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The 5 U.S. Military Academies

The five United States Military Academies, also called Service Academies, are undergraduate colleges that provide education and training to develop future commissioned officers of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Each of the Service Academies provides a rigorous and comprehensive education to its students, offering undergraduate degrees in many areas of study while training them to become leaders and officers within their respective branches of the U.S. military.

In addition, cadets or midshipmen at these academies also receive extensive physical and leadership training and extracurricular activities and sports opportunities.

Most graduates are Congressional appointees.

If appointed, students will receive a full scholarship to attend the Service Academies, along with the opportunity to serve their country and develop into future leaders in the U.S. military.​

~ https://www.gainserviceacademyadmission.com/service-academies/

As a student at one of the five military service academies, you will experience a unique and challenging college experience that is quite different from what you might find at other colleges or universities.

Your education will focus on leadership and military training, preparing you for a career as an officer in one of the branches of the U.S. military. This means that your college experience will be steeped in military traditions, with a strong emphasis on discipline, honor, and teamwork.

You will also receive extensive physical training throughout your time at an academy, including rigorous exercise regimens and military drills. Additionally, you will have many opportunities for extracurricular activities and sports.

Civilian college, on the other hand, offers a more traditional college experience with a wider range of academic programs to choose from. While there are some military-affiliated colleges or ROTC programs, most do not offer the same focus on military training and leadership development as the service academies.

At civilian colleges, the emphasis will be on your academic studies rather than military training. You will also have more freedom and flexibility in your schedule and daily routine.

Ultimately, the military service academy experience is one that is designed to prepare you for a career as a military leader.

Whether you choose to pursue this path or decide to go down a different educational or career path after graduation, your time at an academy will be challenging and rewarding in its own unique way. ~ https://www.gainserviceacademyadmission.com/service-academies/

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point

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606 Thayer Road, West Point, NY 10996

845-938-4011

Email: PAOinformation@westpoint.edu

The U.S. Military Academy's mission is "to build, educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets to be commissioned leaders of character committed to the Army Values and ready for a lifetime of service to the Army and Nation."

U.S. Naval Academy

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121 Blake Road, Annapolis, MD 21402

410-293-1858

Email: Contact Form

As the undergraduate college of our country's naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Naval Academy students are midshipmen on active duty in the U.S. Navy.

Thy attend the academy for four years, graduating with bachelor of science degrees and commissions as ensigns in the Navy or second lieutenants in the Marine Corps. Naval Academy grades serve at least five years in the Navy or Marine Corps.

United States Air Force Academy

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2346 Academy Drive, USAF Academy, CO 80840-5002

800-443-9266 / 719-333-2025

Email: rr_admissions@usafa.edu

Mentor Contact: 719-314-8330

With a history of excellence and a focus on the future, the U.S. Air Force Academy instills cadets with pride and integrity while preparing them to serve their country and succeed in 21st-century careers.

As a public university and a military service academy, we are leading the way into an increasingly complex future, driving advancement and innovation in air, space and cyberspace, among countless other fields.

Full Scholarship: An Academy education is valued at more than $416,000, yet we offer it at no coast to our cadets. All that is required in return is your commitment to service as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force.

U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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31 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 05320

800-883-8724

Email: admissions@uscga.edu

The Academy experience challenges your mind, body, and character. Whether on shore, on the sea, or in the air, Coast Guard cadets develop professionally from rigorous training and character-building teamwork. We instill discipline, drive, and service above the self. The experience is not for everyone, but the rewards are many.

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

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300 Steamboat Road, Kings Point, NY 11024

516-726-5800

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The United States Merchant Marine Academy is a federal service academy that educates and graduates leaders of exemplary character who are committed to serve the national security, marine transportation, and economic needs of the United States as licensed Merchant Marine Officers and commissioned officers in the Armed Forces. With 95 percent of the world's products transported over water, these leaders are vital to the effective operation of our merchant fleet for both commercial and military transport in peace and war. Academy graduates abide by the motto: “Acta Non Verba," or "Deeds Not Words," and are leaders that exemplify the concept of service-above-self.

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Highly ranked STEM University preparing leaders for tomorrow!

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101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532

508-830-5000

Email: admissions@maritime.edu

Our rigorous academics and hands-on approach to building leadership and professional skills fully prepare our students for successful careers.

The proof: most of our graduates are employed in well-paying, career track positions within 90 days of graduation.

Norwich University

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158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663

802-485-2000

GO FAR. GO FURTHER. GO BEYOND.

