army cadet
Future officer trainee
An army cadet is a young person training in a military youth organization or attending a military academy.
Cadet programs teach discipline, leadership, and basic military skills without requiring future enlistment: She joined the army cadets at fourteen.
At military academies, cadets are students preparing to become commissioned officers.
- recruitNew member sought
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- uniformIdentical throughout
- dress uniformCeremonial military attire
- drillHole-boring device
standing at attention · parade · passing out parade · barracks · training · obstacle course · officer · march · discipline · rank · boots · inspection · salute · yes sir · regiment · platoon · formation · camouflage
- military traineesrecruit, midshipman, plebe, draftee, conscript
army cadetgeneral
Widespread, not specialized
commissioned officer · commanding officer · senior officer · field marshal · four-star general
army cadetcivilian
Non-military person
noncombatant · pacifist · conscientious objector · draft dodger · antimilitarist
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