cadet training

Officer candidate preparation

Cadet training is the formal instruction given to cadets—young people preparing for military service or other uniformed professions like law enforcement.

The training typically combines physical conditioning, discipline, leadership skills, and technical knowledge: He spent the summer in cadet training at the naval academy.

The term also applies to programs at military academies and ROTC units.

Opposites
military rank/status path

cadet trainingboot camp

Initial military instruction program

recruit training · technical training

career stage

cadet trainingmilitary retirement

Career soldier's final discharge

retirement · war college · veteran status · discharge · combat experience

military vs. civilian

cadet traininguniversity studies

Formal learning at college

vocational training · professional school · apprenticeship · on-the-job training · discharge

Family

training, cadet

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G