California Cadet Corps

The six objectives of the California Cadet Corps are to develop leadership, citizenship, patriotism, academic excellence, basic military knowledge, and health, wellness, and fitness.

The Cadet Corps motto is "Essayons," a word in the French language meaning "Let us try."

More of the CACC's cadets have become astronauts, chemists, doctors and other professions than have joined the military.

[citation needed] The CACC's primary goal was originally to prepare young men to be officers in the United States Military, after Brigadier General Edwin A. Forbes saw that the Germans already had such programs before World War I.

Now, they prepare young men and women not only for the service but also for the business world where communication and leadership skills are essential.

The CACC was founded on 5 April 1911 by Brigadier General Edwin Alexander Forbes.

The California Cadet Corps was created by an act of the Legislature on 5 April 1911.

At that time there was criticism of the military and CACC's funding was cut by the state of California.

The adult CPT (captain) rank insignia is two silver bars connected with each other by two thin lines composed of the same material, which earned it a nickname "railroad track" because it does look like a railroad track, is replaced with two silver "pips" connecting with each other in the cadet captain (C/CPT) rank.

They are usually selected from the highest-ranking noncommissioned officers (NCOs) and are generally the oldest and most experienced NCO in the company.

He/she is in charge of leading the company and training the executive officer (XO) to take his place the following year.

He/she is in charge of running day-to-day operations and to make sure all of the leaders under his/her command are communicating.

The battalion XO (authorized C/MAJ) is in charge of running day-to-day operations and to make sure all of the leaders under his/her command are communicating.

They are the key player for training and enforce military drills and courtesy throughout the brigade.

[4] In the television series Saved by the Bell, the show's protagonist, Zack Morris, agrees to take part in a pilot program organized by the California Cadet Corps in order to avoid detention.