Military Branch: Strategies Unveiled, Decoding the Backbone of Defense

By Fouad Sabry

What is Military Branch

Military branch is according to common standard a subdivision of the national armed forces of a sovereign nation or state.

How you will benefit

(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:

Chapter 1: Military branch

Chapter 2: Military academy

Chapter 3: Canadian Armed Forces

Chapter 4: Commander-in-chief

Chapter 5: Military police

Chapter 6: Military band

Chapter 7: Gendarmerie

Chapter 8: Cadet

Chapter 9: Provost marshal

Chapter 10: Military colours

(II) Answering the public top questions about military branch.

Who this book is for

Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Military Branch.

• Language: English
• Publisher: One Billion Knowledgeable
• Release date: May 30, 2024

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Chapter 1: Military branch

According to customary practice, the military branch (also known as the service branch or the armed service) is a section of the national armed forces of a sovereign state or nation.

The united armed forces of Canada are known as the Canadian Armed Forces. It remains a single military service while having three environmental commands, including the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force.

According to NATO standards, a branch of service (also known as a branch of military service or a branch of the armed forces) refers to an employment of combined forces or a part of a service below the level of service, military service, or armed service.

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Chapter 2: Military academy

A military academy, often known as a service academy, is a college that trains students to become officers. It often offers instruction in a military setting; the precise term varies by the nation.

There are three different kinds of academies: those preparing Officer Cadets for commissioning into the state armed forces; pre-collegiate institutions providing academic qualifications; university-level institutions awarding bachelor's degree-level degrees.

A naval academy is either distinct from a military academy (in the broadest definition of the word) or is a particular kind of military academy (in the narrow sense). The Military, Naval, Coast Guard, and Air Force Institutions are considered military academies in the United States under the classification of service academies in that nation.

In order to give future officers for technically specialized corps, such as military engineers and artillery, with scientific instruction, the first military academies were founded in the 18th century.

The Italian Military Academy began operations on January 1 in Turin, 1678, for example, Savoy Royal Academy, being the oldest military academy still in operation.

as Britain's first military academy.

Initially, it served as a training ground for cadets joining the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers.

In France, the École Royale du Génie at Mézières was founded in 1748, In 1751, a non-technical academy was added, the École Royale Militaire offering a general military education to the nobility.

Many Prussian military academies were modelled after French ones, Austria, Russia.

The Oslo-based Norwegian Military Academy, educates Norwegian Army officers.

The school was founded in 1750, and is Norway's oldest higher education school.

When the century turned,, under the influence of the Napoleonic Wars and the ensuing stress that the European troops experienced, In the majority of the warring countries, military academies for the training of commissioned officers of the army were established.

These military schools had two purposes: they instructed serving officers in the duties of a productive staff officer, and to educate children prior to receiving an officer's commission.

The Kriegsakademie in Prussia was founded in 1801 and the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr was created by order of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 as a replacement for the École Royale Militaire of the Ancien Régime (the institution that Napoleon himself had graduated from).

Crown Military College, Sandhurst, John Le Marchant's idea originated in England in 1801, He founded High Wycombe and Great Marlow schools for officers' training in the military, with a grant of £30,000 from Parliament.

Later, the two initial departments were merged and relocated to Sandhurst.

The United States Military Academy (USMA), one of the country's five military schools, was established on March 16, 1802, in West Point, New York.

Children of different ages (elementary, middle, or high school) are taught in a military context at a military school, which also includes instruction in military subjects like drill. While some military schools are merely magnet schools within a broader school system, many of them are also boarding institutions. Although some are public and are managed by a public school system (like the Chicago Public Schools) or by the state, the majority are privately owned institutions.

A military academy at the collegiate level is a center for advanced military studies. It is a component of an extensive network of military education and training facilities. The main educational objective of military academies is to offer a top-notch education that heavily emphasizes coursework and training in the disciplines of military tactics and strategy. The quantity of coursework outside of the military varies by the university and the nation, and the amount of military experience earned also varies.

