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Royal Military College Saint-Jean
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The programs are harmonized with those at the Royal Military College of Canada. The four components of achievement are Academics, Leadership, Athletics, RMC Saint Jean offers a low teacher-student ratio, a physical fitness programme, teaching, and leadership activities. The college has clubs, a sports programme and recreational facilities. Conduct of the Preparatory Year academic activities, under the authority of RMC, as well as military and fitness training. Provision of oversight, under the authority of RMC, of the Continuing Studies. Corresponding to the first two years of studies in Quebec, preparatory year is a pre-university program of studies. Military education for Canadian officers is focused on the four components unique to the colleges, military training, physical fitness, bilingualism. RMC Saint-Jean offers courses in French to the French-speaking cadets and in English to the English-speaking cadets, although the college does not offer university-level courses as it did before 1995, credits can be applied to programs at RMC or other universities. So that students can move seamlessly from one to the other, at the end of the first or preparatory year, students who opt for the “General” program stay on at CMR for another year. Students studying engineering go to Kingston, Ontario into the first year at RMC, the preparatory year cadets acquire the necessary academic standard needed to attend RMC. Although the program is intended mainly for students from Quebec, the year is open to students from Canada who need to upgrade their studies before beginning university courses. The academic function of CMR is to educate its cadets up to the year of a college degree. The remaining studies are to be completed at the RMC in Kingston, divided into two semesters, the academic year is composed of 75 teaching days and a final examination period, followed by a supplemental examination period. In preparation for continued university studies at RMC, students select either the Social Sciences programme or the Science programme, each programme is offered in both official languages. The two programmes share core courses, four in literature, three in philosophy, two in Second Language Studies, three in physical education and these core courses are supplemented with courses specific to each programme. The preparatory year students register in either the sciences or science program. The programs are offered in both official languages, the social sciences program features courses in sociology, history, political science, mathematics, computer science, chemistry and physics. The sciences program includes courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, the core courses in both programs include, literature, humanities, second language, and physical education
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Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College
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It is funded by the Ministry of Defence. Candidates for the engineering and science group were included in 2005. Academic work is complemented by leadership development inculcating a military ethos, all candidates must be considered likely to succeed in a technical undergraduate course and will be funded through university and accepted into the sponsoring service. Royal Navy candidates are required to undergo the Admiralty Interview Board and are selected into the Engineer branch specialising in Weapon Systems, after undergraduate studies they will enter Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth for initial officer training. After undergraduate studies they will enter Royal Military Academy Sandhurst for initial officer training, after undergraduate studies they will enter RAF College Cranwell for initial officer training. Defence Engineering and Science Group students attend a selection consisting of interviews, there are fewer places for DESG students, and so fewer boards than the other forces. When founded in 1953, the college was housed in the grounds of Welbeck Abbey in the 20, until the mid-1990s, Welbeck only accepted male Army candidates. At any one time there would be 150 students in the college, there were two intakes each year, one in September and the other in January, these were numbered sequentially,1 Entry,2 Entry,3 Entry and so forth, odd numbers denoting September entries. Each entry was split into two houses, Harland and York, named after the original housemasters, each house had a distinct character with different rules. Harlanders generally originated from northern England, south western England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and overseas, although located in a magnificent building with extensive grounds, the quality of living accommodation was lower than may be expected for sixth-form students at most other comparable establishments. There was one television for each house and until 1990, a public telephone to be shared by all students. There was academic study six mornings a week, CCF one afternoon, sport on four afternoons, Maths and physics A Level were compulsory, with a limited choice for the third subject. Double maths was the option, followed by chemistry, electronics, technology. An additional A Level exam in general studies was introduced in the 1980s, Assessment for entry to Welbeck was by a series of interviews, exams and practical tests over a period of three days at Westbury or York. Little changed at Welbeck between 1953 and the mid-1990s, following the retirement of the colleges military Principal and replacement with a civilian, the first major change occurred and the doors were opened to girls. The overall number of students at the college increased by about 30 and they formed a house known as School Lodge. The number of intakes was reduced from two per year to one, progression into the Army varied according to ability. Whilst it was possible for students to go straight to university, typically Cambridge, for a while in the 1980s and 90s, the decision was taken by an assessment board similar to the Regular Commissions Board
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Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps
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The Army Reserve Officers Training Corps is the United States Army component of the Reserve Officers Training Corps. It is the largest ROTC program, with 20,000 ROTC cadets in 273 ROTC programs at universities throughout the United States. The modern Army Reserve Officers Training Corps was created by the National Defense Act of 1916 and this program commissioned its first class of lieutenants in 1920. For a cadet who takes only the first two years of ROTC, there is no obligation, unless the student is a 3-4 year scholarship cadet or has other specific scholarships. If a cadet has accepted a scholarship, service commitments may vary, with some exceptions, in order to progress to the last two years of the program, the cadet must contract with the United States Army. To do so, the student enlists in the United States Army Reserve Control Group as a cadet, the following is an outline of a general military science program. Military Science I year This year serves as the cadets first introduction to the Army, Military Science II year The second year is an expansion of the topics taught in the first year of the program. Cadets are introduced to tactics, troop leading procedures, basics of operations orders, the aim of this training is to motivate and qualify cadets for entry into the Senior ROTC program. Basic Camp is a version of the first two years of leadership development training that cadets receive at their university for the basic course. Military Science III year The third year marks the beginning of the Advanced Course and this is where most cadets must contract with the Army to continue in the program. Knox, KY AND The cadet has completed 54 credits of college coursework, the course sequence in this year is mainly focused on the application of leadership and small-unit tactics. Cadets are assigned rotating leadership positions within the School Battalion and are evaluated on their performance, under current regulations, attendance at the course is mandatory. Leadership Development Program During MSIII year and continuing through Advanced Camp, the LDP is a structured set of rotations where MSIII cadets are assigned to specific roles in an organization consisting of companies, platoons, and squads. Some of the roles traditionally filled are that of a commander, company XO, first sergeant, platoon leader, platoon sergeant. Cadets are counseled on their performance through the ALRM attributes and competencies, at the end of the MSIII school year, these counselings are collected and help determine a cadets Order of Merit during branching. Advanced Camp Advanced Camp is a paid four-week leadership course conducted at Fort Knox and it was formerly conducted at Fort Lewis, Washington, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Fort Riley, Kansas. In 2014, Advanced Camp was consolidated with Basic Camp at Fort Knox and this was a period of upheaval for the training event due to the rapid change of locations and new Cadet Command Commanding General stripping Advanced Camp of its graded portion. For 2014, Advanced Camp, then LDAC, retained its graded portions, during the time it was called CLC, all the graded portions of were taken out and the 4 week period was pass/no pass
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Officer (armed forces)
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An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority. In this sense, officers are not enlisted, but hold appointments from their government that typically remain in force indefinitely unless resigned, the proportion of officers varies greatly. Officers typically make up between an eighth and a fifth of modern armed forces personnel, in 2013, officers were the senior 17% of the British armed forces, and the senior 13. 7% of the French armed forces. In 2012, officers made up about 18% of the German armed forces, historically, however, armed forces have generally had much lower proportions of officers. During the First World War, fewer than 5% of British soldiers were officers, in the early twentieth century, the Spanish army had the highest proportion of officers of any European army, at 12. 5%. Within a nations armed forces, armies tend to have a proportion of officers. For example,13. 9% of British army personnel and 22. 2% of the RAF personnel were officers in 2013, having officers is one requirement for combatant status under the laws of war, though these officers need not have obtained an official commission or warrant. Commissioned officers are typically the only persons, in an armed forces environment, a superior officer is an officer with a higher rank than another officer, who is a subordinate officer relative to the superior. Non-commissioned officers in positions of authority can be said to have control or charge rather than command per se, many advanced militaries require university degrees as a prerequisite for commissioning, even from the enlisted ranks. In the Israel Defense Forces, a university degree is a requirement for an officer to advance to the rank of lieutenant colonel, the IDF often sponsors the studies for its majors, while aircrew and naval officers obtain academic degrees as a part of their training programmes. In the United Kingdom, there are three routes of entry for British Armed Forces officers, the first, and primary route are those who receive their commission directly into the officer grades following completion at their relevant military academy. The third route is similar to the second, in that they convert from an enlisted to a commission, but these are taken from the highest ranks of SNCOs. LE officers, whilst holding the same Queens Commission, generally work in different roles from the DE officers, in the infantry, a number of Warrant Officer Class 1s are commissioned as LE officers. For Royal Navy and Royal Air Force officer candidates, a 30-week period at Britannia Royal Naval College or a 30-week period at RAF College Cranwell, Royal Marines officers receive their training in the Command Wing of the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines during a grueling 15-month course. The courses consist of not only tactical and combat training, but also leadership, management, etiquette, until the Cardwell Reforms of 1871, commissions in the British Army were purchased by officers. The Royal Navy, however, operated on a more meritocratic, or at least socially mobile, AOCS also also included the embedded Aviation Reserve Officer Candidate and Naval Aviation Cadet programs. NAVCADs were personnel who held associates degrees, but lacked bachelors degrees, nAVCADs would complete the entire AOCS program, but would not be commissioned until completion of flight training and receiving their wings. After their initial tour, they would be assigned to a college or university full-time for no more than two years in order to complete their bachelors degree
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United States Army
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The United States Armed Forces are the federal armed forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, from the time of its inception, the military played a decisive role in the history of the United States. A sense of unity and identity was forged as a result of victory in the First Barbary War. Even so, the Founders were suspicious of a permanent military force and it played an important role in the American Civil War, where leading generals on both sides were picked from members of the United States military. Not until the outbreak of World War II did a standing army become officially established. The National Security Act of 1947, adopted following World War II and during the Cold Wars onset, the U. S. military is one of the largest militaries in terms of number of personnel. It draws its personnel from a pool of paid volunteers. As of 2016, the United States spends about $580.3 billion annually to fund its military forces, put together, the United States constitutes roughly 40 percent of the worlds military expenditures. For the period 2010–14, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute found that the United States was the worlds largest exporter of major arms, the United States was also the worlds eighth largest importer of major weapons for the same period. The history of the U. S. military dates to 1775 and these forces demobilized in 1784 after the Treaty of Paris ended the War for Independence. All three services trace their origins to the founding of the Continental Army, the Continental Navy, the United States President is the U. S. militarys commander-in-chief. Rising tensions at various times with Britain and France and the ensuing Quasi-War and War of 1812 quickened the development of the U. S. Navy, the reserve branches formed a military strategic reserve during the Cold War, to be called into service in case of war. Time magazines Mark Thompson has suggested that with the War on Terror, Command over the armed forces is established in the United States Constitution. The sole power of command is vested in the President by Article II as Commander-in-Chief, the Constitution also allows for the creation of executive Departments headed principal officers whose opinion the President can require. This allowance in the Constitution formed the basis for creation of the Department of Defense in 1947 by the National Security Act, the Defense Department is headed by the Secretary of Defense, who is a civilian and member of the Cabinet. The Defense Secretary is second in the chain of command, just below the President. Together, the President and the Secretary of Defense comprise the National Command Authority, to coordinate military strategy with political affairs, the President has a National Security Council headed by the National Security Advisor. The collective body has only power to the President
