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Cadets perform in a parade at Camden Military Academy (Camden, South Carolina). The Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States (AMCSUS) is a nonprofit service organization of schools with military programs approved by the Department of Defense and which maintain good standing in their regional accrediting organizations.
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 Military Academy, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy all require an applicant to submit an online file and proceed through pre-candidate qualification before an application is provided. The Merchant Marine Academy requires an applicant to submit part 1 of the 3 part application prior to receiving a nomination.
Jacks Valley (also written as Jack's Valley) is a 3,300-acre (13 km 2) training complex on the grounds of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is used for military field training. [1] Jacks Valley is used year-round by different military units and some civilian groups.
There was a “significant” drop in reported sexual harassment and assaults at the U.S. military service academies over the past two years after a spike in 2022, but rates remain high, according ...
United States Military Academy – West Point, New York; United States Naval Academy – Annapolis, Maryland; United States Air Force Academy – Colorado Springs, Colorado; United States Coast Guard Academy – New London, Connecticut; United States Merchant Marine Academy – Kings Point, New York
Fagan, George V. Air Force Academy: An Illustrated History. Johnson Books: 1988. ISBN 1-55566-032-0. Fifty Years of Excellence: Building Leaders of Character for the Nation, 2004. Lui, Elizabeth Gill. Spirit and Flight: A Photographic Salute to the United States Air Force Academy. 1996. ISBN 0-9652585-0-5. Nauman, Robert Allen. (2004).
The CDP is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Air Force Academy post office (ZIP Codes 80840 and 80841 [for post office boxes]) serves the area. [4] At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Air Force Academy CDP was 6,680. [3]