 Another subset of the traditional AOCs was the Naval Aviation Cadet (NavCad) Program.NavCads, who had some college, but typically lacked a bachelor's degree, completed the entire AOCS curriculum but were not commissioned upon graduation.Instead, they attended their entire flight school program as noncommissioned candidates and did not receive their commissions as ensigns until they completed flight training and received their wings as naval aviators or (prior to 1966) naval aviation observers or (1966 and later) Naval Flight Officers.