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

Mary Judge, sister of 16-year-old John Dougal, told the hearing his ambition had been to join the Army, and that as a youngster he had served as an Army cadet.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

There was the slightest titter of a laugh to my left, and Brown narrowed her eyes at the guilty cadet.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

It would have brought around 500 maritime cadets to the city.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

While the speech began in standard ceremonial form, it repeatedly shifted into unscripted commentary about the cadets themselves, including their physical appearance and fitness.

From Salon ● May 24, 2026

“This means that cadets are not taught what it means to be objectively reasonable, the very standard which the law requires them to meet when deciding whether or not to use deadly force.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

In exchange, these cadets, after earning their master’s or doctoral degrees, would come back to teach in the Sosh department for at least three years.

From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2026

Two bells rang through the mess hall, signaling the corps of cadets to leave lunch and head back to barracks for their afternoon classes.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore