmin Shorter to Major and Lt Jamie Roy to Captain Army Cadets in Scotland Lowland RFCA Lothian and Borders Army Cadets

Weekend off! With the long haired general kicking off with watching Darlington play Banbury Utd at Blackwell

Day 2 of the weekend off with the long haired general, a trip to Teesdale and a walk around Bowlees and Low Force

As ever lots of good stuff going on in L and B, Minden Coy training weekend, great CIS lesson, Cdt Sanderson promoted to L/Cpl, AUO Karen Gibb promoted to 2Lt and to round off Maj Shane McKenna awarded 1st clasp to Cadet Force Medal

A weeks leave spent with the long haired General out exploring the Scottish Borders

Congratulations to AUO Louise D’Arcy Grieg who was promoted to 2Lt by her OC Major Yasmin Shorter. Well deserved Louise and best wishes. Looking forward to seeing the next steps on your leadership journey.

A very busy weekend of CFAV development at Drumshoreland. Familiarisation, FAAW,ECO/RCO refresher and equipment care.Also a pleasure to promote Cpl Ibrahim to Sgt, appoint RSM Howard to master cadet and award Scottish Colours to Cdt Howard, Shade and RSM Howard.

End of a fantastic week 1 of our three week annual camp and time to say goodbye to our Alma and Kohima 1 star cadets. Everyone treated to an ice cream as a reward for effort. Top cadets- Top Staff

We were incredibly fortunate to have 5 of our 7 Lord Lieutenants join us along with Col Cadets, Chief and Deputy Chief Executive of Lowland RFCA for our Annual Camp visitors day. All thoroughly enjoyed the day meeting our Cadets and CFAVs.

At our Annual Camp visitors day the Lord Provost presented SMI Gary Roy with his Cadet Forces Warrant and Col Cadets presented SMI Chris Cotton with his ACCT Scotland recognition award.

Out on exercise with our training two star cadets and looking forward to a night under the stars. Great to see happy Cadets and Staff having a great time!

Visit to our Senior Cadets AT Package provided by Outdoor Adventure Scotland. Top instruction from James carrying out activities to build up confidence in equipment for our Cadets to climb and abseil.

The best thing about the ACF is constantly being amazed at the talents our cadets possess.Thanks L/Cpl Hutcheon for this gift of a sketch of my ToS.

Great to visit the 51X Mil Skills Competition at Barry Buddon to see Team L and B rewarded with silver medals and a gold standard award after a sterling effort which they thoroughly enjoyed. Thanks also to SSIs Griffin and Holmes for team support, all stars!

Congratulations to AUO Hannah Whittaker who has been selected for commission after recent attendance at ACCB. Lowland RFCA Lothian and Borders Army Cadets Army Cadets in Scotland 51X-Cadets Branch

Congratulations to AUO Hannah Whittaker on her promotion to 2Lt

Fantastic night at the Battalions postponed Burns night supper. An opportunity to say goodbye to my predecessor Col Derek Balfour and Minden Company stalwart Captain Bill Pontor. Also a pleasure to present SSI Andy Gear with his Kings Coronation Medal.

A privilege to appoint Cadet CSM Jack Gardiner to Battalion Cadet RSM. An outstanding young man and positive role model for all of our cadets to follow. Lowland RFCA Army Cadets in Scotland Lothian and Borders Army Cadets

Congratulations to AUO Kamil Cwiok who was selected for commission after recent attendance at ACCB in Edinburgh. Lowland RFCA Army Cadets in Scotland Lothian and Borders Army Cadets Army Cadets UK

A lovely weekend up the road at our CTC in Drumshoreland, glorious Scottish weather, 9 potential CFAVs completed Familiarisation and a pleasure to support 7 potential Expedition Supervisors who completed a long picturesque walk in the Tyne Valley