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

• Canada
  • Royal Military College of Canada - Kingston, Ontario

• Republic of China (Taiwan)
  • Chinese Military Academy - Fengshan
  • Chinese Naval Academy
  • Chinese Air Force Academy

• Sweden
  • Swedish Armed Forces Military Academy - Karlberg Castle
  • Swedish National Defence College - Stockholm

• United Kingdom
  • Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

• United States
  • United States Military Academy - West Point, New York
  • United States Naval Academy - Annapolis, Maryland
  • United States Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • United States Coast Guard Academy - New London, Connecticut

Private academies

In the United States, military academy also refers to institutes other than official government service academies. These schools, typically private but sometimes state-supported, offer schooling in the military style to high school or college students.

• St. John's Military Academy
• Culver Military Academy
• The Citadel (Charleston, South Carolina; state-supported)
• Hargrave Military Academy - Chatham, Virginia
• Virginia Military Institute (Lexington, Virginia; state-supported)

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