Famous Military Schools

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A military school, also called a military academy or service academy, is a preparatory educational institution. Its prime objective is to train selected candidates in a service environment to provide professionally qualified staff for the Air Force, Army, and Navy. The military academies operate at three levels: high school, university, and military staff. Unlike many other countries where military training is provided exclusively by the state, the term ‘military academy’ in the U.S. is applicable to the private institutions too if they provide military-style training. The United States Armed Forces sponsor many public high schools for Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs. Whoever has to fight needs training regardless of belonging to a terrorist organization or a state-sponsored institution. Courage is a prerequisite for any military training because this is what cannot be induced or imparted through training. How important the military training is for any country can be easily realized by a glimpse over the current situation in Afghanistan where all the world’s forces are trying to impart sufficient training to the Afghan nationals so that the external forces may withdraw easily from there without creating a vacuum.

1. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS)

The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS)
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS)

The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is one of the most famous military academies in the world. It is a British Army officers’ basic training center located in the vicinity of the village of Sandhurst in Berkshire. It is located at a distance of about 55 kilometers from London. The roots of Sandhurst are traceable to 1720 when a military academy was established to train cadets for commission in the Royal Artillery. A school of staff officers was established at High Wycombe which later on merged with the Royal Military College. Sandhurst hosted the running event of the Modern Pentathlon in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. The sport, the modern pentathlon includes five events: pistol shooting, fencing, freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run. The academy is headed by the Commander of the Academy, who is usually a Major General.

2. The U.S. Military Academy

The U.S. Military Academy
The U.S. Military Academy

The U.S. Military Academy was established at West Point, New York in 1802. Its three-worded motto; Duty, Honor, Country is simple but very strong. For over 200 years the school had been continuously producing, not only the commissioned officers, but also great, national leaders. The criteria and selection of tests for admissions permit less than 12 percent of candidates to qualify. The school offers 45 majors and works on the Thayer System. The founder of the system was a former superintendent of the school, Sylvanus Thayer, who emphasized small classes to maximize one-on-one interaction with students. It is a tradition that about 4,000 students of the school take their breakfast and lunch together. Each student during school hours is on military duty. The alumni of the U.S. Military Academy include: 5-star general Ulysses S. Grant who became President of the United States; 4-star general Dwight D. Eisenhower, who became President of the United States, Douglas MacArthur, and 5-star general George Patton.

3.  The Suvorov Military Schools

The Suvorov Military Schools
The Suvorov Military Schools

Named after the 18th century general, Alexander Suvorov, the Suvorov Military Schools are the boarding schools in Russia. They focus upon teaching military subjects to boys 14 to 18 years of age. These schools were developed in December, 1943 during the Great Patriotic War to provide a military education to the teenagers, particularly who belonged to the military personnel’s families. A British journalist, Carey Schfield, wrote about these schools in 1990, ‘It is still generally accepted that the best way for an officer to start his career is to attend one of the very smart Suvorov or Nakhimov schools, the military boarding schools.’ The Russian Military Directory of 2004 listed Suvorov schools affiliated with specific service branches like Space Forces and the Signal Corps.

4. Officers’ Training School

Officers' Training School
Officers’ Training School

Officers’ Training School (OTS) was formed at the Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, base Rathmines, New South Wales, Australia on April 12, 1950. It was then converted into the Officers’ Training Squadron. After the closure of the Rathmines base, it was shifted to the RAAF Base Point Cook in Victoria. Its first course started at the current location at the RAAF Base East Sale. The ORS prepares recruits, senior airmen, and warrant officers for careers like commissioned officers in the RAAF. On an average, 250 students’ graduate from this college annually.

