"It shows that we care for our community," said cadet sergeant Jayne Omilgoitok of Cambridge Bay.

"It makes me feel really good about my whole corps."

Omilgoitok, 15, remembers her first time coming to cadets with her brother, Dennis, who was also a cadet.

"There's nothing to do in this time, so he told me to join cadets," she said.

There are 26 cadets in the Cambridge Bay corps. One of the youngest members is 12-year-old Ryan Kaiyogana who joined cadets on the advice of his parents.

"They liked me to go there to calm me down. I used to always be hyper. I'm hardly hyper any more now," said Kaiyogana. "It's fun."

Omilgoitok said the best part about being in cadets is being called upon to help with community events and fundraisers.

"We're always the first ones to be called up and it makes us feel really good inside," she said.

Rick Gillis is in charge of the Cambridge Bay Cadet Corps.

"We try to run an efficient operation," said Gillis. Efficiency and dedication is something that's expected of them."

During his 15 years with the cadets Gillis has seen about 450 youngsters come and go.

Cambridge Bay cadets are known for their drilling.

In any competition they are judged on two aspects, the compulsory drill and the precision drill which entails three-minutes of sequence without command.

"It's really quite pleasing to watch," said Gillis.

"They have to be all working together as a unit."

Gillis said the youngsters also learn shooting skills.

A shoot-off competition is scheduled for the middle of March in Faro, Yukon.

Gillis said Yellowknife or Hay River usually wins these competitions.