United States Military Academies

United States Military Academy , also known as "West Point" and "Army", founded 1802

United States Naval Academy , also known as "Annapolis" and "Navy", founded 1845

United States Coast Guard Academy , founded 1876

United States Merchant Marine Academy , also known as "Kings Point", founded 1942

United States Air Force Academy , also known as "Air Force" (and infrequently as "Colorado Springs", and frequently as "The Academy"), founded 1954

The term Service academies can be used to refer to all of the academies collectively; however, in popular use, it is more often reserved for the three academies that fall under the Department of Defense, and also play does not have an academy of their own but instead commissions officers from the U.S. Naval Academy .

Students at the Military Academy , the Air Force Academy and the Coast Guard Academy are Cadets , while students at the Naval Academy and the Merchant Marine Academy are Midshipmen . While students at the academies, all Cadets and Midshipmen receive military pay, free room and board, and pay no tuition.

SEE ALSO

List Of Defunct United States Military Academies

Staff College s

--- US Military Staff Colleges

State-supported military universities:

--- The Citadel

--- North Georgia College And State University

--- Virginia Military Institute

Privately-chartered military universities:

--- Norwich University

Major civilian universities with an established military cadet corps:

--- Virginia Tech - Virginia Tech Corps Of Cadets

--- Texas A&M University - Texas A&M Corps Of Cadets

State-supported maritime colleges and universities:

---''Students at these academies graduate with appropriate licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard and/or U.S. Merchant Marine, and may become commissioned reserve officers with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, or the U.S. Marine Corps''

-- California Maritime Academy

-- Great Lakes Maritime Academy, a division of Northwestern Michigan College

-- State University Of New York Maritime College

-- Maine Maritime Academy

-- Massachusetts Maritime Academy

-- Texas Maritime Academy, a division of Texas A&M University At Galveston

Reserve Officer Training Programs

--- ROTC

--- JROTC

REFERENCES

Diehl Chris, " The Military College Drill ", '' Fastweb ''. Retrieved April 28, 2006.

United States Department of Defense, DoD Directive 1322.22 "Service Academies" of 08/24/1994 . Retrieved April 28, 2006.

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