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Georgia Military College
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Georgia Military College is divided into the junior college, a military junior college program, high school, and middle school in Milledgeville, Georgia. It was originally known as Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College, GMCs seven campuses, five extension campuses, and online campus across Georgia serves nearly 14,000 students. GMC is one of five military junior colleges that participates in the U. S. Armys Early Commissioning Program, students who graduate from GMCs two-year, military science-oriented curriculum receive an officers commission in the U. S. Army. Although GMC is a state funded institution, it is not part of the University System of Georgia or the Technical College System of Georgia, the junior college was established in 1879, and later added a preparatory school for students in sixth grade through twelfth grade. GMCs military preparatory school for Cadets is in Baldwin County and has approximately 279 middle school students and 277 high-school Junior ROTC students, the other campus locations serve as junior colleges to their local communities. Georgia Military College Columbus Campus is the liberal arts Junior College in Columbus. The Columbus campus opened on Fort Benning in 1997, then moved to Cross Country Office Park in 2004, since January,2013, Georgia Military College Columbus has been enjoying its beautiful, newly built campus at 7300 Blackmon Road. GMC Columbus completely wireless campus features the latest educational technology, including Promethean Interactive Whiteboards, GMC also operates a growing online campus. The addition of an online campus allows GMC to offer degrees to individuals that work and dont have the time to come to campus, the online campus allows GMC to serve not just local but also global communities as well. GMCs Early Commissioning Program is specifically designed to enable students to become a Second Lieutenant in the US Army after the first two years in college, GMC offers funding specifically to help pay costs for Corps of Cadet members on the Milledgeville Campus. The State Service Scholarship Program provides 39 full scholarships to qualified Georgia residents with an interest in service as well as a quality college education. The program is funded through the Georgia General Assembly, Scholarship recipients are required to become members of either the Army or Air National Guard and must be nominated by a member of the Georgia General Assembly. These scholarships cover tuition, fees, rooms, board, books, Scholarship winners must join the Corps of Cadets and participate in Army ROTC. Army ROTC Scholarships are also available for qualified cadets interested in the Early Commissioning Program and these scholarships are funded through ROTC and cover tuition, fees, and an amount for books, plus a monthly stipend. There are various options for ROTC scholarship based on the desire for active duty or reserve component duty. Georgia is the state in the country to have both a senior military college and a military junior college. Combined, GMC and UNG currently have almost 900 cadets pursuing a commission in the U. S. Army, one of the ways in which a student can become an ECP cadet is to attend the Cadet Initial Entry Training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The course is 29 days long and the Cadet will be paid by the U. S. Army for completing the course, between the Cadets freshmen and sophomore years, the Cadet will attend the Cadet Leadership Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky
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Milledgeville, Georgia
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Milledgeville is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County in the U. S. state of Georgia. It is northeast of Macon and bordered on the east by the Oconee River, the rapid current of the river here made this an attractive location to build a city. It was the capital of Georgia from 1804 to 1868, notably during the American Civil War, Milledgeville was preceded as the capital city by Louisville and was succeeded by Atlanta, the current capital. Today U. S. Highway 441 connects Milledgeville to Madison, Athens, the population of the town of Milledgeville was 18,382 at the 2010 census. Milledgeville is along the route of the Fall Line Freeway, which is under construction to link Milledgeville with Augusta, Macon, Columbus and they have long histories from the colonial era of Georgia. Milledgeville is the city of the Milledgeville Micropolitan Statistical Area. It had a population of 54,776 at the 2000 census. The Old State Capitol is located in the city, Milledgeville, named after Georgia governor John Milledge, was founded by European Americans at the start of the 19th century as the new centrally located capital of the state of Georgia. It served as the capital from 1804 to 1868. In 1803 an act of the Georgia legislature called for the establishment and survey of a town to be named in honor of the current governor, John Milledge. The white population of Georgia continued to press west and south in search of new farmland, in December 1804 the state legislature declared Milledgeville the new capital of Georgia. The new planned town, modeled after Savannah and Washington, D. C. stood on the edge of the frontier, the area was surveyed, and a town plat of 500 acres was divided into 84 4-acre squares. The survey also included four public squares of 20 acres each, in 1807 fifteen wagons, escorted by troops, left Louisville, Georgia, the former capital, carrying the treasury and public records of the state. The new statehouse, though unfinished, managed to accommodate the legislators, over the next thirty years the Capitol building was enlarged with a north and south wing. Its pointed arched windows and battlements marked it as the United States first public building in the Gothic revival style, governor Jared Irwin soon moved into a handsome two-story frame structure known as Government House, on the corner of Clarke and Greene streets. The new capital was a rather crude frontier community with simple houses, a multitude of inns and taverns, law offices, bordellos. The town attracted several blacksmiths, apothecaries, dry-goods merchants, travelers to the town generally remained unimpressed, noting the ill-kept and overcrowded inns, the gambling, the dueling, and the bitter political feuds. After 1815 Milledgeville became increasingly prosperous and more respectable, wealth and power gravitated toward the capital, and the surrounding countryside became caught up in the middle of a lucrative cotton boom as large plantations were developed, based on slave labor
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Marion Military Institute
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Marion Military Institute, often abbreviated with the initialism MMI, is the official state military college of Alabama. Founded in Marion in 1842, it continues at its original location, Marion Military Institute traces its origins back to 1842 with the creation of Howard College. In 1842, Howard English & Classical School, later known as Howard College, was established in Marion, Alabama, by the Alabama Baptist Convention, with Dr. S. S. Sherman as President. During the American Civil War South Barracks, built in 1854, & the Chapel, built in 1857, along with the Presidents House, these buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1887, the decision was made to move Howard College to Birmingham, the United States Army ROTC program was first offered at MMI in 1916, when the institute was designated as an Honor Military School with Distinction by the United States Department of Defense. The U. S. Army Early Commissioning Program was established at MMI in 1968, in March 2006, the Alabama state legislature passed a resolution placing MMI under the auspices of the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education. MMI became The State Military College of Alabama, as part of the transition to a public institution, Marion phased out its high school program. In May 2009, the last high school graduated from Marion Military Institutes Preparatory School Program. MMI is one of only six Military junior colleges in the United States which offer unique military training programs, the Service Academy Preparation Program is a freshman year of solid academic and physical preparation for students who wish to attend one of the Service Academies. MMI also offers the first two years of Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, MMI was home to one of the few Union and Confederate cemeteries in existence, which is now located behind St. Wilfrids Episcopal Church. Marion Military Institute is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate of Arts, MMI has association memberships in the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States and the Alabama College Conference. The society also disseminates knowledge of education to the students. In general, members acquaint the public with our national defense needs, originated at Marion Military Institute in 1963. Named for Francis Marion, who was called The Swamp Fox and he and his small and poorly equipped force harassed the British loyalists along the Peedee and Santee Rivers. The Swamp Foxes are to be the most physically fit, most disciplined, the Swamp Foxes of MMI are required to maintain a 2. The White Knights were established in 1950, founded by the Cadet Commander Gene Hyche to promote precision drill, discipline, and to establish a union of brotherhood and trust among its members. The team consists of cadets from across the nation, try-outs are held at the beginning of each semester and consist of twenty-one days of intense training in military drill techniques. Membership in the White Knights is based on military drill proficiency, each year the Knights receive invitations to perform throughout the United States
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Marion, Alabama
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Marion is a city in, and the county seat of, Perry County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 3,686, first known as Muckle Ridge, the city was renamed after a hero of the American Revolution, Francis Marion. Marion is the 152th most populous city in the state of Alabama, formerly the territory of the Creek Indians, it was founded shortly after 1819 as Muckle Ridge. The city was renamed in honor of Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, hero of the American Revolutionary War and it incorporated as a town the same year and also became the second county seat after the hamlet of Perry Ridge was unsuitable. In 1829, it upgraded from a town to a city, from the very early days, Marion created considerable history for a small town on the western frontier of Alabama. The old City Hall is but one of many public buildings, churches. General Sam Houston, while between terms as 1st and 3rd President of the Republic of Texas, married Margaret Lea of Marion in the city in 1840, at the 1844 meeting of the Alabama Baptist State Convention in Marion, the Alabama Resolutions were passed. This was one of the factors that led to the 1845 formation of the Southern Baptist Convention in Augusta, judson College was founded in 1838 and Marion Military Institute after Howard College moved in 1887. Howard College, initially the location of the current Marion Military Institute, was founded in Marion in 1842, a groundbreaking school for African Americans, the Lincoln Normal School, was founded here in 1867. The associated Lincoln Normal University for Teachers moved to Montgomery and became Alabama State University, in 1889, Marion Military Institute was chartered by the State of Alabama and today is the oldest military junior college in the nation. In December 1857, Andrew Barry Moore of Marion was elected the sixteenth Governor of Alabama, george Doherty Johnson served as mayor of Marion in 1856, state legislator from 1857-58 and rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War. Moore of Marion, to design a flag for the new Confederacy, at the turn of the century in 1900, Perry County peaked in population at 31,783 or three times the population of the county in 2010 census. In 1909, Marion became the county seat, Hal Kemp, a jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, composer, and arranger. was born in Marion in 1904 and died in Madera, California, following an auto accident in 1940. His major recordings were Theres a Small Hotel, Where or When, This Years Kisses, When Im With You, Got a Date With an Angel and his band was very popular from 1934 until 1939. In 1936, he was one for two weeks with Theres a Small Hotel and two weeks with When Im With You. In 1937, his number one hits were This Years Kisses, which was one for four weeks, and Where or When. In 1992, Hal Kemp was inducted into the Big Band, coretta Scott King, wife of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Marion in 1927 and spent her childhood there. She graduating from Lincoln Normal School as valedictorian in 1945, the couple was married on the front lawn of her mothers home north of Marion in 1953
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New Mexico Military Institute
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New Mexico Military Institute is a state-supported educational institution located in Roswell, New Mexico, United States. One of five military junior colleges in the United States, it is the only state-supported military college located in the western United States, NMMI includes a college preparatory four-year high school and a two-year junior college. Students who attend NMMI are referred to as Cadets, NMMI is the only state-supported co-educational college preparatory military boarding high school and junior college in the United States. Academic school years begin with about 900 and 980 cadets enrolled, the schools motto is Duty, Honor, and Achievement. The schools athletic teams are the Broncos and the Colts, the schools colors are scarlet and black. New Mexico Military Institute was founded by Colonel Robert S. Goss, lea in 1891, originally as the Goss Military Academy, with an initial enrollment of 28 students. In 1895 it acquired the land at its current location, and in 1910 it received land-grant status, hundreds of Institute graduates served in World War I and World War II, including Medal of Honor recipient John C. Morgan and hotelier Conrad Hilton of Hilton Hotels fame. In 1948, the Institute introduced a liberal arts college program. The Institute became a coeducational university in 1977, although some females had attended as non-cadet day students from 1891 to 1898. The current superintendent, Major General Jerry W. Grizzle, was appointed in 2010, in 2013, the Institute broke off relations with the Alumni Association over disagreement about finances. Members of the Alumni Association claimed that this was an effort by the school to gain access, on June 10,2013, the Institute filed a lawsuit in Chaves County, New Mexico, to take control of the assets of the Alumni Association. Editorial response to the Institutes actions has been negative, calling it a hijacking of the group. On April 21,2015, the Fifth Judicial District Court found that the Alumni Association had not breached its agreement with NMMI, the judge required the Association to turn over the funds. The original area of land for the campus was donated to the school by local rancher James J. Hagerman, the Institutes buildings are made in a uniform Gothic Revival style out of buff brick. Its architecture and organization was inspired by the Virginia Military Institute, the campus is a designated area on the National Register of Historic Places. Cadets are organized into a Corps of Cadets, following the organization of a regiment with a Headquarters Troop that comprises the Marching Band. The regiment comprises three squadrons consisting of four to five troops each, Cadets are structured into classes, 6th Class through 1st Class. Cadets are all treated on the basis of earned merit, the military boarding school environment is maintained by the cadet leadership, with all academic classes, meals, and military and physical training occurring on post in a controlled environment
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Roswell, New Mexico
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Roswell is a city in New Mexico. It is the county seat of Chaves County in the quarter of the state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 48,411 and it is a center for irrigated farming, dairying, ranching, manufacturing, distribution, and petroleum production. It is also the home of New Mexico Military Institute, founded in 1891, bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located a few miles northeast of the city on the Pecos River. Bottomless Lakes State Park is located 12 miles east of Roswell on US380, the investigation and debris recovery was handled by the local Roswell Army Air Field. It also had many Hispanic people from Lincoln, New Mexico, john Chisum had his famous Jingle Bob Ranch about 5 miles from the center of Roswell, at South Spring Acres. At the time, it was the largest ranch in the United States, Smith, a businessman from Omaha, Nebraska, and his partner, Aaron Wilburn, constructed two adobe buildings in 1869 that began what is now Roswell. The two buildings became the general store, post office, and sleeping quarters for paying guests. In 1871, Smith filed a claim with the government for the land around the buildings. Smith was the son of Roswell Smith, a prominent lawyer in Lafayette, Indiana and he called the town Roswell, after his fathers first name. In 1877, Captain Joseph Calloway Lea and his family bought out Smith and Wilburns claim and became the owners of most of the land of Roswell, the town was relatively quiet during the Lincoln County War. A major aquifer was discovered when merchant Nathan Jaffa had a well drilled in his yard on Richardson Avenue in 1890, resulting in the areas first major growth. The growth continued when a railroad was built through town in 1893, during World War II, a prisoner-of-war camp was located in nearby Orchard Park. The German prisoners of war were used to do infrastructure work in Roswell. Some POWs used rocks of different sizes to create the outline of a cross among the stones covering the north bank. Later, the cross was covered with a thin layer of concrete. In the 1980s, a crew cleaning the river bed cleared off the concrete, the small park just south of the cross was then known as Iron Cross Park. On November 11,1996, the park was renamed POW/MIA Park, the park displays a piece of the Berlin Wall, presented to the city of Roswell by the German Air Force
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Valley Forge Military Academy and College
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Though military in tradition and form, Valley Forge Military Academy is a college preparatory boarding institution specializing on student leadership. VFMACs administration is composed almost entirely of current or retired military, some graduates pursue careers in armed services, and VFMAC has one Rhodes Scholar. The Valley Forge Corps of Cadets, which is student run, is the only American military organization that maintains British drill. All cadets must pass a board and earn a Capshield to be a member of the Corps of Cadets and it is the only Corps of Cadets in the United States to still have a traditional mounted battalion of one cavalry troop and one artillery battery. All students are members of the Corps of Cadets, the Academy & College was fully residential, but in recent years the academy also offers a day student program. VFMC is the military college that caters to all branches of the US military through the ROTC. Valley Forge Military Academy was founded in 1928 by Lieutenant General Milton G. Baker, the highest decoration in the institution, the Order of Anthony Wayne, was made in tribute to the heroism of the first Corps of Cadets on the night that the first campus burned down. Originally, General Baker devised an American Revolutionary War motif for the school, the school colors are buff and blue, the colors of the uniforms of the Continental Army. During the 1935–36 school year Baker expanded the academy to include a college program. Subsequently, the school was known as Valley Forge Military Academy, today, it is known as Valley Forge Military Academy & College. In the late 1940s to 1950s, Baker, an Anglophile, began changing the concept and modeled many of the drills, customs. The Full Dress Uniforms are modeled from those of the British Army, while others are ostensibly West Point, the corps expanded to include artillery in the late 1930s. The school was granted military junior college status by the Department of Defense in the sometime between the 1940s and the 1960s, Baker retired as superintendent in 1971, and died at his home on July 31,1976, at the age of 80. The 1981 film Taps was filmed at the school, church, Jr. USMCR 2016–Present The school has, as of 2011 about 500 students, representing 38 of 50 states and 25 countries worldwide. The college had the largest enrollment ever at the start of the 2009–2010 academic year,334 cadets, by 2014, the school had grown to more than 650 cadets. The Army ROTC Early Commissioning Program, one of only five offered in the United States, and these ECP Cadets will earn their commission as Second Lieutenants in the U. S. Army after only two years at VFMC. In 2008–2009 the college enrolled a total of 10 women, the year,37 new and returning women were at the college. The Service Academy Prep Program at VFMC saw an increase of 188% over the 2008–2009 Prepsters, Valley Forge Military College has the largest number of West Point Prepsters out of all the West Point approved Prepster programs in the country, with 18 currently enrolled
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Wayne, Pennsylvania
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Wayne is an unincorporated community located on the Main Line, centered in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. While the center of Wayne is in Radnor Township, Wayne extends into both Tredyffrin Township in Chester County and Upper Merion Township in Montgomery County, the center of Wayne was designated the Downtown Wayne Historic District in 2012. Considering the large area served by the Wayne post office, the community may extend slightly into Easttown Township, Chester County, the center of the Wayne business district is the intersection of Lancaster Avenue and Wayne Avenue, its main street. The historic Wayne station is located one block north of this intersection, Wayne was originally named Louella, after founder J. Henry Askins daughters Louisa and Ella. Waynes development began when a stop called Cleavers Landing was established. It was renamed Wayne Station after General Anthony Wayne, parcels in the area totaling 293 acres were bought by banker J. H. Askin, where he built a mansion named Louella after his daughters Louisa and Ella. Louella was described as an 80-room stone building with a porch overlooking manicured lawn. His and surrounding land were bought in 1880 by banker A. J, childs, to form a larger development they called Wayne Estate. More homes and a hotel were then built, in a brochure from 1887 about their development they noted they had provided Wayne with water, light and drainage — the three great conveniences of a large city — by the most approved modern methods. Wayne is located on the Main Line, the central business district of Wayne is located at the intersection of Lancaster and Wayne Avenues in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Since Wayne is neither an incorporated area nor a census-designated place, as of the census of 2010, there were 32,225 people and 12,754 households residing in the community. The racial makeup of the community was 85. 5% White,7. 9% Asian and 5. 3% African American, the median income for a household in the community was $118,801, and 5. 1% of the population was below the poverty line. Kenexa and SunGard are based in Wayne, pupils in the Radnor Township portion of Wayne attend schools in Radnor Township School District, while pupils in the Tredyffrin portion attend schools in Tredyffrin/Easttown School District. Those in the portion of the community in Upper Merion Township attend the Upper Merion Area School District. Students in Radnor Township attend Radnor High School, students in Tredyffrin Township attend Conestoga High School. Students in Upper Merion Township attend Upper Merion Area High School, students who attend Catholic schools go to St Katharines located in Wayne and then go to Archbishop John Carroll High School, located in Radnor. Many private schools are located nearby including The Shipley School. St. Katharine of Siena Grade school is a grade school in the area
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Boonville, Missouri
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Boonville is a city in Cooper County, Missouri, USA. The population was 8,319 at the 2010 census and it is the county seat of Cooper County. The city was the site of an early in the American Civil War on July 17,1861. The area has been called Boones Lick and the route from the lick to St. Charles/St, Louis, Missouri is called the Boones Lick Trail. The eastern terminus near Boonville at Franklin, Missouri is considered the start of the Santa Fe Trail. The first pioneers were Hannah and Stephen Cole, who settled in 1810, during skirmishes with Native Americans in the War of 1812 they moved to a fort on the north side of the Missouri River. That fort subsequently became the first county seat of Howard County, after the war, the town was formally laid out in 1817 by Asa Morgan and Charles Lucas. Boonville was named the county seat in 1818, the Cooper County Jail was built in 1848 and remained in place until 1979 with a claim that it was the longest-serving jail in Missouri history. In 1855, Thespian Hall opened and now claims to be the oldest continuously running theatre west of the Allegheny Mountains, more than 400 buildings are listed on National Register of Historic Places listings in Cooper County, Missouri. The city was a target because of its location on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The track was taken over by the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad. In the 1980s, the section that traversed the town was converted to parkland. Today, the Katy Trail is the longest rails to trails system in the United States, in 2008, Anheuser-Busch InBev opened the Warm Springs Ranch west of Boonville as the primary breeding farm for the Budweiser Clydesdales. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 7.21 square miles. As of the census of 2010, there were 8,319 people,2,918 households, the population density was 1,207.4 inhabitants per square mile. There were 3,294 housing units at a density of 478.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 83. 1% White,13. 3% African American,0. 4% Native American,0. 6% Asian,0. 3% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 9% of the population. 32. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.94
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Wentworth Military Academy and College
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Wentworth Military Academy and College is a private two-year military college and high school in Lexington, Missouri, part of the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The institution will close on May 31,2017 due to declining enrollment, a campus. Wentworth is one of five military junior colleges in the United States, Wentworth also has a 100% acceptance into the Air Force Academy over the past 20 years through its Falcon Foundation Scholarship program. Because the high school shares the campus with the college, many high school students accelerate their education. The Wentworth Military Academy was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The district encompasses seven contributing buildings erected from approximately 1830 to 1920 and they are Hickman Hall, D Company, The Administration Building, The Student Union, Marine Barracks, Superintendents Residence and Junior Barracks. Lexingtons Civil War Battle of the Hemp Bales was still a recent memory when Stephen G. Wentworth founded Wentworth Military Academy in 1880, by the 1870s, the town had already attained the reputation as the Athens of the West for its many academic institutions. Lexington was home to three schools for girls. In 1869 the Baptist Female College moved its operation to the home of Pony Express Founder William B. Waddell at the corner of 13th and South Streets, elizabeth Aull Seminary was opened in the fall of 1860 and operated in a large building on Highland Avenue. Central Female College, later Central College for Women, began in 1868 and, in 1871, however, Lexingtons educators, business leaders and ministers had made numerous attempts to establish a school for boys and young men. Public schools were not yet widespread and there was a glaring need for a boys school, the most visible failed effort was the Masonic College of Missouri, which moved to Lexington in 1847 and operated until 1859. On May 12,1879, Wentworths 27-year-old son William died, as a memorial, Wentworth focused his attention on finally making a school for boys a reality in Lexington. In the spring of 1880, Mr. Wentworth announced that a new school named Wentworth Male Academy would begin operation in the fall, Mr. Wentworth had a long record of public service to Lexington. A local editorial writer proclaimed that Wentworth was One of our oldest, most generous and most worthy citizens, in the summer of 1879, he had returned to his hometown of Lexington and started Hobsons Select School for Boys. Benjamin Hobson knew that he could not operate the new school alone, and he turned to Sandford Sellers, Sellers eagerly accepted Hobsons invitation to join him as co-principal at Wentworth Male Academy. When Hobson left to pursue a career in the ministry at the end of the 1880–81 school year, Sandford Sellers became the force who forged Wentworths national reputation, and his hand would guide the school for the next 58 years. In the early days, he handled all the administrative affairs, academic planning
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Lexington, Missouri
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Lexington is a city in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,726 at the 2010 census and it is the county seat of Lafayette County. Located in western Missouri, Lexington lies about 40 miles east of Kansas City and is part of the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area. It is the home of the Battle of Lexington State Historic Site, and Wentworth Military Academy and College, Lexington is located at 39°10′59″N 93°52′30″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 5.38 square miles. As of the census of 2010, there were 4,726 people,1,867 households, the population density was 917.7 inhabitants per square mile. There were 2,127 housing units at a density of 413.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 87. 3% White,6. 1% African American,0. 5% Native American,0. 9% Asian,0. 7% Pacific Islander,1. 2% from other races, and 3. 4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 7% of the population,31. 1% of all households were made up of individuals and 13. 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the family size was 2.94. The median age in the city was 39.6 years. 23. 8% of residents were under the age of 18,9. 6% were between the ages of 18 and 24,23. 5% were from 25 to 44,26. 1% were from 45 to 64, and 17% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48. 9% male and 51. 1% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 4,453 people,1,815 households, and 1,210 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,279.7 people per square mile, there were 2,015 housing units at an average density of 579.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 91. 02% White,6. 04% African American,0. 18% Native American,0. 49% Asian,0. 04% Pacific Islander,1. 06% from other races, and 1. 17% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 18% of the population,30. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 15. 0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the family size was 2.90. In the city, the population was out with 25. 2% under the age of 18,8. 0% from 18 to 24,26. 0% from 25 to 44,22. 7% from 45 to 64
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Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets
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The Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets is a student military organization at Texas A&M University. Established with the University in 1876, it is the oldest student organization on campus, approximately 53 percent of the members of the Cadet Corps receive a commission in the United States Armed Forces upon graduation. Under federal law, Texas A&M University is one of six U. S. colleges that are classified as senior military colleges. Though students at Texas A&M are technically required to participate in the Corps, the majority of incoming students are excused by the University Administration and the Commandant. Those who elect to join the Corps must participate in mandatory Reserve Officer Training Corps courses, the Corps of Cadets was founded in 1876 with the creation of The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, which was established as an all-male military college. Members of the Cadet Corps have served in every conflict fought by the United States since the Spanish–American War, during World War II, Texas A&M produced 20,229 Aggies who served in combat. Of those,14,123 were commissioned as officers, more than the total of the United States Naval Academy. For the schools first thirty-one years, through the 1907–08 academic year, early on, these were designated Infantry companies, but the Commandant ensured that Artillery training was included in the military instruction. The Aggie Band was organized in 1894 as a permanent institution within the Corps, in 1908, with enrollment over 570, a second battalion was added. As enrollment climbed, the Cadet Corps continued to grow to multiple battalions, the academic year 1916–17 saw the division of the Corps into two regiments. The following year, the two regiments had a total of six battalions composed of eighteen companies and a battery of field artillery, in 1918, enrollment surged to 1,284, almost a fifty percent increase over the previous year. In the 1919–20 school year, a Signal Corps battalion and a Mounted Cavalry battalion with one cavalry troop were added, an Air Service squadron with one company-sized flight was added in the 1920–21 school year. In the fall of 1923, the Cadet Corps, with a total of 2,091 cadets in twenty-three individual units, the Composite Regiment included the Cavalry, Field Artillery, Air Service and Signal Corps units. The Air Corps Squadron was phased out at the end of the 1927–28 school year. In the fall of 1928, with enrollment at 2,770 cadets, an Engineer Battalion was added, a fourth battalion, the Coast Artillery, was added to the Composite Regiment in the fall of 1933. The Cadet Corps enrollment hit a peak of 2,770 in 1928, but the Great Depression took its toll, and by the fall of 1932 enrollment had fallen to 2,001. But as the Depression waned and the U. S. involvement in the war imminent, enrollment climbed back to a pre-War total of over 6,500 in the fall of 1941. In 1935, swelling enrollment forced the formation of an Engineer Regiment and that same year, a Chemical Warfare Service Company was added to the Composite Regiment, and the following year a second company warranted the formation of a Chemical Warfare Service Battalion
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University of North Georgia
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The University of North Georgia is an educational institution that was established by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents on January 8,2013. The consolidation of North Georgia College & State University and Gainesville State College was announced on January 10,2012, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools approved the consolidation December 11,2012. The combined institution has campus locations in Dahlonega, Oakwood, Watkinsville, Blue Ridge, with over 16,000 enrolled students, the University of North Georgia is the sixth largest public university in the state of Georgia. Within UNG, there are five colleges collectively offer over one hundred bachelors and associate degrees, as well as thirteen masters degrees. 696 students are involved in the universitys ROTC program, which has given it the designation as The Military College of Georgia, the university is one of six senior military colleges in the United States. North Georgia Agricultural College began as a branch of the Georgia College of Agriculture, William Pierce Price, a local congressman, persuaded officials at UGA to use part of the funds to establish a branch of the newly created college in Dahlonega, Georgia, Prices birthplace and home. The college opened classes in 1873 with 177 students,98 males and 79 females, classes were originally held in the old U. S. mint building that was shut down during the Civil War. After the college was awarded the power to grant degrees in 1876, the first graduating class of four consisted of three men and one woman, making North Georgia the first public institution in the state to award a degree to a female. The college had always had a presence, since land-grant schools were required to teach military tactics. The National Defense Act of 1916 that created the ROTC also helped establish the presence that is felt on the campus today. In 1929 the designation of Agricultural was dropped from the name, by 1932 the college was reduced to a two-year junior college. World War II saw a decline in enrollment because of the number of male students joining the war effort and this changed when an Army Specialized Training Program was placed at the college to train junior officers. After the war the college grew because of young servicemen and veterans using their GI bill benefits to attend school, by 1946 the college was reinstated as a four-year college. In the 1950s, Dahlonega provided gold for the leafing of the capitol building and it was also at this time that similar efforts to gold leaf Price Memorial Hall were begun, a project that did not see fruition until 1973. The University of North Georgia has campuses located in Dahlonega, Oakwood, Watkinsville, Cumming, collectively, there is 794 acres of land among the Dahlonega, Oakwood, and Watkinsville campuses. UNGs Dahlonega campus has existed since its establishment as North Georgia Agricultural College in 1873 and it was not until 1879 that the oldest surviving structure, Price Memorial Hall, was constructed upon the former site of the Dahlonega Mint. Today the gold-leafed steeple of the Price Memorial Hall building remains one of the most striking features of the UNG skyline, much of the campus has been developed around the The William J. Livsey Drill Field, more commonly known as simply the Drill Field. Until it was consolidated with North Georgia College & State University in 2013, now known as the Gainesville campus, it is located adjacent to Lanier Technical Colleges campus within the city limits of Oakwood
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Virginia Military Institute
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The Virginia Military Institute is a state-supported military college in Lexington, Virginia, the oldest such institution in the United States. Unlike any other Senior Military College in the United States, and in keeping with its principles, VMI enrolls cadets only. VMI offers cadets strict military discipline combined with a spartan, physically and academically demanding environment, the Institute grants degrees in 14 disciplines in engineering, the sciences, and the liberal arts. While VMI has been called the West Point of the South, for example, the living conditions at VMI are far more austere than at the service academies. S. military branches upon graduation. The Board of Visitors is the board of the Virginia Military Institute. The Board appoints the Superintendent and approves appointment of members of the faculty, Code §2. 2-4002, some of its regulations are codified at 8VAC100. The Executive Committee conducts the business of the Board during recesses, the Board has 17 members, including ex officio the Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Regular members are appointed by the Governor for a four-year term, the Executive Committee consists of the Boards President, three Vice Presidents, and one non-alumnus at large, and is appointed by the Board at each annual meeting. Current law makes provision for officers of the Virginia Militia to be subject to orders of the Governor, the cadets are a military corps under the command of the Superintendent and under the administration of the Commandant of Cadets, and constitute the guard of the Institute. In the years after the War of 1812, the state of Virginia built, in the 1830s Lexington attorney John Thomas Lewis Preston belonged to a debate club known as the Franklin Society. After debate and revision of the proposal, the Franklin Society voted in favor of Preston’s concept. Crozet was also the Chief Engineer of Virginia and someone whom Thomas Jefferson referred to as, the board delegated to Preston the task of deciding what to call the new school, and he created the name Virginia Military Institute. Preston was also tasked with hiring VMI’s first Superintendent and he was persuaded that West Point graduate and Army officer Francis Henney Smith, then on the faculty at Hampden–Sydney College, was the most suitable candidate. Preston successfully recruited Smith, and convinced him to become the first Superintendent, after Smith agreed to accept the Superintendent’s position, Preston applied to join the faculty, and was hired as Professor of Languages. Classes began in 1839, and the first cadet to march a sentinel post was Private John Strange, with few exceptions, there have been sentinels posted at VMI every hour of every day of the school year. The Class of 1842 graduated 16 cadets, living conditions were poor until 1850 when the cornerstone of the new barracks was laid. In 1851 Thomas Stonewall Jackson became a member of the faculty, under Jackson, then a major, and Major William Gilham, VMI infantry and artillery units were present at the execution by hanging of John Brown at Charles Town, Virginia in 1859. VMI cadets and alumni played instrumental roles in the American Civil War, on 14 occasions, the Confederacy called cadets into active military engagements
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Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets
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The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets is the military component of the student body at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. According to program staff, about 1100 students participate as of November,2016, all cadets have the opportunity to receive an academic minor in Leadership through the Rice Center for Leader Development which is in the Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business. To earn the minor, cadets must complete 22 academic credits, have three successful leadership positions, and pass their graduating-year physical fitness test, around 75% of the Corps graduates choose the Military-Leader Track. If a cadet is enrolled in an ROTC program at Virginia Tech, however, a cadet does not have to be enrolled in an ROTC program in order to participate in the Corps. There are a few exceptions made for active duty enlisted students participating in programs like the Armys Green to Gold program, eighty-three percent of the Citizen-Leader Track cadets had a job or graduate school offer in hand upon graduation in May 2016. The upperclass cadets learn what interviewers expect, so they can improve their skills as well. Women entered the VTCC in the Fall of 1973 and created a unit called L Squadron. By 1979, women were integrated into the companies, though they still lived separately from the males in their units. In 1981, the halls became co-ed and women began to live in the same unit area as their male counterparts. In 1987, the first female Regimental Commanding Officer was appointed, to date, the Corps has had 4 female Regimental Commanding Officers. Today the Corps is nearly 17% female and women hold leadership positions throughout the Corps, on October 1,1872, Virginia Tech opened as the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. All students were organized into a battalion of two companies with an enrollment of 132. The Commandant of Cadets was General James H. Lane, formerly the youngest general in the Army of Northern Virginia, General Lane is considered the father of the Corps. He wrote the first cadet regulations and began the tradition of academic, in 1878, VAMC President Charles Minor wanted to do away with the strict military requirements. Lane opposed him and their disagreement became so heated that a faculty meeting ended with a fistfight between the two, both left campus in the ensuing scandal, but the Corps remained. The VAMC cadets made their first Corps trip in 1875 to Richmond to the dedication of the Lee Monument, over the years, the Corps has made many trips. These trips were frequent in the early years including the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York in 1901. In 1880, political mismanagement from Richmond contributed to enrollment dropping to just 78 cadets, but in the ensuing years, enrollment and educational opportunities were expanded
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Norwich University
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Norwich University – The Military College of Vermont is a private university located in Northfield, Vermont. It is the oldest private college in the United States. The university was founded in 1819 at Norwich, Vermont, as the American Literary, Scientific and it is the oldest of six senior military colleges, and is recognized by the United States Department of Defense as the Birthplace of ROTC. The university was founded in 1819 at Norwich, Vermont by Captain Alden Partridge, military educator, Partridge believed in the American System of Education, a traditional liberal arts curriculum with instruction in civil engineering and military science. After leaving West Point because of disapproval of his system, he returned to his native state of Vermont to create the American Literary, Scientific. He believed that a militia was an urgent necessity and developed the American system around that idea. His academy became the inspiration for a number of military colleges throughout the nation, including The Citadel, today, Norwich offers substantial online distance graduate programs and is similar in many regards to The Citadel in mission, online offerings, student body composition, and size. Partridge was the father of ROTC and the Citizen-Soldier concept. All entering freshman entering the Corps of Cadets are called Rooks, the institution of Rookdom consists of two three-month processes that mold civilians into Norwich Cadets, Rook Basic Training and Basic Leadership Training. Culmination of Rook Basic Training marks the halfway point toward Recognition and occurs before Thanksgiving break, Recognition into the Corps of Cadets typically occurs around the twenty-third week. Partridges educational beliefs were considered radical at the time, and this led to his views with the federal government while he was the superintendent of West Point. Upon creation of his own school, he immediately incorporated classes of agriculture and modern languages in addition to the sciences, liberal arts, Partridge founded six other military institutions during his quest to reform the fledgling United States military. In 1825 the academy moved to Middletown, Connecticut, to provide naval training to the schools growing corps of cadets. Beginning in 1826, the offered the first program of courses in civil engineering in the US. In 1829, the state of Connecticut declined to grant Captain Partridge a charter, in 1834 Vermont granted a charter and recognized the institution as Norwich University. During the 1856 academic year, the first chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity was founded by cadets Frederick Norton Freeman and Arthur Chase. With the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, Norwich cadets served as instructors of the state throughout the Northeast. Norwich turned out hundreds of officers and soldiers who served with the armies in the American Civil War
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Mary Baldwin University
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Mary Baldwin University, formerly Mary Baldwin College, is a private liberal arts, master’s-level university in Staunton, Virginia, USA. It was founded in 1842 by Rufus William Bailey as the Augusta Female Seminary, MBU also offers co-educational graduate degrees as well as undergraduate degree and certificate programs for non-traditional-aged students. The university is the oldest institution of education for women in the nation affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. U. S. News & World Report lists MBU among the top Regional Universities in the South in its 2017 edition of “Best Colleges. ”Located in Staunton, Virginia within Augusta County, among the first students was Mary Julia Baldwin. In 1863, Baldwin was named principal and headed the school through the Civil War, although most schools in the area had closed due to the war, the school was renamed Mary Baldwin Seminary in 1895 in honor of Baldwin. In 1923, the changed to Mary Baldwin College when the school became a four-year institution. In 1963, Mary Baldwin officially ended its policy of admitting only white women, when Staunton Military Academy closed in 1976, its grounds and buildings were purchased by Mary Baldwin, expanding the campus from 19 acres to 58.5. In 1977, Mary Baldwin became the first college in Virginia to launch a degree program. Cynthia Haldenby Tyson was appointed as the president in 1985. That same year, the Program for the Exceptionally Gifted was established to allow academically gifted girls to earn bachelors degrees, the Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership was established as the only all-female cadet corps in 1995. In 2001, the university established the Shakespeare and Performance graduate program after the American Shakespeare Center opened the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton. After 18 years as president, Cynthia Haldenby Tyson retired and Pamela Fox, Mary Baldwin University offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Social Work degrees in more than 30 majors. Undergraduate degrees are offered through the Mary Baldwin College for Women, the school offers graduate degrees through the College of Education, Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences, and the Shakespeare and Performance program. Additionally, Mary Baldwin offers fast-track degrees, bachelors-plus-masters-degree plans, professional school preparation, community service and study-abroad opportunities are supplied through the Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement, which opened in 2007. The Heifetz International Music Institute, founded by violinist Daniel Heifetz, was moved from its Wolfeboro, the institute accepts applicants annually from around the world and offers summer programs for classically trained musicians. There are various leadership opportunities available to students, including the Student Government Association, the SGA is responsible for upholding the principles of the Honor Code as well as managing the MBU student community. Cadets also participate in co-educational ROTC training, the Program for the Exceptionally Gifted at MBU is an acceleration program for girls ages 13 to 15 who have not completed high school. The program was founded in 1985 with a class of 11 students, participants attend classes with traditional-age students with the exception of an introduction to college course, and depending on age level, an introductory English course as well
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University-preparatory school
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A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a type of secondary school. The term can refer to public, private independent or parochial schools primarily designed to prepare students for higher education, in the United States, there are public, private, and charter college preparatory schools and they can be either parochial or secular. Admission is sometimes based on selection criteria, usually academic. Fewer than 1% of students enrolled in school in the United States attend an independent, private school, compared to 9% who attend parochial schools. Public and charter college prep schools are connected to a local school district. The term prep school in the U. S. is usually associated with private, elite institutions that have very selective admission criteria, prep schools can be day schools, boarding schools, or both, and may be co-educational or single-sex. Currently day schools are more common than boarding, and since the 1970s co-educational schools are more common than single-sex, unlike the public schools which are free, they charge tuition Some prep schools are affiliated with a particular religious denomination. Unlike parochial schools, independent preparatory schools are not governed by a religious organization, in most parts of Europe, such as Germany, the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Scandinavia, there are state-funded secondary schools specializing in university-preparatory education. These go by many names depending on the country but may be called gymnasia, athenaea, unlike American prep schools then, they begin after high-school graduation. The most famous French classes préparatoires are exceptionally intensive and selective, taking only the very best students graduating from high schools, nevertheless, there exist many less prestigious classes préparatoires. As a result, 90% of the students in the scientific classes préparatoires eventually become engineers or scientists, a Gymnasium is a particular type of school in Germany and other countries in Europe, with the goal to prepare its pupils to enter a university. The γυμνάσιον of Ancient Greece was a place for physical and eventually also intellectual education of young men, the later meaning of intellectual education persisted in German and other languages, whereas in English, the older meaning of physical education was retained. The German Gymnasien are selective and competitive schools and they enroll students after completing 4th or 6th grade and prepare them for college. The vast majority of Gymnasien is public and does not charge tuition fees, article 7, Paragraph 4 of the German constitution, forbids segregation of students according to the means of their parents. Therefore, most private Gymnasien have rather low tuition fees and/or offer scholarships, every child will be able to enter the lottery, no matter how he or she performed in primary school. It is hoped that this policy will increase the number of lower, a total of zero percent was in favour of the lottery. Germanys oldest Gymnasien include Gymnasium Paulinum, Gymnasium Theodorianum and Gymnasium Carolinum, in Italy, there are several kinds of high schools, both public and private, whose curriculum has as a primary aim the preparation for university. These are called Liceo, plural Licei, the name comes from Lyceum, the Latin rendering of the Ancient Greek Λύκειον, the name of a gymnasium in Classical Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus
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Admiral Farragut Academy
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Admiral Farragut Academy, established in 1933, is a private, college prep school serving students in grades PreK3-12 for Preschool, Elementary School, Middle School, and High School. Farragut is located in St. Petersburg, Florida in Pinellas County and is surrounded by the communities of Treasure Island, Gulfport, Pasadena, Tierra Verde, Farragut also serves North Pinellas County, which includes the communities of Clearwater, Belleair, and Palm Harbor. Over Farraguts first 12 years, the school became so popular that a campus was purchased in 1945 on the shores of Boca Ciega Bay in St. Petersburg. Since, the school has gone through many changes from accepting day students, the schools New Jersey campus in Pine Beach closed at the end of the 1994 school year due to financial difficulties. Shepard graduated in 1941 from the New Jersey campus, brigadier General Charles Duke, USAF, was a 1953 graduate of the St. Petersburg campus, and in 1972 became the tenth person to walk on the Moon as part of the Apollo 16 mission. In the spring of 2006, NASA presented a rock to General Duke. It is displayed in a showcase in front of the Quarter-Deck at the entrance to the main building, william Colepaugh, who defected to the Nazis in World War II, and who, later, was one of the last Nazi spies reaching the US. Richard Marcinko, author and former commanding officer of US Navy SEAL Team 2, is a graduate of Admiral Farragut Academy, Marcinko went on to become the first commanding officer of US Navy SEAL Team Six, a special maritime counter-terror unit. Actor Lorenzo Lamas graduated in 1975 from the New Jersey Campus, Actor Casper Robert Van Dien graduated from the St. Petersburg, FL campus and later performed in many films of which Starship Troopers is the most notable. Singer and Actor Eduardo Andonie graduated in 2010 from St. Petersburg Campus and he was signed in 2011 with top Latin record label Orfanato Music Group. Chef Spike Mendelsohn, class of 2000, contested on both Top Chef and Top Chef, All Stars, animator/Producer Andy Luckey attended from 1980-81 at St. Petersburg but transferred before graduation. Lieutenant General Sidney Tom Weinstein, ‘52N, was the Army deputy chief of staff for intelligence during the 1980s and he is recognized as the principal architect of the modern military intelligence corps, and was the crucial player in its expansion and professionalization. Richard W. Fisher 67N, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas since 2005 Musician/Songwriter Stephen Stills, Being from a military family, Stills attended for a time. Internet personality Merlin Mann attended at St. Petersburg, where he was a member of Diplomacy Club Philanthropist and business leader, an integral part of an education at Admiral Farragut Academy is the required involvement in NJROTC. Every student in the Upper School takes three years of Naval Science, a study of the history, operation and core concepts of the United States Navy. The entire Upper School student body makes up a student-run NJROTC Regiment, Florida Kindergarten Council** Validates and supports exemplary early childhood schools. Southern Association of Independent Schools Provides leadership, accreditation services, small Boarding Schools Association Promotes personal and professional dialogue among small boarding school educators and educational consultants. Southern Association of Independent Schools Meet quality standards, receive peer evaluation, there are approximately 250 students in the upper division, with a 3,1 ratio of boys to girls
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Benedictine College Preparatory
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Benedictine College Preparatory is a private, Roman Catholic military high school in Richmond, Virginia. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond, and is owned and operated by the Benedictine Society of Virginia, part of the American-Cassinese Congregation. Benedictine offers education through a military institute model, which has long been a traditional form of education for young gentlemen in the American South. Benedictines primary focus is on building young men of conscience, discipline, and achievement, Benedictine College Preparatory was founded in 1911 with 29 students, under the name of Benedictine College, by a group of Benedictine monks from Belmont Abbey in North Carolina. Seeking to continue the work of their founder by establishing learning and culture and they adopted the successful and prestigious military academy type model, which also meshed well with the monastic life of the monks. The order, discipline, and hierarchy of the military is very analogous to the structures in the monastery. The aim was, and continues to be, to young men in body and soul —- to nourish a love of Truth, foster the life of virtue. In 2009, the board was dissolved and Headmaster John McGinty was ousted by vote of 11 senior monks of Mary Mother of the Church Abbey. Fr. Gregory Gresko, OSB, the second-in-charge of the abbey, the school, whose enrollment under McGinty had risen to 267, was under financial stress and running on a deficit. Gresko took on the position of headmaster, saying that having a Benedictine in a leadership position after years of absence was returning to our roots. On August 1,2011, Benedictine High School changed its name to Benedictine College Preparatory to reflect the goal to become more academically rigorous. The sale included an option for the school in case the plans to move the school fell through. In the fall of 2011, Benedictine College Preparatory moved to the Mary Mother of the Church Abbey location, the campus was sold to the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, though Benedictine still plays home basketball games and hosts a number of events at the historic Memorial Gymnasium. This also allowed for the renovation of the Mary Mother of the Church Abbey campus, which formerly served as home to St. John Vianney Seminary, for reinstalled educational use. The sale of the Shepard Street campus was estimated to be around $5.5 million and was used to renovate the Abbey campus, all students at Benedictine participate in the schools military leadership program. The students are known as the Corps of Cadets, and this inspired the schools athletic nickname, from the schools founding in 1911 through the late 1960s, the school employed a private military institute model and was not affiliated with any branch of the United States Armed Forces. Beginning in the 1960s, Benedictine adopted the U. S. Army JROTC program, many Cadets have used this honor and attended the service academies and other military colleges to further their education. In 2016, Benedictine discontinued its relationship with the U. S. Army JROTC program
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Camden Military Academy
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Camden Military Academy is a private military boarding school located in Camden, South Carolina, United States, and is the official state military academy of South Carolina. Camden Military Academy accepts male students in grades 7 through post-grad, Camden Military Academy was founded as Camden Academy in 1950. Colonel James F. Risher, the president of Carlisle Military School, purchased the facility in 1958, and his son Lanning P. Risher was the schools first headmaster and served in the position for 37 years. In 1974, Lanning Risher led Camden Military Academy through a reorganization as a non-profit, Camden Military Academy has an enrollment of approximately 300 students
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Carson Long Military Academy
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The maximum student capacity is 180 cadets. Carson Long Military Academy is a descendant of Bloomfield Academy which was founded in 1836. It was started by Robert Finley in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania as a Latin Grammar school with six students. In 1840 the school was moved two blocks up the hill to its present location, the first building of the original school was built in the same year and is still in use as a reception hall and a museum. In 1842 the trustees decided to make the Academy a coeducational boarding school, for a short period of time in the early 1850s, the school was purchased and operated by the Perry County Commissioners. During the second half of the 19th century, the Latin Grammar academy added a Normal School, in 1914 the school was purchased by Theodore K. Long, who graduated from Bloomfield Academy and Yale, and who became a prominent Chicago lawyer and city councilman. In 1916 he renamed the school Carson Long Institute as a memorial to his son, William Carson Long. It has been a nonprofit corporation since 1920 and is governed by a 15-member Board of Trustees, Carson Long Military Academy has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1929. It is a member of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States, the National Association of Independent Schools, most students go on to college and some join the armed services. All students in the graduating Class of 2009 were accepted to college, electives include such courses as the Bible, speech, and political geography. The average class size is 13 cadets and the ratio of teachers to students is 1,9, students and parents receive report cards every six weeks. Cadets have supervised evening study hall in their classrooms each evening, Monday through Friday, physical education and JROTC training are required for all cadets. Cadets are assigned a rank and higher ranking boys are the leaders of their peers. The ranking system provides inspiration, allowing other boys to aspire to leadership positions, the cadet corps is organized into a battalion of three companies. The cadet officers, under guidance of faculty, are responsible for the performance of their companies, including discipline, appearance and performance at formations and this peer leadership, along with faculty serving as role models, is intended to help all cadets succeed at Carson Long. The Corps of Cadets has been designated an Honor School with Distinction by the Department of the Army, Carson Long offers subjects such as advanced placement math, science, and foreign language courses. Glee club, academic team, music lessons, Drum Beats. Cadets can participate in soccer, football, baseball, basketball, tennis, track, rifle teams, wrestling, Carson Long Military Academy offers many Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Club athletics opportunities for their students
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Culver Academies
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Henry Harrison Culver founded Culver Military Academy 123 years ago in 1894 for the purpose of thoroughly preparing young men for the best colleges, scientific schools and businesses of America. Coeducational since 1971, Culver Girls Academy was founded in year by Mary Francis England for the purpose of encouraging young women to attain the highest degree of self-development. Culver Summer Schools and Camps consists of the Culver Summer Naval School for boys, Culver Summer School for Girls, the Cavalry Troop program, the Aviation School, and the Woodcraft Camp. The summer schools began operations in 1902 and today bring over 1,300 campers from around the world to Culver to learn skills that improve personal confidence. Culver is one of the largest boarding schools in the United States, with over 800 students, an endowment of over $380 million, Culver Military Academy and Culver Girls Academy have a rich sports tradition and offer a variety of athletic programs and sports teams. The hockey team has a history of success, and the boys. The boys Varsity team won in 1999,2000,2002,2004,2007, &2008 and the team has won four times, in 2002,2003,2004,2007. Culver had state champions in golf, wrestling, cross country, Culver was home to the 2006 Youth National Rowing Champion in the Mens Single Scull. CMAs Black Horse Troop is one of the nations elite horsemanship groups for school students and is usually invited to participate in the Presidential Inauguration Parade. The Black Horse Troop participated in the inaugural of the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky in 2010, recently Culvers sailing team went to several national events. The Culver Academies Girls Soccer team is ranked 5th in the state, Culver is also considered one of the top fencing schools in the nation. In 2009, the basketball team will be competing in the State Farm Holiday Classic basketball tournament in Bloomington-Normal. Eppley Foundation donated the funds for three buildings that comprise the Gignilliat Memorial Quadrangle. Eppley Auditorium, built 58 years ago in 1959, seats 1,492 people, the new Steinbrenner Performing Arts Center consists of a scene shop, dance studio, and private dance studio. The ethos of the Culver Academies was augmented with the dedication of the 47,000 sq. ft. Huffington Library on October 1,1993, physically, the building provides a southern terminus to the academic quadrangle while affording library patrons a view of Lake Maxinkuckee. It houses a collection of approximately 55,000 volumes and, with it, henderson Arena is home to Culver Military Academy and Culver Girls Academy hockey teams. Elwood Hillis, US House of Representatives, grandson of Elwood Haynes, hal Holbrook, actor Tim Holt, actor Robert J. Huber, Michigan politician and businessman Michael Huffington, former U
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Fishburne Military School
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Fishburne Military School is located in Waynesboro, Virginia. Founded by James A. Fishburne in 1879, it is one of the oldest military schools in the country, Fishburne still thrives today with a current corps of approximately 165 cadets. The JROTC staff supports rappelling, Raider Team, two teams, Regulation and the Hudgins Rifles Exhibition Drill Team, Military & Social Courtesies. In addition there are normally annual trips to Virginia Military Institute and Fort Pickett or Fort A. P. Hill to utilize their obstacle courses, James A. Fishburne, a student and protégé of Robert E. Lee, opened the coed Waynesboro High School in 1879. The school is listed on the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps charter and has continuously been rated an Army JROTC Honor Unit since 1924, in 1951, the Fishburne-Hudgins Educational Foundation, Inc. was formed as a Virginia non-profit and since that time has owned and operated the school. The 1916 Gothic Revival barracks designed by Staunton architect T. J. Collins was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 4,1984. It is the center of the Fishburne campus and dominates downtown Waynesboro as it sits on a hill overlooking the schools parade, the barracks building is constructed in the form of an open three floor rectangle with cadet rooms, some offices, and most classrooms facing the open Quadrangle. Attached to the barracks themselves is a wing containing the chapel above the hall which is above the recently modernized swimming pool. Attached to the barracks by a breezeway is the administrative/gym building
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Florida Preparatory Academy
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Florida Prep is a private boarding and day school founded in 1961 by Jonathan Dwight, located in Melbourne, Florida. Students in grades 6–12 are provided an education that emphasizes leadership, character, accountability. There are 200 students from 30 countries, ernest Kouwen-Hoven built the main building in 1925 as his personal residence. It is Mediterranean Revival architecture with Art Deco interior and he used the mansion as his home for only one year, before selling it in 1926 to A. S. Widrig, who named the property The Lincoln Hotel, in 1957, the Lincoln Hotel was sold to August J Rimer who renamed the hotel the Belcelona. In 1961, educator Jonathan Dwight bought the building and founded the Florida Air Academy, today the school continues to be family-run, for the past 25 years by the Dwights children. James Dwight has been the Academy President for the past 10 years, for several decades, the former Florida Air Academy operated as a military boarding/prep school, placing an emphasis on discipline. In 2015, president James Dwight announced a change to the school name, in June 2015, the school became Florida Preparatory Academy, or Florida Prep for short. The academy is accredited by AdvancedED, formally known as the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, in 2015, class sizes ranged from 5 to 20 students, and averaged 13. A formal Academic Assistance Program is in place for students needing additional academic motivation and instruction, graduates have had a 100% rate of acceptance by colleges since 1978. In 2015, there were 200 students, day students were admitted in the 1980s and comprised one third of the student body. About one third are international and come from 30 countries, girls were first admitted in 2005. Boarding students live with one or two roommates, depending on the size of the room. Each room has beds, desks, swivel chairs, and wall lockers, students are allowed to have a footlocker for additional storage. Boarding students arise at 7,15 a. m and they have breakfast at the dining hall until 8,00. All dormitories are inspected in the morning to ensure cleanliness, day students must be on campus by 8,15 to attend class at 8,30 a. m. Students wear polo shirts and shorts or slacks, various opportunities occur during the school year to wear personal clothing, and students may wear their own clothing when leaving campus on the weekend for outings. The campus consists of a landscaped 22 acres and contains the largest collection of buildings in Brevard County
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Fork Union Military Academy
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Fork Union Military Academy is a private, all-male, military boarding school located in the town of Fork Union, Virginia. The school is commonly known by its acronym FUMA. Fork Union is affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia, the school has a post-graduate program, through which high school graduates can improve their athletic abilities and SAT scores in preparation for college. These PG students are often seeking to qualify for Division I scholarships. The school has an academic session which runs from August to May. The first class had 19 boys and girls, in 1902, the academy took on a military structure to provide organization, discipline, and physical development for the boys of what was a rapidly growing school. In 1913, the became an all-male institution and changed its name to Fork Union Military Academy. That same year, the Academy began receiving support from the Baptist General Association of Virginia, the official mission of Fork Union Military Academy is to educate, develop, and inspire young men in a college preparatory, Christian, military environment. Cadets build character, and learn leadership, independence, confidence, responsibility, and discipline in a setting that encourages mental, physical, Military organization is used to structure the daily routine. While the academy currently has no relationship with any branch of the military. The school offers a variety of sports, clubs and organizations for cadet participation during free time in the week, athletics and clubs are a popular diversion from the rigors of cadet life at Fork Union. FUMAs crest shows a pair of crossed swords, a book and these three symbols represent FUMAs leading principles and motto, body, mind, and spirit. Fork Union prepares cadets for college, achieving a 100% acceptance rate, graduating classes are routinely awarded millions of dollars in scholarships. Both Standard and Advanced High School Diplomas are offered, as well as dual-enrollment classes through Richard Bland College, Fork Union is a non-profit organization that is governed by a Board of Trustees, many of whom are alumni and community leaders. Fork Union follows a unique curriculum schedule in the Upper School known as the One Subject Plan, Cadets at Fork Union take one subject at a time, as opposed to a conventional schedule with six to eight classes per day or a block schedule. The regular academic session is divided into five grading periods of seven weeks each, in each grading period, the cadets take one class. They remain with the teacher of that all day, every day during that period. Fork Unions’s low student-to-faculty ratio ensures that each teacher is responsible for about 10 to 17 students at a time
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Hargrave Military Academy
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Hargrave Military Academy is a private American college preparatory boarding school located in the town of Chatham, Virginia. Hargrave is an affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia emphasizing Christian values that focuses on a college. The school serves boys from around the world for grade 7 through post-graduate, Hargrave Military Academy was founded in 1909 as the Chatham Training School. CTS and its predecessor, the Warren Training School, were training schools for boys. In 1925, it was renamed in honor of one of its founders J. Hunt Hargrave and it was deemed wise to change the name to Hargrave Military Academy. This change in name served two purposes, First, it corrected a misunderstanding as to the type of clientele desired. Second, it established a permanent memorial to Mr. J. Hunt Hargrave, who sponsored the school with deep convictions, devout faith, and collateral security from 1909 until his death in 1935. T. Ryland Sanford resigned as President of CTS on February 19,1918, Camden assumed the position of President on June 1,1918 and would remain there for more than thirty years. Hargrave has consistently operated independent of JROTC, creating its own uniforms, Hargrave saw a significant rise in interest regarding its military aspects upon the attack on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into the Second World War. On February 20,1950, a fire ravaged the Academy, destroying the Old Building, Hargrave Hall, not one cadet or staff member was harmed in the fire, but Sanford Hall alone remained, and at the time that building lacked heat and other accommodations. After an assembly before Colonel Camden in the Sanford Hall auditorium and this was to allow time for Hargrave staff to work out a way to continue the regular academic schedule. These communications came not only from Chatham and Virginia but the North, South, East, West, all the hearts and minds of these people were uplifted by the thought that from these ashes would be born a greater Hargrave. On July 28,1951, Colonel Joseph H. Cosby succeeded Colonel Aubrey H. Camden as President of HMA, enrollment was at 214 for his first year as President, consisting of 183 boarding cadets and 31-day cadets. The Camden Rifles, Hargraves elite drill unit, was formed in 1951, the Hargrave yearbook, known as The Oracle and The Talisman through previous years since its first publication in 1915, was renamed The Cadence in 1952. Many of Hargraves current buildings were built during Colonel Cosbys time as President, the Walter R. Davis gymnasium was finished in 1961, and both Camden Hall and Cosby Hall were finished in 1963. The 1970s were highly significant years for Hargrave, lankford signed the Civil Rights Agreement. With enrollment at 586 for the 1970-1971 year, the Hargrave Corps of Cadets was organized into one corps consisting of two battalions and this change did not last long. But while the HMA Corps of Cadets has remained as a battalion since 1971
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Howe Military Academy
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Howe Military Academy is a private, co-educational, and college preparatory boarding school located on a 100-acre campus in Northeast Indiana. The school enrolls students in grades 7-12, the schools formation was largely the result of a bequest of John Badlam Howe, who died in 1883. His widow, Frances Marie Glidden Howe, and James Blake Howe, the school opened in the former home of Mr. and Mrs. Howe, built in 1844, with two boys. This was the house in which John B, Howe drafted the 1851 Constitution of the State of Indiana. For many years, the Howe house has been the home of the chaplain who serves Howe Military Academy, from 1986 until 2000 the Rev. Fr. Philip Morgan served as school chaplain, st. James Memorial Chapel is on the National Register of Historic Places. The school became a school in 1895, and fully co-educational in 1988, with Company A being the all-female company consisting of day students. As of September 2008, Howe was one of 28 military schools in the United States, in 2014 Howe auctioned off the property that contained its summer camp in order to focus resources on continuing winter school operations. Howe Military does not compete in a conference structure, preferring to stay independent, Howe competes regionally against parochial, private and public schools. Currently Howe fields mens tennis, soccer, basketball, wrestling, baseball, lacrosse, drill, for women soccer, volleyball, basketball, tennis, and track are available. Also Howe has a nationally ranked rifle team that is available to both men and women. Media related to The Howe School at Wikimedia Commons
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Lyman Ward Military Academy
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Lyman Ward Military Academy is a private military school located in Camp Hill, Alabama for boys in grades 6-12. The Academy was founded by Dr. Lyman Ward in 1898 as a non-profit, the original purpose was to provide a secondary education for those with the ability to learn, the willingness to work and in turn better themselves. In 1901, the State of Alabama granted Dr. Ward a charter incorporating the school with the name, The Southern Industrial Institute, in 1948, Dr. Wards passing led to the establishment of a military department. The school then changed its name to Lyman Ward Military Academy in honor of its founder, at this time, the school also ended its elementary and co-ed programs. In 1966, the became a member of the JROTC program. In 1972, the received its first accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges. The historic Tallapoosa Hall is wood, in addition, there is a library with a technology center and a large auditorium. In August 2006, lightning struck and destroyed the Dixon All-Faith Chapel, in October 2007, Tallapoosa Hall was added to the register of Alabamas Historic Landmarks by the Alabama Historical Commission. The AHC certificate is displayed in Tallapoosa Halls reception room. The Academy accepts middle school and high school students who are preparing themselves for college, many of these applicants are attempting to improve their academic standing and study habits. Applications for admissions are accepted year-round, new cadets are admitted in August and January of each year, at the beginning of each academic semester. Late admissions are considered and often accepted, all applicants are reviewed by the Admissions Office and approved by the Admissions Committee, composed of representatives from the Academic Department and Military Department. The fees for the year are $19,500. This covers Room, Board, Tuition, Lab Fee, Haircuts, Laundry and Dry Cleaning and this does not cover the cost of Uniforms or personal spending money. The uniforms cost is for first year cadets and is $2,500.00 including sales tax, for returning students who have their uniforms, the uniform charge is $500. The $250 application fee is used for administration and is non-refundable. Early enrollment and returning student discounts are deductible from the Room, Board, students from Alabama are also eligible for a discount. The Academy accepts students on a basis, however a major enrollment period occurs in January
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Marine Military Academy
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The school was founded in 1965. Its traditions and ideals are inspired by the United States Marine Corps, the academy is situated on the site of the former Harlingen Army Airfield, established in 1941. After closing, the field was re-opened in 1952 as the Harlingen Air Force Base which closed in the early 1960s, since opening its doors as the Marine Military Academy most of the original buildings have been replaced with modern facilities. The adjacent runways became the Valley International Airport, courses offered include regular high school classes as well as honors courses, Advanced Placement authorized courses and dual enrollment courses for which college credit may be earned. Cadets have required attendance at tutorials for if they are failing any classes, there are no make-ups for failed exams or missed homework assignments without acceptable reasons and mandatory Closed Call to Quarters. The school has summer programs including a four-week adventure summer camp for boys 13–17, all cadets are required to participate in one of the offered extracurricular activities during the afternoon activity period which goes from approximately 4, 00–5,30 P. M. The goal of the program is to all cadets an opportunity to participate in sports activities regardless of their skill level. Additional athletic activities conducted at the school include judo, boxing, rock climbing, cycling, PFT team, beginning with the 2000–2001 school year, varsity sports began competing in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools for statewide honors. Also offered at the grade level is the V. I. S. A. Program, with competition in various sports. The Marine Military Academy established one of the first Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps in the nation, all cadets are members of the MCJROTC unit, unless they fail to qualify for full membership because of age or citizenship. In this case they receive the training as associate members, cadets are assigned to one of five company barracks, supervised by a drill instructor and assistant drill instructor. Introductory training lasts for four weeks, during which new cadets are taught varied general military skills and these include military rank structure, uniforms, close order drill. They also undergo training on rappelling, a course, obstacle course. A parade is held at the end of the training during which the place the Eagle, Globe. Cadets come from various backgrounds, including students from approximately forty-one states. Cadets from Mexico make up the largest complement of international students, the cadet rank structure is based on the United States Marine Corps rank and billet system, with the addition of Cadet before the title. Eighth grade students cannot advance beyond Cadet Lance Corporal, and freshmen cannot exceed the rank of Cadet Corporal, however, eighth graders and freshmen more often serve as non-rates, those ranks up to c/Lance Corporal that are not non-commissioned officers
