Do cadets actually outrank non-commissioned officers?

SGT Karen Emanuelson - ....
MANY Various T's Are Through TEMU.COM ... Even This One, And I Also Own Several More...

SFC Barbara Layman - ........
BARB... A Sense Of Humor Is Developed...
Ya Can't Buy One At Wall-Mart.
Like I Did This Shirt.

Capt Mark Miller - ......
CADETS Do NOT Out Rank ANYONE,
They Just Smell That Way

SGT (Join to see) - Ugly isn't it.

General Bernard Trainor told me that when he arrived in Korea, a brand new lieutenant from the States, he had trouble locating our positions. Finally, he found the command bunker and was quickly briefed by the outgoing Platoon Commander. As dark set in, shooting erupted from our positions dug into one hill and their positions across the valley. Tracers were everywhere. Trainor noticed his platoon sergeant handling phones, giving orders, etc. Trainor, a second lieutenant, asked his platoon sergeant if it wasn't time to fire the Final Protective Fires (I forget his older term for them). He said everyone in the bunker shut up and looked at him. Finally, the Platoon Sergeant said something like, "Sir, why don't you go have a cup of coffee and let me handle this?" Trainor said it was a month later that the sergeant began to trust him with the decisions.

Ha. Ha ha.

Until cadet becomes commissioned. It can be and sometimes is awkward, but rank/grade and authority are established by law.

TSgt Sean LaPlante - Was the LT right? Was the battalion commander a pussy?

LTC George Morgan -
Coronal, I Know EXACTLY What You Mean.
You May Or May Not Already Know This, But I'm a Junior High School Drop Out.
Never Even Completed The 9th Grade; But Realizing My Need For Education, I Took Advantage Of All The Educational Benefits The USAF Could Provide DuringMy 4 bYeares Of Enlistment. Then Eventually, But Soon After, Became Mid-Management For FMC And Interviewed College Graduates For Employment; And Quite Frankly, Found Many Of Them To Be Rather Uneducated... And, From What I Recall, It's Not Becoming Any Better, Either.
Here's Another Very Sad "Kicker":

Resolved, that the US education system does not adequately ...
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rest of the world is catching up, and as recently as 2008, U.S. students have fallen to 12th in higher education attainment and 16th in high school graduation rates. The world has grown to be interdependent and Americans who do not possess the level of training essential to the global market will be effectively disenfranchise

So, the real question is at what point (in time line) do Cadets receive their Commissions? Whenever that is that's when they become Officers; that's when they start out ranking other ranks (as the Brits say). I'm a little rusty on this : E7s, 8s, &9s can work for a 2nd Lt. but it takes a O-7 or above to take any disciplinary actions. Another point; the Oath Of Enlistment says we have to obey the Officers appointed over us. Does that mean you can ignore the 2lt. or Sgt. from another Unit, Command, or Service? Traditional wisdom teaches you always follow your last order.. given all the variables it could be pretty easy to get into trouble if you look at the literal without any wisdom. I have received contradictory orders when I have I informed both (all) parties and have asked them to work it out and until then I will hold off until I hear from them. I also gave them my recommendation concerning the situation being as I was the "BOOT" "on the ground". I thought the person on scene, the one (under ideal conditions) whose job was most closely related to the issue/task at hand thought the best solution was.

I prefer "Mister" such & such.

The real question is who appointed them over you....If a Commander says you are in charge and someone outranks you by date of rank or time in service...YES it is the one who the Commander appointed.