Editing Officer cadet (section)

=== Reserve Officers' Training Corps ===
[[File:ROTCFTX1.jpg|thumb|Army ROTC cadets on a [[field training exercise]] in March 2005]]
Cadets and midshipmen in the ROTC programs generally hold training ranks equivalent to their branch's enlisted ranks during their first three years of training and officer-equivalent ranks during their senior year, except in the Air Force where they hold officer-equivalent rank during their junior and senior years.  In addition, a small amount of NROTC midshipmen 2/C may hold officer ranks, limited by the amount of available billets. Cadets or midshipmen holding cadet-enlisted rank must salute cadet or midshipman officers within their own branch of the service.

Cadet officer ranks<ref>[http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/arotcrank.shtml Cadet officer] ranks</ref> in US Army ROTC are denoted by "pips" – one to three circular insignia denoting the company-grade equivalents, one to three diamond-shaped insignia denoting the field-grade equivalents.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ume.maine.edu/~ArmyROTC/Cadet%20Handbook/670-1/Chap%203/chapter_3.htm#3-9 |title=Chapter 3 insignia |access-date=12 July 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050319020259/http://www.ume.maine.edu/~ArmyROTC/Cadet%20Handbook/670-1/Chap%203/chapter_3.htm#3-9 |archive-date=19 March 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> For [[Midshipman#U.S. Navy midshipman class and rank insignia|midshipman ranks]], both junior and senior officer equivalents wear from one to six 1/4" gold stripes or bars.

[[Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps#Cadet Rank|US Air Force]] cadets wear rank shoulder boards or lapel insignia which carry miniature insignia identical to those worn by officer trainees at USAF [[Officer Training School]].