Midshipmen (memo ship people) are in the English Royal Navy and US Navy of wo1s to sea (in former times sea-cadets), who become after the theory of the shipping service and successful distribution of an examination ship officers.

They carry their names, because they had to be in former times to the guard in the center of the ship, of where from the instructions of the sergeant of the guard of officer to the nose to be brought were.

United States Navy

In US Navy is the Midshipman primarily an officer candidate, although the rank is actually arranged in the group of careers of the officers. The officers of US Navy are trained at US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland or in college courses by the study-accompanying Naval reserve Officer training Corps (NROTC). The Midshipman of the naval academy is active thereby in the service while the students of the NROTC of program are in the reserve of the armed forces.

The collar and sleeve badges vary from school year to school year and at officer uniforms are carried. In the US-American the students of the different classes pointed names have higher education system, which persists generally four years: Students in the first year are called "Freshman ", in the second year "Sophomore ", in the third year "junior "and in the fourth and last "senior ". Freshmen do not carry badges at the collar, Sophpomore an anchor at the right collar and junior an anchor at each side of the collar. A student of the academy in the last year carries the two anchors with in each case an eagle as badge over it to both collar sides or an officer rank of the academy. Midshipman of officers are as previously mentioned students of the highest class, who transfer in the brigade of the Midshipman command functions.

Badge of the Midshipman is the golden anchor, which they carry on the shoulder straps and at the Revert or at the collar, with exception of the Midshipman of officers, who carry a small golden on the shoulder straps star and horizontal strips, which indicate their rank. Ranks of the Midshipman of officers are the same, as those of the officer corps of US Navy, the badges however are different. A Midshipman Ensign carries a strip, while a Midshipman Captain carries 6 strips as badge.

A Midshipman of the Marineakadmie is paid with 750 USD per month. This amount is reduced however to a large extent by the acquisition of books and the acquisition of uniform parts. Students of the NROTC of program receive a scholarship over 250 to 400 USD. All NROTC Midshipman receives in vain the standard uniforms.

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