Military academy

A military academy is an institute of higher learning of things military. The primary education at military academies is in the fields of military tactics and military strategy, although the term is used differently in different countries, and the amount of practical exercise involved varies. The academies usually grant university level degrees and the graduates are commissioned as officers in the country's military. The new officers usually have an obligation to serve for a certain number of years.

List of military academies

\n* Canada\n** Canadian Coast Guard College - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia\n** Royal Military College of Canada - Kingston, Ontario

• Republic of China (Taiwan)\n**Chinese Military Academy - Fengshan\n**Chinese Naval Academy\n**Chinese Air Force Academy
• France\n**École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr - Coëtquidan\n**École Navale\n**École de l'Air\n**École Polytechnique, though still under military management and with most undergraduate students military cadets, is not a military academy anymore.'
• Japan\n**Japan National Defense Academy - Yokosuka, Kanagawa\n**Japan National Defense Medical College - Tokorozawa, Saitama\n**Japan Coast Guard Academy - Kure, Hiroshima
• Malaysia\n**Akademi Tentera Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
• Sweden\n**Swedish Armed Forces Military Academy - Karlberg Castle, Stockholm\n**Swedish National Defence College - Stockholm
• United Kingdom\n**Britannia Royal Naval College - Dartmouth\n**Royal Military Academy Sandhurst - Camberley\n**Royal Air Force College - Cranwell
• United States\n**United States Military Academy - West Point, New York\n**United States Naval Academy - Annapolis, Maryland\n**United States Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs, Colorado\n**United States Coast Guard Academy - New London, Connecticut

Private academies

\nIn the United States, military academy also refers to institutes other than official government service academies. They are also often called military schools. These schools, typically private but sometimes state-supported, offer schooling in the military style to high school or college students. Some schools even exist for middle school students. In contrast to official academies, there is no requirement to join the military after graduation, although some schools may have a high rate of graduate military service.

• The Citadel (Charleston, South Carolina; state-supported)\n*Culver Military Academy\n*Fork Union Military Academy\n*Hargrave Military Academy - Chatham, Virginia\n*Norwich University\n*St. John's Northwestern Military Academy\n*Valley Forge Military Academy and College\n*Virginia Military Institute (Lexington, Virginia; state-supported)\n*Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Virginia)

Popular culture often shows parents using the threat of sending unruly children off to military schools such as these.