At Norwich, you'll find a community that believes trying is an act of bravery; learning comes from struggling; and succeeding is going beyond what you thought possible.

* Offers ROTC

The Citadel

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171 Moultrie Street, Charleston, SC 29409

843-225-3294

With a mission to achieve excellence in the education and development of principled leaders, The Citadel adheres to its core values of Honor, Duty, and Respect. The Citadel is a landmark in Charleston and South Carolina that is noted for its educational reputation as well as its rich history. Whether you’re pursuing a bachelor’s, a master’s or a graduate certificate, apply to The Citadel today!

* Offers ROTC: https://www.citadel.edu/armyrotc/

Danielle Holt, MD, MSS, FACS, COL, MC, USA

Associate Dean of Recruitment & Admissions, General Surgeon, Associate Professor of Surgery

4301 Jones Bridge Road, Room A1041

Bethesda, MD 20814

301-295-9172

danielle.holt@usuhs.edu

medschool.usuhs.edu

medschool.usuhsedu/academics/emdp2

At Uniformed Services University, students become part of an elite group of health care professionals and researchers across all military services and the Public Health Service. Students gain an advanced skill set through exciting and rewarding opportunities that follow them throughout their lifetime. In addition to the unique medical curriculum, students are challenged with an outstanding leadership and ethics program, learning in a multiservice environment to become the nation’s next generation of military leaders.

Application Requirements

Application Process

Guide for Applicants

College of Allied Health Sciences | Graduate Medication Education - National Capital Consortium

Graduate Programs in Biomedical Sciences & Public Health | Graduate School of Nursing

Postgraduate Dental College | School of Medicine

Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) is a leadership training and development program that prepares full-time, college-enrolled students for service opportunities in the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Space Force (the Coast Guard offers a similar program called the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative [CSPI]). Joining ROTC opens a door to professional skills development, scholarship opportunities and tuition assistance, and, upon completion, attaining the rank of officer. Today, ROTC is offered at more than 1,700 colleges and universities.

~ https://www.todaysmilitary.com

• https://www.military.com/join-armed-forces/rotc

The Army Reserve Officer Training Corps is designed to enhance a student's college education by integrating into the curriculum leadership and management theory with leadership practicum modules. Through coursework and in-class practical experience, students will develop decision-making skills, climate and culture understanding, and time-management skills—leadership qualities that are essential to success in any field, including corporate or research careers. Students completing the ROTC program earn a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Active Duty, U.S. Army Reserve, or U.S. Army National Guard. Non-scholarship students may participate in all four years of ROTC, but up until December of the junior year, all cadets will need to contract into ROTC. Three and Four National High School Scholarship students can do the first year under contract and owe no military service obligation and zero debt to the government.

The Military Science and Leadership Program is a two-, three-, and four-year program composed of the Basic Course (first and sophomore years) and the Advanced Course (junior and senior years).

Four-Year Program

The four-year curriculum combines classroom and leadership laboratory work. Any MIT student is eligible to participate in the leadership development courses regardless of academic grade.

During the summer between their junior and senior years, students participate in a four-week Advanced Camp (AC) at Fort Knox, KY (near Louisville). Upon graduation from college and successful completion of Advanced Camp, students are commissioned as officers in the US Army, US Army Reserve, or Army National Guard.

Three-Year Program

The three-year curriculum is a modified version of the two and four year program. Students will start in their sophomore year during the basic course and following completion of their MS2 year, they will graduate to the advanced course.

Two-Year Program

The two-year program is designed for students who did not complete the first two years of the Army ROTC program. If students have at least four semesters remaining in their academic program at MIT or are interested in pursuing a graduate degree, they may be eligible to participate in the Advanced Course. Students who do not complete all requirements of the Basic Course (first and sophomore years) of instruction must participate in a four-week training camp, called Basic Camp (BC) at Fort Knox, KY, unless they have successfully completed any service enlisted Basic Training Course or are a graduate of a certified Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program. Once students complete Basic Camp, they are eligible to receive the same benefits as members in the four-year program.

Scholarships

Army ROTC scholarships are available on a competitive basis to qualified applicants. Two-, three-, and four-year scholarships are available each year, and are awarded on campus through the professor of military science or through a national selection board. High school seniors may apply for four-year scholarships in conjunction with their application to MIT as it is two separate application timelines and processes. Scholarships pay full tuition and all mandatory fees, healthcare, plus $1,200 for books and supplies each year, and a tax-free stipend of $420/month. The scholarship is flexible and can be used for the either (1) tuition and all mandatory fees and healthcare, or (2) room and board, but not combined to cover portions of both.

