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Australian Army Cadets | HMAS Harman
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Friendships within the Australian Army Cadets
The greatest knowledge that I have gained within the program is knowing that I met some of my best friends.
My time within the AAC has provided me with an immense amount of knowledge surrounding field skills, drill, and personal growth. However, the greatest knowledge that I have gained within the program is knowing that I met some of my best friends. Not only was I able to make friendships within my own unit, battalion, and brigade, but I had the incredible opportunity to gain relationships with cadets from across the nation.
Within the AAC you gain a bond between cadets that cannot be replicated anywhere else. You create friendships that rise from success and hardships. You create inside jokes and experiences that will follow you through your time in cadets and long after you leave.
So, when you’re digging trenches around your hootchie in the rain with your buddy or trying to get warm in 0℃ with your best friend or simply enjoying some soggy weet-bix and cornflakes at 10pm in the middle of the bush with 5 other people, remember those moments because those times will be the best experiences of your cadet career.
Keep in touch with the friends you make within AAC. Share stories with other cadets and keep making memories, because, although I can recite how to plan a parade or how many degrees are in a compass, I know that I will never forget the names I get to call my friends.