5. Escola Naval

Escola Naval
Escola Naval

The Brazilian Naval School is an academy of the Brazilian Navy. It is located in Rio de Janeiro on the Vileganon Island in the Guanabara Bay. Its roots are traceable to the Royal Guard of Marine, founded in Lisbon in 1792, in order to train officers of the Portuguese Royal Navy. After the Napoleonic invasion, it was shifted to Rio de Janeiro in 1807. It received its current name after the independence of Brazil in 1822. The Brazilian Navy organizes the largest sailing race in Latin America called the Naval School Regatta each year to celebrate the foundation of the school.

6. The Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr

The Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr
The Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr

The Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr literally stands for Special Military School of Saint Cyr. Its motto is Study for Victory. The school is located in Coetquidan, Brittany, and France. Students of this school are called Saint-Cyriens. Napoleon Bonaparte founded this academy in the building of a school. Maison Royale de Saint-Louis. Louis XIV founded the school in Fontainebleau in 1803 for the daughters of the noblemen who died for France. The three years’ study term has been now linked with ECTS, the European Credit Transfer System. All students of the academy qualify as Masters of Science or Arts.

7. The Ãƒ’°cole de l’Air

The Ã'°cole de l'Air
The Ã’°cole de l’Air

The Ecole de l’Air is a military school for training of officers in the French Air Force. It is located at the Salon-de-Provence Air Base in France. The school was founded by President Albert Lebrun in 1933. The motto of the School is Fair Face meaning ‘overcoming.’ The school was shifted to Salon, Bouches-du-Rhone in 1937. In 1947 President Vincent Auriol honored the school with the Legion of Honor. In 1969 the school started an exchange program with the USA for training eight cadets every year. In 1976, women students were given admission for training for the first time. Two new courses of study, Aircraft Airworthiness and Aerospace Project Management, were introduced in 2008, in collaboration with the Ecole nationale de l’aviation civile.

8. The Ecole Navale

The Ecole Navale
The Ecole Navale

The Ecole Navale is the French Naval Academy, founded by King Louis-Philippe, in 1830. Since the school was initially based at ships like Borda at the Harbor of Brest, its students were called Bordache. The school was destroyed by the bombing raids of the Allied forces during the Second World War. It was, therefore, shifted to the opposite side of the Bay of Brest near Lanvéoc-Poulmic. President Charles de Gaulle inaugurated the academy in 1965.

9. The Scuola Militare Teulie

The Scuola Militare Teulie
The Scuola Militare Teulie

The Scuola Militare Teulie is a military school of the Italian Army. It is one of the oldest military academies in the world. The school is located in a recently renovated, historical building in Milan. The motto of the school is Iterum alte volat, meaning ‘Flying high again.’ Initially, the building of this school was used as a military hospital followed by its use as a military orphanage. During the period of the Napoleonic Italian Kingdom, it was named the Royal College of the Military orphans. Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand I, converted it into the Imperial College of Cadets. The school has seen several ups and downs, and in its 207-year history, it has remained open for about 59 years.

10. The Whampoa Military Academy

The Whampoa Military Academy
The Whampoa Military Academy

The Whampoa Military Academy, also known as Kuomintang Army Officer Academy, is a famous Chinese military academy, opened on June 16, 1924. Its inauguration ceremony was held at the Whampoa dock in Guangzhou and therefore was named after Whampoa. During the inauguration ceremony, Sun Yat-sen delivered the historical speech which  later on was included in the lyrics of the national anthem of the Republic of China. In addition to preparing the infantry units, the school also imparted training in artillery, engineering, communication and logistics. Sun Yat-Sen appointed Chiang Kai-Shek as the first commandant of the academy.

Conclusion:

Those who use fishing trawlers don’t use fishing rods. Why those who have and can use the nukes should, need military training schools? What if airmen carrying little boys and fat men had a sudden change of heart and mind and had dropped them at the place of origin? It is where military training comes to work and never allows a reversion. Breaking one’s personality to develop purpose-made strategists and fighters will be needed as long as the conflict of interests continues among the countries of the world. There is a global need for the unity of purpose and peace for all.

 

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