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The admissions process to the U.S. service academies is an extensive and very competitive process. 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 United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), located in New London, Connecticut, is the U.S. service academy specifically for the United States Coast Guard. Founded in 1876, the academy provides education to future Coast Guard officers in one of nine major fields of study. Students are officers-in-training, and are referred to as cadets.
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is classified as a liberal arts college by U.S. News and is ranked #8 in the 2025 edition of the Best Colleges in the National Liberal Arts Colleges category. Candidates for admission must apply directly to the academy and receive a nomination, usually from a member of Congress.
A graduation parade of the Royal Military College, Duntroon Armenian soldiers at the Vazgen Sargsyan Military University in 2013. A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps.
The academy's class of 2020 was the first to graduate new officers into the United States Space Force. One of the most significant events in the history of the academy was the admission of women. [34] [page needed] [35] On 7 October 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed legislation permitting women to enter the United States service academies ...
In 2022, President Joe Biden awarded the Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Unit Award, for a second time, to Academy midshipmen who were in attendance between March 13, 2020 and June 18, 2022 based on the Regiment of Midshipmen’s leadership and relentless efforts to excel on campus, but more importantly for manning the ships during the ...
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The United States Military Academy Preparatory School (USMAPS) is a preparatory school for the United States Military Academy (USMA). Located in West Point, New York since 2011, its mission is "to provide academic, military and physical instruction in a moral-ethical military environment to prepare and motivate candidates for success at the United States Military Academy".