The UK's Army Cadet Force enrolls more than 46,000 children between 12 and 18 across 1,700 detachments, and this film follows a handful of them over three years, compressed into about 45 minutes. Cadets drill in uniform, handle weapons under instruction, learn orienteering and first aid, and talk on camera about why they joined, citing family tradition, patriotism, or simply something to do. Thirteen-year-old George is the first cadet to admit he isn't happy in the program, though not the last, and the film tracks how that ambivalence spreads as its subjects age, including twins Jonathan and Edward, nicknamed "Jedward," and a younger recruit called Teddy Bear. Interviews range across guns and unicorns in the same breath, capturing how ordinary the organization feels to the kids inside it even as the film notes government funding aimed at expanding it further. The camera stays close on the cadets rather than on policy, watching patriotism, propaganda, and adolescent doubt sit side by side without resolving into either endorsement or takedown.