Program of Instruction

The Army ROTC curriculum is designed to enhance a student's college education by providing distinctive leadership and management training in conjunction with realistic experience. The program emphasizes leadership theory and practice, organizational management, public speaking, tactics, purpose and history of the military, and physical fitness.

Students enrolled in the first two years of the program attend two hours of class and three hours of physical fitness each week. Collegiate athletes, while the sport is in season, must pass the standard physical fitness test and then are exempt from ROTC physical training. In the final two years of the program, class, leadership laboratory and physical fitness total ~7 hours per week. Students also participate in a weekly Leadership Lab that highlights a particular military activity. Finally, students participate in a field training exercise each semester that includes small unit tactics and leadership, firing an M4 carbine rifle, land navigation, rappelling, obstacle courses, and possibly a helicopter orientation ride.

Extracurricular Events

The ROTC program offers MIT students a wide spectrum of opportunities to participate in numerous challenging and rewarding extracurricular activities, such as high adventure training and field training exercises. Army Airborne, Air Assault, Mountain Warfare, Jungle Operations and other military schooling and training programs are available on a voluntary basis to qualified cadets. Also, there are global summer internships available at national research laboratories, numerous Army bases, or the Pentagon. Finally, following graduation there are opportunities—primarily for students going on to law, medical, seminary, dental, or veterinary school—to defer the service obligation until completion of their graduate studies. Most of these graduate study opportunities are funded by the Army, once the applicant is accepted through a national board process.

Opportunities in the US Army Reserve/Army National Guard

Army ROTC offers opportunities to seek a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Army National Guard or Army Reserve. This unique option provides the flexibility for newly commissioned officers to participate in the Army part time while pursuing an advanced degree or a full-time career.

Eligibility Criteria

Enrollment in the first-year and sophomore ROTC courses is open to all MIT students. To be eligible for Army ROTC scholarships and/or enrollment in the junior- and senior year ROTC courses, students must be citizens of the United States or on the path to citizenship and will become a citizen before they graduate; physically and medically qualified in accordance with existing Army regulations; and enrolled at MIT, Harvard University, Tufts University, Wellesley College, Lesley University, Endicott College, Gordon College, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, or Salem State University as full-time students. Being enrolled as a full time student may also involve a hybrid class load for Salem State University.

Application Procedure

Students normally apply for the four-year program during their junior and senior year in high school, but students may enroll in the course or apply for a campus-based scholarship each semester. Students must pass a physical fitness assessment given by a P.E. teacher, be medially qualified, and be accepted to a university that offers ROTC to be eligible.

800-550-2769

• Army ROTC
• Schools with Army ROTC Programs
• ARMY ROTC SCHOLARSHIPS

Explore your potential with Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). Gain valuable skills, a college education, and become a leader in the Army.

Army ROTC pays for your tuition while you go to college and train to become an Army Officer. It’s offered at more than 1,000 colleges and universities. Get the college experience and graduate as a highly respected second lieutenant in the Army, Army Reserve, or Army National Guard.

Graduates commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army.

To pursue a graduate degree, you would notify the US Army Health Care Recruiter of your desire for an education delay and desire for the Health Professional Scholarship Program.

Typically, 1 year of schooling = 1 year of service fulfillment, but may be subject to special situations.

Graduates with Doctoral Degrees commission as a Captain in the US Army.

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• U.S. Air Force ROTC
• Schools with U.S. Air Force ROTC Programs
• U.S. AIR FORCE ROTC SCHOLARSHIPS

Offered at more than 1,100 colleges and universities across the country, Air Force ROTC develops the leaders of tomorrow by preparing students to become officers in the U.S. Air Force or Space Force while earning a college degree. In AFROTC, you’ll not only build lifelong friendships, but you may also have the opportunity to pay for school through our scholarship programs. Most importantly, unlike many other college students, you’ll have a rewarding career waiting for you after graduation.

800-628-7682

• NROTC
• Schools with Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Units
• NAVY ROTC NAVY SCHOLARSHIP PROCESS

TEXT: 627463

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• MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP OPTIONS

AN EXCLUSIVE CHARGE. A COLLECTIVE PURPOSE.

This Nation places its trust in its Marines to achieve victory on every front. To stand out in front of them is the exclusive charge and critical responsibility of every Marine Officer. By bringing strategy and the will of our Nation to every battlefield, it is our officers who can be turned to for accountable leadership, decisiveness, and judgment. Earning the honor of a Marine commission and wearing the mark of a Marine Officer means ensuring the success of our missions and the well-being of our Marines.

• NROTC Scholarship

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