IOT

Question 1

In the first phase of term one you will be transitioned from civilian to serviceman with which six formalities?

Answer 1

• Issue and prep of uniforms
• Medical assessments
• Drill
• Regular inspection
• Team building exercises
• Intensive fitness programme

Question 2

Confirmatory practical training in the final week of term one allows you to practically display which three new skills?

Answer 2

Military skills:

• Weapons handling
• Field craft
• First aid training

Question 3

Name the academic elements of term 1?

Answer 3

• Air power studies
• Written and verbal communications
• Beliefs, values and principals programme
• Essential service knowledge ad customs
• Etiquette and social responsibility
• Leadership is taught and practiced

Question 4

Term 1: week 1-4?

Answer 4

Medicals
Drill
Navigation
Kitting
Verbal Comms
Leadership
Fundamentals
Weapon handling
DYNAMIC EDGE
FIRST STEP

Question 5

Name the 4 force development weeks, spent mountain biking, climbing, caving and canoeing in Scotland and Wales

Answer 5

SHARP EDGE (Term 1 week 5)
MIL AID (Term 2 week 3)
VITAL EDGE (Term 2 week 6)
DECISIVE EDGE (Term 3 week 3)

Question 6

FIRST STEP

Answer 6

36 hours away from Cranwell
Living in small shelters
Building rapport
Using field craft skills we have been taught

At the end of term 1 Confirmatory Practical Training is a similar but longer exercise

Question 7

What do force development weeks promote and enhance?

Answer 7

They promote and enhance teamwork and leadership

Question 8

DYNAMIC EDGE

Answer 8

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Question 9

SHARP EDGE

Answer 9

• First time you get to use the leadership principles you have been taught/ find and develop your leadership style

Question 10

What happens in a Force Development week?

Answer 10

• First half of week is activities (sometimes panned and organised by recruits)
• Second half of week executing expedition and staying out overnight (Designed to physically and mentally stretch you and give opportunities to lead in a real life situation)
• Day 5 present back with your plans/ contingencies/ what happened and crucially what you have learned and how you can apply it

Question 11

MIL AID

Answer 11

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Question 12

VITAL EDGE

Answer 12

• Test to put into practice all that you have learned on the course
• Expected to work hard for every other cadet in your section
• Fight through the tiredness and hurt to pass

Question 13

What is Carousel (DECISIVE EDGE) in term 3?

Answer 13

• Officer cadets rotate through DECISIVE EDGE which simulates a deployed air operations centre
• Forced to think on your feet on a much bigger scale than before
• Augment knowledge of air power and basic air warfare

Question 14

Term 1 week by week?

Answer 14

• Week 1-3: Medicals, Drill, Nav, Kitting, Verbal Comms, Leadership Fundementals, Weapon Handling, Essential Service Knowledge (ESK)
• Week 4: Dynamic Edge and First Step
• Week 5: Sharp Edge
• Week 6: Force Protection
• Week 7: Leadership, Field Skills
• Week 8: Confirmatory Practical Training

Question 15

Term 2 week by week?

Answer 15

• Week 1: Adventure Training
• Week 2: Air Power, Media Awareness
• Week 3: Mil Aid
• Week 4: Air Power Studies, Sports
• Week 5: Drill, Medicals, Academics
• Week 6: Vital Edge
• Week 7: Air Power, Cyber Security
• Week 8: Briefs, Leadership Theory, Interviews

Question 16

Term 3 week by week?

Answer 16

• Week 1-5: Basic Air Warfare Course/ Mission Command (Amport House in Marham)
• Carousel: Within those 5 weeks where cadets will go away in groups for Decisive Edge
• Week 6: Air Power Studies, Leadership, Drill, Phys
• Week 7: Sports, Graduation prep (Champagne Tuesday)
• GRADUATION

Question 17

What does leadership consist of?

Answer 17

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Question 18

What does force protection and mil skills consist of?

Answer 18

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Question 19

Verbal comms

Answer 19

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Question 20

Essential service knowledge

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