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Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), is a military academy located near Kakul village in Abbottabad District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Established in October 1947, [ 2 ] [ 1 ] it is the only service academy in Pakistan that trains cadets to serve as army officers .
The Corps of Education was commissioned in the services of the Pakistan Army in 1951, but renamed it as Army Education Corps (AEC) in 1954. [1] The Army Education Corps was formed to address the issue of literacy in the nation and to address the challenge of soldiers being qualified as privates to start their careers in the military.: 242 [2]
The major training institutions of Pakistan Army are: Pakistan Military Academy: Pakistan Military Academy also known as PMA Kakul, is a Pakistan Army Officers training school located in Kakul, Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [1] The academy was established on 14 August 1947.
The Pakistan Naval Academy (PNA), PNS Rahbar, Manora [1] is a federal military academy located in Manora, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. [1]Established in Manora, Karachi, under Vice-Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan in 1970, it is the one of the technologically advanced military training academy in Pakistan that offers professional academic degrees.
The Command and Staff College [b] is a staff college for the Pakistan Armed Forces and military officers from allied countries. [1] Established in 1905 as Staff College, Deolali, [2] it was later shifted to its present location in 1907 and has been an alma mater of many renowned international soldiers.
The National Defence University (NDU), formerly introduced as Army War Course (1963–70), [a] the National Defence College (1970–2007), is the military university of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan focused on military education and training for the armed forces, including Pakistan military forces and two hundred foreign participants. [1]
For example, the 760th Battalion was involved in the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on 23 March 2017. [12] The Mujahid Force was involved in controversy in June 2019 when it advertised jobs for sanitation workers but specified that only non-Muslims should apply, although the advertisement was soon withdrawn. [13]
The Pakistani military largely retained British military traditions and doctrine until 1956, when the United States dispatched a specialized Military Assistance Advisory Group to Pakistan to build its military; from this point onward, American military tradition and doctrine became more dominant within Pakistan's armed forces. [25]