Editing Officer cadet (section)

== Canada ==
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[[File:Royal Military College of Canada band piper and bugler, Remembrance Day.jpg|thumb|Members of the [[Royal Military College of Canada Bands]]. Students attending the college are officer cadets.]]
In the [[Canadian Armed Forces]], the rank of officer cadet (OCdt), or {{lang|fr|élève-officier (élof)}} in French, is held by beginning officers, as well as students attending the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] in [[Kingston, Ontario]], the [[Royal Military College Saint-Jean]], Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, or a civilian university through the Regular Officer Training Plan. The Royal Canadian Navy uses the equivalent rank, naval cadet (NCdt), or {{lang|fr|aspirant de marine (aspm)}} in French, in lieu of officer cadet.

Some officer cadets, who are going through Regular Officer Training Plan, are highly qualified in their military occupation. However, those officers are ineligible to receive a commission until holding a university degree.

Naval cadets and officer cadets in the Canadian Armed Forces are [[subordinate officer]]s, but generally billet or mess with commissioned officers. They have yet to be granted the King's commission which would make them commissioned officers, and as such are not to be saluted by non-commissioned members.

The rank insignia for the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] is a narrow gold braid (6&nbsp;mm; note difference with standard braid size). This gives rise to the somewhat derogatory term 'quarter-inch admiral'. In the [[Canadian Army]], the rank insignia is one pip on a white band. A narrow pearl grey braid (6&nbsp;mm) is used in the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]], which is worn on the cuff of the service dress jacket, and on the [[slip-on]]s of all other uniforms. Cap insignia are limited to the Canadian Armed Forces brass badge earned through the [[Basic Military Officer Qualification]] course, the Royal Military College badge for students enrolled at one of the two colleges, or the appropriate badge representing the [[personnel branch]] or regiment for officer cadets with prior service as non-commissioned members.<gallery mode="nolines" widths="140" heights="150">
File:Generic-Navy-2.5.svg|[[Royal Canadian Navy]] naval cadet rank insignia
File:Canadian Army OF (D).svg|[[Canadian Army]] officer cadet rank insignia
File:Canadian RCAF OF (D).svg|[[Royal Canadian Air Force]] officer cadet rank insignia
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