University degrees may or may not be awarded by military academies. Graduates in the US have a primary area of study and receive a Bachelor's degree in that field, just like at other colleges. However, graduates from British academies do not receive a university degree because the entire one-year program (which is primarily but not solely attended by university graduates) is devoted to military training.

Military academies can be either national (operated by the government) or state/private-owned.

The nation's military normally commissions graduates from national academies as officers. The new officers are often required to serve for a predetermined number of years. All military officers train at the proper academy in certain nations, like Britain, but only a small fraction do in others, like the United States. The service academies are considered as institutions that produce service-specific officers for the forces (about 15 percent of US military officers).

There is no requirement for state-run or private academy graduates to enlist in the military when they graduate, while some institutions have a high graduate military service rate. These days, the majority of these institutions have moved beyond their military heritage and generally accept both military and civilian students. The Virginia Military Institute, which continues to be exclusively military, is the lone exception in the United States.

Armed Forces Academy

Army Military Academy

Air Force National Academy

Naval Academy

Argentine Army:

Colegio Militar de la Nación (National Military College), where El Palomar, Los Angeles (northwestern outskirts of Buenos Aires)

Argentine Navy:

Military Naval School (Naval Military School), in Río Santiago, Los Angeles (in Ensenada), around La Plata)

Brazilian Air Force:

Escuela de Aviación Militar (Military Aviation School), in the city of Córdoba

University for National Defense Research

The Vazgen Sargsyan Military Academy

University of Military Aviation in Armenak Khanperyants

Academy of the Australian Defense Force

Australian Royal Naval College

Duntroon's Royal Military College

RAAF Officers' Training School

Theresian Military Academy

Landesverteidigungsakademie

The Azerbaijani Armed Forces' War College

Higher Military Academy of Azerbaijan

Bangladesh Military Academy

Bangladesh Naval Academy

Academy of Bangladesh Air Force

Airport Road in Dhaka is home to the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC).

Belarus Military Academy

Belarus Border Guard Service Institute

Republic of Belarus' Ministry of the Interior Academy

The Royal Military College (Belgium)

Military College of Bolivia (Colegio Militar del Ejército de Bolivia)

Military Naval Academy of Bolivia

Air Force Academy of Bolivia

(Offers elementary and secondary school pupils from civilian backgrounds an education with military principles)

Brazilian Army:

Sistema Colégio Militar do Brasil (SCMB) (Military High School of Brazil System)

Colégio Militar de Belém (CMBel) (Military High School of Belém)

Colégio Militar de Belo Horizonte (CMBH) (Military High School of Belo Horizonte)

Colégio Militar de Brasília (CMB) (Military High School of Brasília)

Colégio Militar de Campo Grande (CMCG) (Military High School of Campo Grande)

Colégio Militar de Curitiba (CMC) (Military High School of Curitiba)

Colégio Militar de Fortaleza (CMF) (Military High School of Fortaleza)

Colégio Militar de Juiz de Fora (CMJF) (Military High School of Juiz de Fora)

Colégio Militar de Manaus (CMM) (Military High School of Manaus)

Colégio Militar de Porto Alegre (CMPA) (Military High School of Porto Alegre)

Colégio Militar do Recife (CMR) (Military High School of Recife)

Colégio Militar do Rio de Janeiro (CMRJ) (Military High School of Rio de Janeiro)

Colégio Militar de Salvador (CMS) (Military High School of Salvador)

Colégio Militar de Santa Maria (CMSM) (Military High School of Santa Maria)

Colégio Militar de São Paulo (CMSP) (Military High School of São Paulo)

(sets up students for acceptance into one of the recognized training institutions)

Brazilian Army:

Colégio Naval (CN) (Naval High School)

Brazilian Aeronautics:

Escola Preparatória de Cadetes do Ar (EPCAR) (Air Cadets Preparatory School)

Brazil's Navy:

Centro de Instrução Almirante Milcíades Portela Alves (CIAMPA) (Admiral Milcíades Portela Alves Instruction Center)

Centro de Instrução e Adestramento de Brasília (CIAB) (Brasília Instruction and Training Center)

