Cadet Instructors Cadre
Template:Short description Template:Multiple issues Template:Infobox military unit The Cadet Instructors Cadre (CIC; Template:Langx) consists of approximately 7,500 Canadian Forces (CF) training officers. The branch is the largest single group within the Canadian Forces reserve force subcomponent Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service (COATS)<ref>"Administrative Order: Implementation of Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service", NDHQ 1085-30 (D Cdts 6) dated 2 July 2009.</ref> and is the largest officer branch in the Canadian Forces.<ref name="forces.gc.ca">Template:Cite news</ref> The COATS subcomponent of the Reserve Force employs members from all branches and occupations of the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force of the Canadian Forces.
Cadets are youth 12 to 18 years of age, and participate in 1,150 Sea and Army Cadet Corps and Air Cadet Squadrons located across Canada.<ref name=cic>Template:Cite web</ref>
According to Canadian Forces Chief of Review Services, about 45% of all CIC branch personnel have former Regular Force or Primary Reserve serviceTemplate:Citation needed. Some are former cadets who wish to continue their involvement in the Canadian Cadet Organizations: the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, Royal Canadian Army Cadets, and Royal Canadian Air Cadets. Others are recruited from the general population.
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