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So I found out today that the 2LT's that I thought I had been saluting for the past two weeks have actually been unqualified Ptes. This morning, I was walking down the sidewalk in Borden near PRETC and I saw someone walking toward me wearing an EME capbadge. As he got closer, I saw a single, thick, blueish-green bar across his slip on (Too green for airforce thread and too blue for army thread). After I saluted him, he proceeded to explain to me that he wasn't an officer (which explained why he was wearing the EME capbadge), but that his slip on indicated that he was an EME in training. I don't know if I just missed the memo or what, but I've never seen anything like this before. As far as I know, this is the only trade that I have seen that indicates on their slip on that they are unqualified. And, if it is necessary to show that someone is unqualified, isn't there something less confusing to put on a slip on than a 2LT bar? To me, it looked nearly identical to a 2LT slip on except for its wierd colour and that the bar was closer to the unit identifer text at the bottom of the slip on than a 2LT slip on. I feel a little foolish now. Can anyone shed some light on this?