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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).
When, in 1976 a National Defense University (NDU) was created to provide structure to military education, the National War College and Industrial College of the Armed Forces were its first two constituents for joint military education. [3] In 1981, the Armed Forces Staff College was also assigned to NDU. [4]
The College of Enlisted Military Education provides a continuum of education to improve leadership, sharpen critical and creative thinking skills, and deepen Marines' understanding of warfighting concepts in distributed/joint environments in order to foster ethical, professional leaders who make sound decisions in complex operational situations.
Upon graduation Army personnel are awarded MOS 12P20 and Navy personnel awarded NEC 5633. Students earn over 30 semester hours of college credit while attaining the knowledge and skills associated with installing, operating, and maintaining large medium voltage electrical power plants. The course is challenging and requires a large amount of ...
There are requirements that allow basic qualification for entrance into OCS for the Army Reserve and Army National Guard. The Army Regulation (AR) that governs OCS is AR 350–51. Candidates must have at least 90 credits from an accredited college, approval from the state RTI board, and falling in the age range of 18 to 41 years. [32]
The Air War College was founded in 1946 by the United States War Department (subsequently merged with the Navy Department to form the Department of Defense) as a U.S. Army Air Forces program at what was then Maxwell Field. The college has operated continuously since its founding except for a period of six months during the Korean War. [4]
Aug. 29—HERSHEY — The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) dropped its college credit requirement for cadet applicants, effective immediately, as it looks to hire hundreds of new troopers. State ...
The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, is a state-supported, comprehensive college located in Charleston, South Carolina, which was established in 1842. The Citadel enrolls approximately 2,250 cadets in the South Carolina Corps of Cadets and another 2,000 civilian graduate and undergraduate students in The Citadel Graduate College.