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Battalion at Shorncliffe.
10. As explained in Chapter V (paragraph 14), the recruitment of
Juniors, following the raising of the school leaving age, has consider-
ably exceeded expectations, and other changes announced in November
1973, which would have reduced the capacity of the Junior Training
organisation, will not now take place. Consequently, for the time
being, the Junior Leaders Regiment of the Royal Corps of Transport
and the Royal Engineers will remain at Taunton and Dover respectively.
It has also been necessary to transfer the training of Junior soldier
recruits to Royal Signals from the Army Apprentices College at Harrogate
to Catterick, and to retain the camp at Oswestry for at least a further
six months (from the previously announced closure date of 1 April 1975)
as a Junior Infantry Wing to cater for those Junior Infantrymen who
cannot be trained at Divisional Depots because of the shortage of
living accommodation.
11. A further review of the Junior Training organisation is being
put in hand to take account of the latest forecasts of recruiting
trends and the implications of the Government's review of Defence
expenditure.
ROYAL AIR FORCE
Ground Training
1.2. A common training syllabus has been introduced at the Royal Air
Force College, Cranwell, and the Officer Cadet Training Unit, Henlow,
which will ensure that all new officers are trained to the same
standard.
13. A revised pattern of command staff training, outlined in the
Statement on the Defence Estimates 1973 (Cmnd. 5231), has been adopted
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