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<p>The 2/c shoulder boards are shown correctly. </p>
<p>From The International Encyclopedia of Military Insignia:</p>
<p>…USCGA shoulder boards have the same stripe system as USNA shoulder boards with one exception. Whereas the stripes on USNA Midshipmen second and third-class shoulder boards slant from the back to the front (thus a MIDN 3/c shoulder boards, viewed from the front would look like "/ ", and a MIDN 2/c "// "), the CGA shoulder boards for those ranks is the opposite, rendering a CDT 3/c “\ /” and a CDT 2/c “\ //” </p>
<p>Sleeve rank is portrayed exactly the same as USNA sleeve rank with a few differences. The most obvious is the shield on blue device; additionally, second-, third- and fourth-class Cadets have a shield on their sleeves, whereas USNA Midshipmen do not. Furthermore, second and third-class cadets have their rank (diagonal stripes) on both sleeves, while second and third-class USNA Midshipmen have theirs only on the left sleeve. Like USNA Midshipmen, these stripes slope from the back of the sleeve to the front (or in nautical terms, “forward from aft”).</p>
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