5.1. Sea Cadets and the Royal Navy
It is worth noting at the same time that we are not a branch of the Royal Navy or indeed a recruiting arm of it (although there is a natural through flow sometimes).
The relationship between the Royal Navy and the Sea Cadet Corps is governed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) which codifies in what ways the Navy supports the Sea Cadets.
The Sea Cadets are Not funded by the Navy (which is where we do differ from our Air Cadet and Army Cadet equivalents) but are supported in other ways.