The Army Cadet Force (ACF) is not a part of the Army. It is a federally chartered nonprofit organization. All ACF staff participation is volunteer and non-paid.The goal of the ACF is to instill leadership, courage, patriotism, honesty, loyality, and obedience and other virtues into its cadets.Training in the ACF is conducted by military personnel and by qualified ACF officers and instructors.

The United States Army Cadet Force is a youth program for young Americans, male and female, ages 11 through 19, whose objectives are to develop an interest and skill in the fundementals of the United States Army, to train them in U.S. Army skills and to teach them teamwork, patriotism, courage, self-reliance and kindred virtues. Cadets train in areas approved by the local regiment commander and partisapate in a series of events such as parades. There are 540 units in operation in several states across the country, with 8,000 cadets participating. The United States ACF gives equal opportunity for participation and sucess to all American youth without regard to race, sex, religion or color.

The Bottom Line:

The ACF isn't part of the army: there's absolutely no pressure to sign up. The ACF is a youth organization, it is sponsored by its members and its officials. Member's information is not given to the government or any military group, this is a youth organization and nothing more. What people learn and how people perform stays in the ACF, unless the members them selfs choose to speak about it.

Official Army Cadet Website:

Since the Army Cadet Force was founded in the United Kingdom, the website and it's information is based on the British branch of the orginigzation.

Army Cadets Official Website