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Welcome to USS Newport News (CA-148) Division. We are the Concord, NH, Sea Cadets, the best youth leadership program available. Here you'll find general information about the unit and our activities as well as copies of our press releases. While we also use this site to keep unit members and their families informed about unit activities and training topics, it's open to the public, so please feel free to explore.

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Drills: Newport News (CA-148) Division drills (meets) Tuesday evenings from 1900 to 2100 (7-9 p.m.) at the National Guard Armory on Pembroke Road in Concord, New Hampshire. This is an active, working and expanding New Hampshire National Guard base, so prospective members, guests, and other visitors will need to stop at the Pembroke Road Gate before entering. All vehicle occupants must show a picture ID. All due care and caution should be exercised while driving or walking on the base, as infrastructure improvement construction is ongoing. 

Plan of the Month/Day: A schedule of events for each drill is announced via the Plan of the Month, which is distributed on the first drill of each month. Typical activities include formations, classroom instruction on military and nautical topics, and fitness training. The Plan of the Day for upcoming drills is accessible through the Plan of the Day and Calendar menu item on the left.

Openings: We currently have limited openings for cadets young people 10 to 18 and adult volunteers. If you or someone you know has an interest in adventure, leadership, nautical and seafaring skills, patriotism, or military science, keep reading below to see what we have to offer. Once you decide you like what you see, contact us to fill out an application package.

Ships
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Boats

Boarding the training vessel Manatra (YP-671) at her homeport of Chicago in July. An excellent training cruise of over 500 miles awaits. We visit several Lake Michigan ports with a small, cohesive crew of cadets involved in all aspects of the ship's operation, including helmsmanship, piloting, lookout, damage control, man overboard drills, marlinspike seamanship, and in-port watch standing. Finally, topping the adventure off with a capstone evolution of coordinated drills with United States Coast Guard stations.

Many Concord Sea Cadets enjoy learning to sail in Narragansett Bay, which offers fast-paced experience aboard small sailing craft, tall ships and sailing yachts. Tall ships experience and hands-on operations aboard power vessels of varying sizes. Training is conducted in association with the American Sail Training Association (ASTA), and includes various ports of call exploring maritime heritage, remote islands, and historic naval installations in and around Narragansett Bay, the birthplace of the United States Navy.

Plane captain training at NAS JAX with Sea Control Wing Atlantic. The class is small and the training is real. Cadets experience true S-3 Viking plane captain training. The same syllabus is used for cadets and United States Navy students. In the end cadets qualify to the same standards as active duty plane captains. This is a senior level aviation training unavailable anywhere else.

Learn to fly with the Naval Sea Cadets: This is for Sea Cadets 17 and older having completed the FAA pilot written test and the FAA third class physical exam. We say it again, this is IN FLIGHT training!

This is a crash course in health care and health science. Anatomy and physiology are discussed in the context of good health and disease prevention. Cadets learn basic patient care procedures, physical examination techniques, and other professional health care skills. Cadets with an interest in allied health careers will not find a better opportunity  to gain basic experience and knowledge.

Beyond the basics of health care, Field Medicine School exposes cadets to the world of First Aid and definitive care for major injuries. Advanced splinting and air casting, basic suturing, bandaging and advanced trauma management are taught. Field sanitation and disease prevention techniques are other major areas of study.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for any cadet who might be interested in health care. Experience classes taught by US Navy Medical Corps pathologists, orthopedic surgeons, podiatrists, ophthalmologists, surgical technicians, and operating room nurses. Cadets learn to suture and have the opportunity to experience a hands-on dissection of human and animal tissues (human brain, lamb heart, bovine eyes, and a human cadaver knee and ankle). Cadets will also learn to "scrub" and will observe live surgeries in the operating room. Navy nurses, doctors, and surgical technicians are available to discuss careers in the medical fields. There is also plenty of time for fun and socializing.

For cadets who want to be an EMT, doctor, nurse or firefighter, this course gives a step up when they graduate from high school. This is an intense 15 days. But when complete and passed it qualifies cadets to take the national registry of EMTs exam when they turn 18. In many states that qualifies for licensure as an EMT. Cadets keep the textbook at the end of the course to study until exam time. Participants have two years from the time the course ends to take the exam.  So cadets younger then 16 would have to do this course again to qualify. The two weeks for this course is comparable to two semester hours of college. It is an outstanding course, but be prepared to work. Students really need to be serious about taking this one.

To participate  in the Sea Cadet Corps applicants must meet basic eligibility standards. Cadets must be between the ages of 10 and 17 years old, citizens of the United States, in good health, able to pass a qualifying entrance physical examination, a full-time student with a GPA of at least 2.00, and free of felony convictions. All cadets must meet these standards throughout their participation in the program.

Though Sea Cadets are authorized by the Secretary of the Navy to wear United States Navy enlisted uniforms with NSCC/NLCC insignia and enjoy limited base privileges, they remain civilians. Sea Cadets have absolutely no military commitment and may voluntarily leave the program at any time. Between 5 and 20 percent of cadets do decide to pursue military careers. For them, Sea Cadet training may permit entry at an advanced pay grade. Sea Cadet experience is also looked upon favorably by military service academy and ROTC selection boards.

Okay, that's the official line, and it is absolutely true. It's also true that  many young people come to the Sea Cadet Corps with no interest in the military at all. They're drawn in by the adventure, leadership opportunities, training, or sometimes just for something to do. Those cadets have as much a place with the Concord Sea Cadets (officially the Newport News Division) as any other cadet. Our program is strong; we offer opportunities rarely seen anywhere else, and all who meet the eligibility requirements are welcome. 

The Naval Sea Cadets in Concord, New Hampshire, designed and maintain this site to provide information to unit members and the public on our activities in New Hampshire and elsewhere. This is an ongoing Sea Cadet project and continues to be a work in progress.