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Administrative corps of the Australian Army
Corps of Staff Cadets
Graduation parade at Duntroon, June 2008
CountryAustralia
BranchArmy
TypeCorps
RoleOfficer Training
Size5 Companies
Garrison/HQDuntroon
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Major General William Bridges (general)
Military unit

The Corps of Staff Cadets (CSC) is a corps of the Australian Army. It is ranked first in the Order of Precedence ahead of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. The CSC is the corps to which all officer trainees, known as staff cadets, who attend the Royal Military College, Duntroon are allocated once they have completed their initial stage of training in III Class, known as Initial Cadet Training. Upon completion of this training, which lasts between six and eight weeks, the successful III Class cadets are welcomed into the Corps and presented with their Corps lanyard at what is known as the "Lanyard Parade". The name of the Corps of Staff Cadets is derived from the earliest history of the College, which was set up in 1911 to train officers to fill positions in the now defunct Staff Corps. Currently, however, following graduation, the cadet is promoted to the rank of lieutenant and allocated to a combat, combat support or combat service support corps, such as the Royal Australian Infantry Corps, Royal Australian Engineers, Royal Australian Armoured Corps, Royal Australian Corps of Transport, Royal Australian Artillery, etc.

Role

The role of the Corps of Staff Cadets is to train officers of the Australian Army, as well as Ground Defence Officers of the Royal Australian Air Force.

Organisation

Corps of the Australian Army
Combat
Combat Support
Combat Service Support
Command Support
Training Corps
Former Corps

The Corps of Staff Cadets currently consists of five companies named for a battle or campaign famous in Australian history:

Another company, Bridges Company, is named for Major General William Bridges.

Order of precedence

Preceded byNone Australian Army Order of Precedence Succeeded byRoyal Australian Armoured Corps

References

Citations

  1. ^ "Corps of Staff Cadets". Department of Defence (Australia). Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  2. "Australian Army Corps Badges". Department of Defence (Australia). Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  3. "Barracks Life". Department of Defence (Australia). Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  4. Coulthard-Clark 1986, p. 41.
  5. "Officers and Management". Department of Defence (Australia). Archived from the original on 10 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  6. "Officer Jobs". Department of Defence (Australia). Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  7. "Corps of Staff Cadets". Our people. Australian Army. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

Bibliography

  • Coulthard-Clark, Chris (1986). Duntroon. The Royal Military College of Australia, 1911–1986. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-0-86861-883-8.

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