cadet

During a recent Coast Guard graduation, Trump invited onto stage "the only cadet who earned a perfect score on every single fitness test."

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

He also invited a cadet onstage to highlight physical fitness achievements, underscoring a recurring emphasis on bodily standards as a marker of military excellence.

From Salon ● May 24, 2026

Students were often assigned a military rank and awarded promotions, like the 13-year-old cadet major carrying a swagger stick in a 1930 ad for the Page Military Academy in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

He joined Irish carrier Aer Lingus in the late 1970s as a cadet pilot.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

Like all the cadet jackets, it was a soft green, closely fitted so it rested across my shoulders like a second supple skin, and I felt instantly warmer.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

He even managed to get a more current jest in, teasing the group of young cadets with a “six-seven” joke about making good choices.

From Salon ● May 24, 2026

Parade organizers, citing security threats, have also dramatically downgraded the event, eliminating the display of armored vehicles and the march by military cadets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Over time, cadets concentrating in social sciences formed an elite enclave, which became an object of resentment and ridicule among some more hidebound officers.

From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2026

We’re in the 32nd century, post-”Burn” timeline established in “Star Trek: Discovery,” among the cadets at the eponymous San Francisco campus, newly rebuilt after “more than 120 years” to train Starfleet officers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026

A vault of stars hangs overhead; the collective breath of the cadets mingles slowly, nightmarishly above the courtyard.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr