Here are a few real facst about the real Army Cadet Force:-

 HISTORY.
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THE EARLIEST DAYS.

THE CADET FORCE CAN TRACE ITS BEGINNINGS TO 1859, AT TIME OF THE THREAT OF INVASION BY THE FRENCH.
A FEW UNITS OF THE BRITISH ARMY WHERE AT HOME,MOST OF THEM WERE SERVING IN INDIA AFTER THE INDIAN MUTINY.
DUE TO THE THREAT OF INVASION THE VOLUNTEERS WERE FORMED. HISTORY WAS REPEATED AGAIN IN 1940 WHEN THERE WAS THE THREAT OF INVASION FROM THE GERMAN ARMY.

THE VOLUNTEERS.
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THE FORMATION OF THE VOLUNTEERS-ANCESTORS OF THE TERRITORIAL ARMY- SAW THE START OF THE CADETS. IN 1860 AT LEAST EIGHT SCHOOLS HAD FORMED UNITS AND FORMED CADET COMPANIES, ONE OF THESE, THE QUEEN'S WESTMINSTER'S PARADED THEIR CADETS WHEN QUEEN VICTORIA CARRIED OUT A REVIEW OF THE VOLUNTEERS IN 1860.
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THE ROLE OF THE ARMY CADET FORCE (OR ACF FOR SHORT.) IS TO INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS WITH A SPIRIT OF SERVICE TO QUEEN,COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY; AS WELL AS DEVELOPING THE QUALITIES OF CITIZENSHIP, LEADERSHIP AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1,674 DETACHMENT THROUGHOUT THE UK WITH A STRENGTH OF AROUND 40,000 CADETS.
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