Volunteer Cadet Corps

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Volunteer Cadet Corps" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Volunteer Cadet Corps" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Volunteer Cadet Corps
Founded	14 February 1901
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Role	Volunteer Youth Organisation
Size	480 Cadets (as of 1 April 2022)
Units	Headquarters (Whale Island, Hampshire) Plymouth (RM Stonehouse) Chivenor (Commando Logistic Regiment) Lympstone (Commando Training Centre RM) Portsmouth (HMS Excellent) Arbroath (RM Condor) HMS Excellent HMS Collingwood HMS Sultan Band of the Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps Gosport Band of the Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps Plymouth Volunteer Cadet Corps Training Centre
Motto(s)	Latin: Occursum Provocatio English: Meet the Challenge
Website	www.volunteercadetcorps.org
Commanders
Commander VCC	Lt Adam Hearn RN

The Volunteer Cadet Corps (VCC) is a national youth organisation managed by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and sponsored by the UK's Ministry of Defence. The VCC comprises:

• Headquarters VCC. Based at HMS Sultan in Gosport.
• VCC Training Centre. Based at HMS Sultan.
• Royal Naval VCC. Units in HMS Collingwood, HMS Excellent and HMS Sultan.
• Royal Marines VCC. Units (Divisions) in Arbroath, Chivenor, Lympstone, Portsmouth, Gosport and Plymouth.^[1] plus the Band of the RMVCC Plymouth and the Band of the RMVCC Gosport.

The VCC is not part of the Sea Cadet Corps but exists alongside it as part of the Royal Navy's 'Navy Cadets' organization,^[2] which also includes CCF(RN) and RN Recognised Sea Scouts. The Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps are part of the Royal Marines Cadets family alongside the Royal Marines Cadets of the Sea Cadet Corps and Combined Cadet Force.