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The U.S. defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, posted a photo on social media of two young women at a Canadian cadet training center that was interpreted as mocking their weight and gender.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The national cadet programme is overseen by the military and offers leadership and skills training to youth aged 12 to 18.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

That was the only reason he had volunteered for cadet training in the first place.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Experienced officers and noncommissioned officers should teach these skills, set a standard for discipline and require cadets to meet it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The Pentagon will work with five universities to establish a new corps of cadets that is intended to become a pipeline for recruiting young people for the military.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

"I'd led 250 cadets on parades and then, for all of that to come crashing down when I didn't have a back-up plan, it was horrible."

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

There are cadets who do everything right—perfect posture, expert marksmanship, boots polished so perfectly that they reflect clouds.

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