The Corps of Staff Cadets (CSC) is a

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of the

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. It is ranked first in the

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ahead of the

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. The CSC is the corps to which all

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trainees, known as staff cadets, who attend the

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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

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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

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and allocated to a combat, combat support or combat service support corps, such as the

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Royal Australian Engineers The Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) is the military engineering corps of the Australian Army (although the word corps does not appear in their name or on their badge). The RAE is ranked fourth in seniority of the corps of the Australian Army, be ...

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, etc.

Role

The Role of the Corps of Staff Cadets (CSC) is to train officers of the

, as well as Ground Defence Officers of the

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Organisation

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

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Company * Kapyong Company *

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Company * Long Tan Company Another company, Bridges Company, is named for

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Role

Organisation

Order of precedence

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