School of Apprenticeship-Mariners (EAM) (Apprentices-Sailors School)

Escola de Aprendizes-Marinheiros do Ceará (EAMCE) (Ceará Apprentices-Sailors School)

Escola de Aprendizes-Marinheiros do Espírito Santo (EAMES) (Espirito Santo Apprentices-Sailors School)

The Pernambuco State College of Maritime Apprenticeship (EAMPE) (Pernambuco Apprentices-Sailors School)

The Santa Catarina Escola de Aprendizes-Marinheiros (EAMSC) (Santa Catarina Apprentices-Sailors School)

Brazilian Army:

ESA, or Escola de Sargento das Armas (Sergeant of Arms School)

Escola de Sargento de Logística (EsSLog) (Sergeant of Logistics School)

Centro de Instrução de Aviação do Exército (CiAvEx) (Army Aviation Instruction Center)

Brazil's Navy:

Centro de Instrução Almirante Alexandrino (CIAA) (Admiral Alexandrino Instruction Center)

Centro de Instrução Almirante Sylvio de Camargo (CIASC) (Admiral Sylvio de Camargo Instruction Center)

Brazilian Aeronautics:

Escola de Especialistas da Aeronáutica (EEAR) (Air Force Specialists School)

Brazilian Army:

AMAN, or Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras (Agulhas Negras Military Academy)

Escola de Formação Complementar do Exército (EsFCEx) (Army Complementary Training School)

Escola de Saúde do Exército (EsSEx) (Army Health School)

IME is the Institute of Military Engineering (Military Institute of Engineering)

Brazil's navy:

Centro de Instrução Almirante Wandenkolk (CIAW) (Admiral Wandekolk Instruction Center)

Escola de Formação de Oficiais da Marinha Mercante (EFOMM) (Merchant Navy Officers Training School)

Naval School (EN) (Naval School)

Brazilian Aeronautics:

Academia da Força Aérea (AFA) (Air Force Academy)

Centro de Instrução e Adaptação da Aeronáutica (CIAAR) (Air Force Instruction and Adaptation Center)

Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) (Aeronautics Institute of Technology)

In Plovdiv, Vasil Levski National Military University was established in 1878 as a military academy.

School of the Air Force at Dolna Mitropoliya

Shumen University's Artillery, Air Defense, and CIS Faculty

the university's All-Force Faculty in Veliko Tarnovo

Naval Machinery School in Rousse, founded in 1881, later became Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Varna.

Founded in Sofia by an Act of the 15th National Assembly on March 1, 1912, Rakovski Defense and Staff College

The Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC) in Kingston, Ontario, and the Royal Military College Saint-Jean (RMC Saint-Jean), both post-secondary military institutions, are run by the Canadian Military Colleges system. RMC Saint-Jean was founded in 1954, whereas RMCC was founded in 1876. In the fall of 1995, RRMC reopened as a civilian university. The British Columbian government is responsible for maintaining it. In order to provide post-secondary education that is comparable to CEGEP, the Department of National Defence reopened RMC Saint-Jean as a military institution in 2007. For the first time since 1995, officer cadets graduated from RMC Saint-Jean and received their commissions in 2021, marking the institution's return to university status.

The Canadian Armed Forces also run a number of training facilities and schools, such as the Canadian Forces College and the Canadian Forces Language School, in addition to Canadian Military Colleges. Schools and training facilities are also maintained by the various elements of the Canadian Armed Forces. An Army structure that provides combat and doctrinal training is the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre (CADTC). The Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre, Combat Training Center, Command and Staff College, and Peace Support Training Centre are just a few of the training facilities that make up the CADTC. The Royal Canadian Air Force Academy, the 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School, and the 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School are all part of the 2 Canadian Air Division, which is the formation in charge of RCAF training. The Canadian Forces School of Survival and Aeromedical Training is another facility run by the RCAF.

Canada also has one private military boarding school, Robert Land Academy, in West Lincoln, Ontario, in addition to publicly run institutions. It is an all-boys' school that was established in 1978 and has full accreditation from the Ministry of Education of Ontario. The school provides instruction at the primary and secondary levels for students in grades 6 through 12.

