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Students at these academies are organized as cadets, and graduate with appropriate licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard and/or the U.S. Merchant Marine.While not immediately offered a commission as an officer within a service, cadets do have the opportunity to participate in commissioning programs like the Strategic Sealift Officer Program (Navy) and Maritime Academy Graduate (Coast Guard).
The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, commonly referred to as the Reagan Test Site (formerly Kwajalein Missile Range ), is a missile test range in Marshall Islands ( Pacific Ocean ). It covers about 750,000 square miles (1,900,000 km 2) and includes rocket launch sites at the Kwajalein Atoll (on multiple islands), Wake Island ...
The United States Air Force Academy ( USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. [ 8] It is the youngest of the five service academies, having graduated its first ...
Designated NHLD. 15 October 1966. The United States Military Academy (West Point) and grounds were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960 [ 2] due to the Revolutionary War history and the age and historic significance of the academy itself. The majority of the buildings in the central cadet area are historic.
The Michigan Youth Challenge Academy is one of about 40 Youth Challenge programs in the country. It opened its doors in 1999 as a GED and credit recovery program and expanded to offer diplomas ...
The United States Military Entrance Processing Command ( USMEPCOM) is a Major Command of the U.S. Department of Defense. The organization screens and processes enlisted recruits into the United States Armed Forces in the 65 Military Entrance Processing Stations ( MEPS) it operates throughout the United States.
The Eisenhower School educates 330 students on campus each academic year. The joint, interagency and international student body is composed of: Senior military officers from all services – 56 percent; Departments of Defense and State and 10 other federal agencies – 34 percent; International military officers – 8 percent; Private sector ...
The junior college was established in 1879, and later added a preparatory school for students in sixth grade through twelfth grade. GMC's military preparatory school for Cadets is in Baldwin County and has approximately 279 middle school students and 277 high-school Junior ROTC (JROTC) students. The preparatory school's dual enrollment program ...