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[[Image:ConscriptWhiteshield Squad - Warhammer Compendium - Pg41.jpg|thumb|right|A [[CadianSergeant (Imperial Guard)| sergeant]] commanding his '''Whiteshield'''squad. Notice Note that the sergeant in the white stripe center is permitted to wear an Imperial [[Aquila]] and regimental identity on the helmet signifying his Whiteshield status.shoulder pads{{Fn|1}}]]
'''Whiteshields''' are young reinforcements to an existing [[Imperial Guard Regiment]]. They fight in actual combat as part of their latter training, until they have proven themselves ready to join the regiment as full [[Guardsmen]].
==Overview==
[[Image:Conscript.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Cadian]] '''Whiteshield''' (3rd Edition)]]
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|quote = "Children you call them? They can pull a trigger just as well as veterans, and they have the spirit of a bull narthax. Call them children if you wish - I call them troops. Good troops."<br>- [[Colonel]] [[Marus Cullen]] of the [[Pannonia 5th Infantry Regiment]]{{Fn|1}}
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 Compendium]], pgs. 41 & 44 — ''Rough Riders and Whiteshields''
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Eye of Terror Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]], {{Cite This}}pg. 32
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