for the potential removal of the rank began in 2018 with the area Warrant Officers talking to Under Officers and Warrant Officer around the country to seek opinions regarding how Under Officers were utilized on a local level. NZCF Officers who had recently been UOs were also polled for an opinion. The result of that was that in 2019 HQ NZCF announced their intention to remove the rank completely from service, to be replaced by the Officer Cadet rank. The Officer Cadet rank had traditionally been used solely on Commissioning Courses to give personnel a shared rank and equalize personnel from the two different methods of commissioned (Serving cadets and Direct Entry personnel). The rank of Officer Cadet is now given to all personnel who are intending to Commission into the NZCF, giving direct entry candidates the opportunity to practice being in uniform before attending the course. In 2020 the rank of Under Officer was disestablished and its responsibilities passed on to the rank of Officer Cadet, this changed the purpose of Officer Cadet from being an intermediary rank given to those on NZCF Commissioning Course. As of April 2021 the last Under Officer graduated from the NZCF Officer Commissioning Course. United Kingdom Under officer is an appointment held by senior officer cadets at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) and in the University Officers Training Corps (although these latter are not strictly trainee officers), and is also the highest rank that can be held by cadets in the Combined Cadet Force and Army Cadet Force. There are two separate appointments: junior under officer (JUO) and senior under officer (SUO). They are usually addressed as "JUO" or "SUO" as appropriate, but are not saluted as they do not hold the King's commission. RMAS typically appoints two JUOs per platoon in the final term of the commissioning course. At RMAS and in the UOTCs, JUOs wear an Austrian knot above a single bar on their rank slide and SUOs wear an Austrian knot above two bars. The use of the term in CCF contingents is inconsistent, with some having JUOs and sometimes also SUOs, and others simply having under officers. The ACF has the single appointment of cadet under officer (CUO). The rank badge is a white bar on the rank slide. References Military ranks of the Commonwealth Military ranks of Australia Military appointments of the British Army Military ranks of