[3] The Royal Marines Cadets of the SCC specialise in activities such as orienteering, fieldcraft, and weapon handling.

[4] at Buckingham Palace In October 2019, at the National Trafalgar Day Parade, a new Corps March for the Royal Marines Cadets was first publicly performed.

The charity promotes a culture of safety alongside its own safeguarding support systems, including whistle-blowing procedures.

The exception is Chatham Royal Marines Cadet Unit (formally RM VCC) which was established in 1903.

[8] They follow a much more land-based training programme, with emphasis on subjects such as Weapons Handling, Military Map Reading and Fieldcraft and low level tactics.

Few Detachments are Male only due to staffing limitations, however, the majority also take female Royal Marines Cadets who make up 30% of the total complement of numbers.

The RMC Council is led by the Colonel Commandant Royal Marines Cadets – Brigadier Ged Salzano.

A CATSEA is broken down into three phases: The primary aim of the CATSEA is to ensure that a Safe System of Training (SST) is in place as per the relevant guidance and PAMs (Ranges, Chapter 1, Section 1; and Cadet Training Volume 6, Fieldcraft and Tactics, Introduction, Safety Precautions paragraphs 8–11).

Phase One assesses a company's planning and delivery of a weekend's activity (day and night) in the field.

Phase Two assesses Section (Troop) Commanders and Detachment instructors, who carry out aspects of the training stances.

Cadets who complete outstanding aspects of the syllabus for their rank during CATSEA can be awarded the relevant modules.

Provided Sea Cadet Headquarters has approved the formation of a RMCD, they will be included in the MOD Indemnity, meaning that the unit is able to use Ministry of Defence (MoD) property and equipment, including boats, for RMC when compliant with Sea Cadet Regulations, policies and procedures, and Field Training Planning Procedures, including Training Afloat Regulations and Safety (TARS) and Inshore Boating Operating Standards (IBOS).

It is awarded annually to the Royal Marines Cadet Detachment (RMCD) of the SCC which is considered to have attained the highest standard of all-round merit in the previous year.

It is held in March (annually) at the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (CTCRM), Lympstone, Devon.

The next competition is planned for March 2025 Royal Marines Cadets of the SCC are primarily trained in their Detachment formations.