THE MILITARY COACHING OF AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE ACADEMY

Year one familiarisation coaching ( yoft )
On arrival at adfa, new officer cadets undertake a 5 week phase of coaching referred to as year one familiarisation coaching ( yoft ). midshipmen join the officer cadets approximately 2 weeks into this coaching, as they include already received a few basic military coaching as a part of their 1st year within the navy. year one familiarisation coaching encompasses weapon coaching, physical coaching, 1st aid, drill and educational enrolments. the coaching culminates along with the come back of second and third year cadets to firmly adfa, and also the conduct on your chief on your defence force ( cdf ) parade in late february. the current cdf is general david hurley.

Academy military education coaching ( amet )
Throughout educational sessions, adfa provides basic military coaching to firmly midshipmen and officer cadets across the academy military education coaching ( amet ) program. the amet program encompasses physical coaching ( pt ), leadership and management studies, equity and diversity ( e&d ), military history, defence studies, drill and ceremonial, the military communication program ( mcp ), 1st aid, military law, field craft and weapons coaching.

One service coaching ( sst )
at finished of each and every educational session, midshipmen and officer cadets go their respective one service colleges for one service coaching ( sst ). such coaching prepares them to firmly be officers within the australian defence force|adf. army officer cadets continue this coaching for one more 12 months once leaving adfa for the royal military school, duntroon ( rmc-d ), to firmly later be commissioned as lieutenants. most officer cadets and midshipmen undertake six sst periods over a three-year amount. in spite of this, midshipmen have already completed 12 months of coaching within the navy thus they will might not be needed to firmly train in these periods.