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Massanutten Military Academy
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Massanutten Military Academy is a coeducational college preparatory school for grades 6 through 12 and one academic postgraduate year, located in Woodstock, Virginia, United States. The Massanutten Military Academy, named for the mountain, was established by the Virginia Classis of the Reformed Church in 1899. The school opened on 12 September 1899 with 40 students, half of whom were boarders, from the beginning the school was coed, with the first graduating class in 1902 consisting of 3 boys and 3 girls. In 1905 the first of two significant events in the history of the school occurred, Howard J. Benchoff was appointed the school president and he stayed in that position for nearly 5 decades, to be succeeded for the next decade and a half by his son. Lantz Hall, the structure on the academy grounds, was begun in 1907 and dedicated in 1909. During the early years of his stewardship Benchoff established several polices, the first was expanding the school size to include number of students, staff, buildings, and acreage. The second, as a result of an otherwise undocumented incident, was limiting the boarding department to boys beginning in 1910, the last policy, and the second significant event in the schools early history, was adopting a military program. S. War Department formally made the school a JrROTC unit placing it on a par with the highest rated schools in the country. In 1984 the school using the name Massanutten Military Academy. However, in legal documents the name was still Massanutten Academy. In 2013 to end the name confusion, the school reverted to its original name of Massanutten Academy. Academy Presidents / Headmasters / Superintendents / Head of Schools ‡ Dr. David Skipper is the current Head of School, the Commandant of Cadets is Lieutenant Colonel Lester Layman, U. S. Army. Average enrollment is around 125 students, MMA is fully accredited by the Virginia Association of Independent Schools and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. As part of its mission the academy has a Cadet Honor Code patterned after the one at West Point, a cadet will not lie, cheat, or steal, nor tolerate those who do. The Cadet Honor Council consists of juniors and seniors selected by the senior class, when a suspected honor code violation is reported, the Honor Council faculty advisers convene the Council for a hearing at which the cadets involved are required to explain their conduct. The Honor Council recommends punishment and/or other measures appropriate to educate the Cadet Corps about the expectations of honorable behavior, final approval lies with the Head of School. Continued, repeated violations of the Honor Code may warrant dismissal from the Academy, mMA’s Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps is consistently recognized as an Honor Unit with Distinction. Jack Ham, professional player, College Football Hall of Fame
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Missouri Military Academy
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The Missouri Military Academy is a private preparatory school established on November 22,1889, in Mexico, Missouri, U. S. It is a selective, all male, boarding school, grades 7 to 12, as a U. S. Army Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps Honor Unit With Distinction, it has the privilege of nominating cadets to the U. S. Military Academy, U. S. Naval Academy, U. S. Air Force Academy, from its beginning, the academy was very popular, placing upon its rolls representatives from every congressional district and 20 states. The original academy, situated on West Boulevard in Mexico, was destroyed by fire in 1896, in 1900, the school was re-established by the Businessmens Association of Mexico on its present site at the eastern outskirts of the city. Subsequent presidents were Colonel Alexander Yancey, Colonel William Fonville, Colonel Walter Kohr, in 1933, an organization headed by Colonel Charles Stribling, Jr. assumed control. Colonel Stribling had been on the faculty since 1920 as teacher, coach, in 1948, Colonel Stribling directed the reorganization of the academy into a nonprofit educational corporation governed by a board of trustees of alumni, faculty, and friends. The Missouri Military Academy Alumni Association and the tradition of Homecoming were rejuvenated in 1955, in 1968, Colonel Charles Stribling III,44, was named president. A member of the faculty for 16 years, Colonel Stribling III had served as teacher, coach, commandant, executive officer, and director of affairs, development. Colonel Stribling, Jr. was elevated to the position of chairman of the board of trustees and served in capacity until his death at age 86. Colonel Ronald Kelly was elected president of MMA in 1993, with Colonel Charles Stribling III continuing as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Colonel Kelly was a faculty member since 1969 and served MMA as a teacher, coach, advisor, director of admissions, and executive officer. Following the school year 2006-2007, Major General Robert Flannigan, U. S. Marine Corps, General Flannigan came to MMA from Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he served as business advisor and commandant. Colonel Stribling III stepped down as chairman but remained a member of the board, in 2012, Charles McGeorge was named president of MMA. McGeorge was the 10th president of Valley Forge Military Academy and College and he came to MMA from McGeorge & Co. a limited liability company he founded in 2010 to provide consulting services to independent schools and colleges. Over the years, the MMA campus has retained its colonial beauty while accommodating the academys growing needs. This latest addition was the first high school building in Missouri to receive a Leadership in Energy, the building, named Barnard Hall after Les Barnard,48, was completed in time for the opening of school. In 2012, the reconstruction of Stribling Hall was completed and the building fitted with a new gold dome, in 1985, MMA was designated as an Exemplary Private School by the U. S. Department of Education. The academy is a College Board test center for central Missouri, in 2003, the academic program was expanded to include dual-credit courses, allowing cadets to accumulate college credit hours while fulfilling high school requirements. School year 2007-2008 saw the incorporation of the academys first National Honor Society chapter, in 2008, Advanced Placement course offerings increased to nine
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New York Military Academy
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New York Military Academy is a private boarding school in the rural town of Cornwall,60 miles north of New York City, and one of the oldest military schools in the United States. Originally a boys school, it started admitting girls in 1975, on March 3,2015, NYMA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, facing serious financial difficulties from low enrollment. Instead of opening for the semester in September 2015, NYMA closed and was sold at auction to a group of Chinese investors who reopened the school in November 2015. NYMA has a history as a university-preparatory school with a military structure that enrolls students from the New York metropolitan area as well as around the country. It previously admitted students in the fifth grade but later accepted students from the eighth grade. Over time, the campus expanded from 30 acres to a peak of 550 acres, girls have been admitted since 1975. NYMA is a member of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States as well as other school associations. Due to financial problems and enrollment that had dwindled to 145 students, on March 3,2015, NYMA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Court documents stated that NYMAs debts and recent very low enrollment numbers were key motivating factors in the decision, in response to the bankruptcy proceedings and issues related to the availability of payroll funds, NYMA closed to all cadets from March 16 to March 18,2015. NYMA soon reopened but announced on April 2 that future extracurricular activities for students, including those involving graduation, at an April 11 meeting, alumni pledged major increases in funding and enrollment to sustain NYMA, much as they had five years prior. The academy failed to open in September 2015 for the fall semester, on September 30, NYMA was auctioned for $15.825 million to a group of Chinese investors led by billionaire Vincent Tianquan Mo, Chairman and CEO of SouFun Holdings, an NYSE-listed company. The same buyers had previously purchased the nearby E. H, the school reopened on November 2,2015, with a handful of returning students and a recruitment drive. For 2016–17, the year began with a total of 29 students. The school is located in the town of Cornwall, New York, geographically, the academy is in the Hudson Highlands, at the foot of Storm King Mountain, just west of the Hudson River and 6 miles north of West Point. NYMA is approximately 60 miles north of New York City, or about one hour by car and this places NYMA in the Mid-Hudson region of the Hudson Valley, which is accessible by airplane as well as train, bus, and automobile. The days at NYMA typically begin at 6,00 am, Cadets attend grade-specific classes during that time and also participate in organized or intramural sports, activities, and study hall. During closed weekends, cadets are expected to attend additional training, drill & ceremony. Upon gaining the opportunity for a weekend, cadets in good academic standing can apply for weekend furlough
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Oak Ridge Military Academy
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Oak Ridge Military Academy is a college-preparatory military school in northwestern Guilford County, North Carolina. The academy is located within the limits of Oak Ridge, North Carolina. It is seven miles north of the Piedmont Triad International Airport and Interstate 40, Oak Ridge was established in 1852 by the Society of Friends as a finishing school for boys. From 1875 to 1914 Oak Ridge was led by two brothers, Professors J. Allen Holt and Martin Holt, several of the academys baseball players went on to play in the major leagues. Despite the schools name, women were admitted as students during the late nineteenth. During the First World War the Junior Reserve Officer Training Program was admitted to the campus, in 1929 Oak Ridge officially became an all-male military secondary school. From 1929-1967 Oak Ridge was a college as well as a military school. During the Second World War 127 of the alumni were awarded a Purple Heart during the conflict. In 1972 Oak Ridge became the first military school in the United States to admit female cadets. The Academy is the third-oldest military school in the United States still in operation, the Oak Ridge Military Academy Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The district encompasses 21 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure, since 1972 Oak Ridge has been a private, coeducational, college-preparatory military boarding school. The Academy is divided into a school, and a high school. Oak Ridge is the military school of North Carolina, as designated by the state legislature in 1991. Oak Ridge is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and it is the only active military school to have won the National High School Drill Team Championship. Alvin Paul Kitchin, Democratic Party Congressman from North Carolina in the Eighty-fifth, Eighty-sixth, george Parrott, officer in the United States Navy during World War I, receiving the Navy Cross, later honored for his service by his namesake on the US Navy Destroyer USN Parrott
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Randolph-Macon Academy
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Randolph-Macon Academy is a coeducational college preparatory school for students in grades 6–12 and postgraduates in Front Royal, Virginia, US. The school was founded in 1892 and features both boarding and day programs, Randolph-Macon Academy is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The 135-acre campus overlooks Front Royal, and is located 70 miles west of Washington and it is one of six private military schools in Virginia. Upper school students are required to participate in the Air Force JROTC program, the program focuses on teaching leadership skills, citizenship responsibilities, and the importance of community service. In 2012, R-MA became one of eight schools in the U. S. to be named a Falcon Foundation School, in addition, the school hosts the only private in-house aviation program in the nation. The Academy owns two Cessna 172s, and the instructors, Ryan Koch and Laura Abraham, are members of the Academy faculty. The middle school campus is less than a quarter-mile away from the school campus. This campus provides a separate dorm and classrooms for the younger students, advanced students may go to the upper school campus to take high school courses. Extracurricular opportunities at the school include the Speech and Debate team, twenty varsity sports, band, chorus, drama, color guard, the athletic teams are affiliated with the Delaney Athletic Conference, a collection of several independent schools in northern and central Virginia. The Middle School participates in the Valley Middle School Conference,1892, Randolph-Macon Academy was founded by Dr. William W. Smith as part of the Randolph-Macon College preparatory school program. The original 26-acre campus had one building which housed classrooms as well as dormitories. The original building that was built resembled a castle in its design,1918, Randolph-Macon Academy transformed into a military school. The program later undertook the title of the National Defense Cadet Corps,1922, Randolph-Macon Academy finished paying off all but one of its original debts. Later this year, the construction of Rives Hall began and this new building served as an auxiliary gymnasium. 1927, On January 10, the building built in 1892 burned down completely. The origin of the fire destroyed the building is unknown. As a new building was being constructed, the continued to operate. The cadets were housed by local residents and classes took place in buildings until a new building
