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UNITED STATES SERVICE ACADEMIES There are five U.S. Service academies:
NATURE OF THE SERVICE ACADEMIES Service academies can be used to refer to all of the academies collectively. In popular use, however, this term is more often used for the three academies (Army, Navy, and Air Force) that fall under the Department of Defense and whom also play NCAA Football at the Division I FBS (highest) level. The United States Coast Guard , and therefore the Coast Guard Academy, is a United States military service under the Department Of Homeland Security but in time of war it can be placed as a service in the Department of the Navy. The Merchant Marine Academy is under the United States Maritime Administration , a part of the Department Of Transportation , although every student at the Merchant Marine Academy is appointed as a Midshipman , Merchant Marine Reserve, U.S. Naval Reserve, and has a requirement to serve eight years in the military, maintain a license as an officer in the merchant marine of the United States for at least six years, and serve the foreign and domestic commerce and national defense of the United States for at least five years. {Link without Title} Duty commitments Students at the other Service academies incur a five year active duty commitment and if in the Army, Navy, Air Force or Marine Corps have an additional three year reserve commitment. The United States Marine Corps , a service under the Department of the Navy, does not have an academy of its own but instead commissions officers from Annapolis and Kings Point. Congressional appointments Applicants to all service academies, except the United States Coast Guard Academy , are required to obtain a Congressional appointment to the school. Nomenclature Students at West Point , Air Force and Coast Guard are Cadets , while students at Annapolis and Kings Point are Midshipmen . While students at the academies, all Cadets and Midshipmen receive free room and board and pay no tuition. Students at all of the academies except Kings Point also receive a small pay stipend. UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES The United States federal government also runs the Uniformed Services University Of The Health Sciences , a post-graduate institution for the training of doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals for the military and uniformed services. PREPARATORY SCHOOLS These schools provide for strengthening of academic potential of candidates to each of the above-described United States service academies. Admission is restricted to those students who have applied to an academy, failed initially to qualify either academically or physically but who have demonstrated an ability to qualify during the initial admission selection process:
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