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  2. Selection and training in the British Army - Wikipedia

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    Professionally qualified officers (those that have joined the army having already gained a professional qualification, such as doctors, lawyers or chaplains) undergo a shorter, ten-week course. [2] The Late Entry Officers Course is a four-week course for already serving soldiers that have been chosen for commissioning as officers. [3]

  3. List of militaries that recruit foreigners - Wikipedia

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    Prior to that, the UK stationed their own troops and equipment in the region (known as the Trucial States) [citation needed] United Kingdom. British Armed Forces – The British Army has continued the historic practice of recruiting Gurkhas from Nepal to serve in the Brigade of Gurkhas. They are selected and recruited in Nepal, and are expected ...

  4. List of enlistment age by country - Wikipedia

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    United Kingdom – 18 (voluntary; age 16 with parental consent; age 17 for admission to an officer program; Nepalese citizens can join the Brigade of Gurkhas at age 17) United States – 18 (voluntary registration), 18 (voluntary service; age 17 with parental consent), 17 (compulsory militia service under 10 U.S. Code § 246) [3]

  5. Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers - Wikipedia

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    The first warrant officer rank, WO1 does not have a "commission" associated with it, instead having a "warrant" from the secretary of the army. Warrant officers are allowed the same courtesies as a commissioned officer, but may have some restrictions on their duties that are reserved for commissioned officers.

  6. List of Officer Cadet Training Units - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Officer Cadet Training Units, or OCTUs, which were British military establishments for training future commissioned officers of the British Army, the British Indian Army, and the Royal Air Force, to complement the limited capacity at the traditional military academies such as the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

  7. Military Academy of Modena - Wikipedia

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    In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte expanded the academy's curriculum to include a military engineering school and artillery school, and it trained all Army officers in Italy until 1814. Following the Restoration, the Duke Francis IV of Austria-Este founded another expansion, the Military Academy of Nobility, [ 2 ] which was later opened to young ...

  8. University Officers' Training Corps - Wikipedia

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    Officer cadets can gain appointments as a Junior Under Officer (JUO), a Company Under Officer (CUO), or a Senior Under Officer (SUO) and can also apply to the Army Officer Selection Board (AOSB), which, if they pass, leads to the opportunity to complete the Army Reserve Commissioning Course with the goal of commissioning as a second lieutenant ...

  9. Comparative army officer ranks of Europe - Wikipedia

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    Generaal: Luitenant-generaal: Generaal-majoor: Brigadegeneraal: Kolonel: Luitenant-kolonel: Majoor: Kapitein-commandant: Kapitein: Luitenant: Onderluitenant: Général