Canadian Coast Guard Deployments During the summer of 2010, it is expected that Sea Cadets will again be offered billets to sail aboard Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Ships. The CCG Ship Deployment is a demanding and unique opportunity and is only available to a handful of Sea Cadets. For this reason, only deserving cadets deemed capable of successfully completing the training will be considered for selection. The CCG training takes place generally aboard a CCG Icebreaker. The ship, under the command of a qualified CCG Captain, sails off the Canadian East coast up to the North Arctic Seas for a period of 3 or 6 weeks and continuously at sea for up to 5 days. During this training, cadets and officers' are expected to be involved in every part of shipboard operations on a 24/7 watch system.

Training Prerequisites:

• have attained the age of 16 years as of the first day of January but not 19 before returning home on completion;
• have successfully completed Phase IV from the Corps program;
• holds the minimum rank of PO2;
• have successfully completed any TG2, TG3 or 6-8 week specialty course;
• be fluent in English or French (depending on the operational language of the CCG Ship(s)), which signifies an excellent understanding of the language and an ability to express one's self in it;
• be mature, and considered to be a credit to the Sea Cadet Organization;
• and be highly recommended for this training by all levels in the chain of command.

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