Military school is an institution that educates people and trains them in military arts and sciences. All major countries operate military schools. Many United States military schools are privately operated.
Government military schools.
In the United States, each branch of the armed forces has its own military schools. Courses in these schools for enlisted men and women range from the repair of guided missiles to food service. The armed forces maintain service academies, officer-candidate schools, and reserve officers training corps for individuals who are learning to become officers. Service academies of the armed forces are the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado; the U.S. Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut; the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York; and the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
Some military schools prepare officers for duties they may have to perform in peace or war. Schools at the first level cover specialized subjects. Schools at the next level stress command and staff work. They include the U.S. Army War College, Naval War College, Air War College, Army Command and General Staff College, College of Naval Command and Staff, Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and Air Command and Staff College. The National Defense University is a joint-service institution and operates at the highest level. It consists of the National War College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, both in Washington, D.C., and the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia.
Other military schools and colleges
train students of junior high school, high school, and college age. Students wear distinctive uniforms, and learn the fundamentals of military training, strategy, and tactics. The two state-funded military colleges in the United States are the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, and Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. These colleges formerly accepted only males but now accept females as well.
In other countries.
The United Kingdom trains its officers at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, the Joint Services Command and Staff College in Watchfield, the Royal College of Defence Studies in London, and the Royal Air Force College near Cranwell. Canada has the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario; and Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean in Saint-Jean, Quebec. The chief French military school is the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, in Coetquidan, Brittany.