Army of Colombia, National:

José María Córdova Military School, in Bogotá.

Military NCO School in Colombia

Venezuelan Air Force:

California's Marco Fidel Suarez Military Aviation School.

Infantry of the Colombian Navy and the Colombian Navy:

Cartagena de Indias' Admiral Padilla Naval Academy.

Colombian Police National:

Academy of National Police under General Santander, in Bogotá.

University of Brooklyn (University of Defence)

military training command and academies

University of National Defense under Kim Jong-un

The Kim Il-sung Military College

Military Political University of Kim Il-sung

North Korean Naval Academy

Air Force Academy in Kim Chaek

Danish Royal Defense College

Danish Royal Military Academy

Danish Royal Naval Academy

Officers' School of the Royal Danish Air Force

Academy of Egyptian Air Defense

Egyptian Technical Military College

military medical college in Egypt

Egyptian Air Academy

Egyptian Military Academy

Egyptian Naval Academy

Military School of Captain General Gerardo Barrios

Estonian Military Academy

Both Baltic Defence College and Tartu

Helsinki's Santahamina island is home to the Finnish National Defence University (Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu).

Lycée militaire de Saint-Cyr

Lycée militaire d'Autun

Prytanée National Militaire

Lycée militaire d'Aix-en-Provence

Lycée naval de Brest

École des Pupilles de l'Air

École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM, The French Military Academy (literally, the Special Military School of St. Cyr.

It is frequently called Saint-Cyr..

Napoleon established it in 1802, also at first in Fontainebleau, it was moved first to Saint-Cyr-l'École in 1808, and then to Coëtquidan (Brittany) in 1945.

École militaire interarmes (EMIA)

École des commissaires des armées (ECA), founded in 2013

École de l'air: the French Air Force Academy

École Navale: the French Naval Academy

École des officiers de la gendarmerie nationale (EOGN): gendarmerie commissioned officers academy

École Polytechnique (X): a French engineering grande école of military status.

Despite the fact that all of its French engineering students are enrolled and undergo officer training, After graduation, 5% of its graduates continue to serve in the military.

ENSTA Bretagne: a French engineering grande école of military status.

Just one-fourth of its students are enrolled as officers in training.

École de Santé des Armées: medical school of French army

National Military Infrastructure Engineers Academy, which was established in 2013, educates military engineers for the armed forces (also one of the newest)

École d'état-major (Staff school): first step of higher military studies, for an officer of rank OF-2.

École de Guerre (War School): second step of higher military studies, mostly for grades OF-2 and OF-3 who wish to proceed on the command route (e.g.

to lead a regiment or battalion).

Collège d'enseignement supérieur de l'armée de terre (Army Higher Education College): second step of military education, however, for officers seeking to become highly specialized.

Cours supérieur d'état-major (Advanced Staff Course)

Enseignement militaire supérieur scientifique et technique (Higher Technical and Scientific Education).

Centre des hautes études militaire (Center for Advanced Military Studies): final step of military education, for a select few chosen OF-5.

Its students also attend the civilian institut des hautes études de défense nationale.

National Defense Academy

Cadet Bachelor School

Junior Officer Training Academy

Basic School for Aviation Air Defense Officers

Medical Officer School

Captain Career School

School of Command and General Staff

Advanced Defense Studies School

Language Training School

The system of civil and military education in Germany is distinctive.

The only true military academy is the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr where mainly future staff officers and general staff officers are further trained.

The three branches' Offizierschulen are responsible for providing the required training in military leadership. Each branch has a different set of contents. All aspiring platoon leaders in the army receive training down to the level of a commander of a mixed combat battalion, in accordance with the doctrine known as leadership by task. To eventually get commissioned, they must also pass an officer exam there.

Additionally, there are so-called Waffenschulen (schools of weaponry), including artillery school and infantry school. There, the officers get knowledge about how to handle the routine duties of their particular corps.

