Command task 22: Hurricane assist
Equipment: Activity kit such as MTa learning kit.
Time: 25 minutes.
Where: Small open space indoors or outdoors.
Aim: To construct an item to assist with a hurricane relief effort scenario, in the allotted time.
Benefits: Promotes teamwork, planning, cooperation and careful use of resources.
Instructions: Set the scene that the cadets have arrived on an island that has been affected by a hurricane. Split them into groups. Using the MTa kit, task each group with constructing a specific item to assist with the relief effort such as a helicopter, stretcher, life raft or a free-standing communications mast. Each group may have a team leader who should present back to the other cadets at the end of the exercise. Instructors should score each team’s efforts and choose a winner.

Make it easier: Select simpler items to create or increase the time allowed.
Make it harder: Get the cadets to come up with their own item to create.