For anyone else who sees the title and wonders, "WTF is a Citadel cadet?", the article does not say.
In Charleston it's a big thing.
"The Citadel" is a military school, I think tied to the Marines. But more of like a JROTC thing that some people take real serious. I don't think they're actually in the military.
I was Navy stationed in Charleston and they'd always be out in their uniforms with giant egos.
It is a private military academy - think West Point, but a private school. Students are basically officially ROTC, but unlike ROTC at a normal university, it’s a full time thing with both daily and formal uniforms, marches, etc.
Like West Point, Citadel grads form an old school ties network in the military.
One movie about the school is Lords of Discipline.