The academic education is a unique feature of the German idea of officer formation. Nearly every aspiring officer must successfully complete non-military courses and get a bachelor's or master's degree at one of Germany's two Federal Armed Forces Universities, which are run by the country. The candidates are commissioned as Leutnants while they are in their studies (after at least three years of service) (second lieutenant).

These are the three officer's schools::

The German Navy is in charge:

Naval Academy at Mürwik, in Flensburg-Mürwik

The German Army is in charge:

Dresden's Offizierschule des Heeres

In charge is the German Air Force:

Officiers' School of the Air Force, in Fürstenfeldbruck

staff and academic training:

German Federal Armed Forces Universities

Hamburg's Helmut Schmidt University

University of the Bundeswehr in Munich

Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr, in Hamburg

The Hellenic Armed Forces have military academies that are independently under the command of each component of the armed forces:

Highest Military Academies (ΑΣΣ) or Higher Military Educational Institutions (ΑΣΕΙ):

The Hellenic Army is in charge:

Athens' Evelpidon Military Academy.

Thessaloniki's Corps Officers Military Academy.

Athens' Nursery Officers Academy.

The Greek Air Force is in charge:

Tatoi's Icarus Air Force Academy (Athens).

The Hellenic Navy is in charge:

Piraeus' Hellenic Naval Cadets Academy.

Higher Military NCO Academies (ΑΣΣΥ):

The Hellenic Army supervises the Military Non-commissioned Officers' Academy (ΣΜΥ).

The Hellenic Air Force supervises the Air Force Non-commissioned Officers' Academy (ΣΜΥΑ).

The Hellenic Navy supervises the Naval Non-commissioned Officers' Academy (ΣΜΥΝ).

Noteworthy is the fact that, despite their names (Greek: Σχολές Υπαξιωματικών, lit. 'Sub-officers' Academies'), Their former students can become Antisyntagmatarchis, Antipterachos, or Antiploiarchos.

National Public Service University (Successor of Royal Hungarian Ludovica Military Academy, which founded in 1808)

Military Sciences and Officer Training Faculty

On October 13, 1945, General Staff Chief of the Indonesian Army Lieutenant General Urip Sumohardjo issued an order establishing the Indonesian Military Academy in Yogyakarta as the Militaire Academie (MA) Yogyakarta.

Currently, the TNI (Indonesian National Armed Forces) has divided the academies into the three different services under the command of the Commanding General of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Academy System (a two or three-star officer in billet) in the HQ of the Indonesian National Armed Forces:

The Indonesian Army Chief of Staff is in charge of the Indonesian Military Academy (Akademi Militer; Akmil), which has been in operation since 1946 and is located in Magelang, Central Java.

The Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff is in charge of the Indonesian Naval Academy (Akademi Angkatan Laut; AAL), which is located in Surabaya, East Java. Additionally, the Indonesian Naval Academy trains and educates officers for the Indonesian Marine Corps. established in 1951.

The Indonesian Air Force Chief of Staff is in charge of the Indonesian Air Force Academy (Akademi Angkatan Udara; AAU), which is located in Yogyakarta. The academy offers three majors: administration, engineering, and electronics. After graduating, students who are chosen to be Pilot and Navigator do additional training in the Pilot and Navigator Flight School before being given the title of Pilot/Navigator. Having been in operation since 1945, but also carrying on the customs of previous Dutch military aviation schools.

Two-star generals serve as superintendents of each military academy, and one-star officers serve as their assistants. All of the pupils (cadets/midshipmen) are chosen from Indonesian senior high school graduates. They receive the Diploma IV (Associate degree, 4th Grade), which is analogous to civil academies or universities, and are commissioned as Letnan Dua (Second Lieutenant/Ensign) in their respective service branches shortly after graduation. The current 4-year term is broken up into five grades of cadet ranks, starting with the lowest:

First-year Cadet Private Prajurit Taruna (4 months)

First-year Cadet Corporal Kopral Taruna (8 months)

Second-year Cadet Sergeant Sersan Taruna

Sersan Mayor Dua Taruna, third-year cadet second sergeant major

Fourth-year cadet first sergeant major