Cadets

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ARMY

All Defence Forces cadets traditionally wear a distinctive heavy white leather epaulettes on their tunic.  The epaulette is detachable which allows it to be replaced by a tunic material epaulette when the cadet is commissioned to officer rank.

                           
Leather Epaulette
 

 

 

This set of DPM sliders were a local arrangement, but the idea progressed to the official issue slider.

                    
Junior Class Senior Class
   

 

 

Keeping in line with the sliders for the army and following the local arrangement these two sliders were introduced.

                    
Junior Class Senior Class
   

 

 

These epaulette rank bars were introduced in 2006 for wear on the overcoat.  The white leather epaulette is still  worn on the tunic.  They are only worn by the Senior class.

             
Senior Class
 

 

AIR CORPS

             
Cuff Rank
 

 

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1994 version 2002 version 2002 version
     

 

NAVAL SERVICE

             
Slider
 

 

 
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 Page Updated : Saturday, 29 September 2007