By day, Zia Mir works in export sales in the manufacturing and engineering sector. By night and at weekends, he is training officer and second in command at 110 (City of York) Squadron.
After being in the air cadets as a teen and seeing first-hand what they had to offer, Zia wanted to give back to the community so joined as a cadet force adult volunteer in 2017.
In the video above Zia gives an insight into life as a cadet volunteer and explains how you can gain transferable skills to help in your civilian life.