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Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from 1812 until the Second World War, after which it was merged into the present-day Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. The Royal Military College trained only infantry and cavalry officers. For the years 1802 to 1812, use the sub-category for the Royal Military College, Great Marlow.
Despite its name, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst's address is located in Camberley; [1] the boundaries of the academy straddle the counties of Berkshire and Surrey.The county border is marked by a small stream known as the Wish Stream, after which the academy journal is named.
The notable Alumni of the Royal Military College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst are numerous. In particular, there are so many generals and Victoria Cross holders from the former Royal Military College, Sandhurst, that a full list would be immense. This list contains a number of students who did not complete the course.
The Royal Military College (RMC), founded in 1801 and established in 1802 at Great Marlow and High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England, but moved in October 1812 to Sandhurst, Berkshire, was a British Army military academy for training infantry and cavalry officers of the British and Indian Armies.
This can be completed at either a University Officers Training Unit (UOTC) over a number of weekends, or over two weeks at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS). Module B covers training in Tactics, Leadership, Doctrine and Navigation, both in theory and in practice, with a focus on the section battle drills and the platoon combat estimate.
People (now both men and women) trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst since it was formed from the merger of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. For men trained before the Second World War, use one of the two sub-categories.
Following the roll-out of new standardised fitness tests across the entire army in April 2019, [6] the general fitness requirements for both regular and reserve officer entrants consists of the Role Fitness Test (Entry): Reach 8.7 on a bleep test; Throw a 4 kg medicine ball 3.1 metres from a seated position; Lift 76 kg in a mid-thigh pull
Royal Marines recruit training is the longest basic modern infantry training programme of any Commonwealth, or North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) combat troops. [1] The Royal Marines are the only part of the British Armed Forces where officers and other ranks are trained at the same location, the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (CTCRM) at Lympstone, Devon. [2]