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  2. United States Military Academy - Wikipedia

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    The United States Military Academy (USMA or West Point [7]) [better source needed] is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. West Point was established as a fort during the American Revolutionary War , as it sits on strategic high ground overlooking the Hudson River 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City .

  3. United States service academies - Wikipedia

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    The admissions process to the U.S. service academies is an extensive and very competitive process. The Military Academy, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy all require an applicant to submit an online file and proceed through pre-candidate qualification before an application is provided.

  4. List of United States military schools and academies

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    Students at these academies are organized as cadets, and graduate with appropriate licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard and/or the U.S. Merchant Marine.While not immediately offered a commission as an officer within a service, cadets do have the opportunity to participate in commissioning programs like the Strategic Sealift Officer Program (Navy) and Maritime Academy Graduate (Coast Guard).

  5. Army Orders West Point to Disband Cadet Clubs - AOL

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    New cadets march during Reception Day at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., on June 27, 2016. Credit - Drew Angerer—Getty Images

  6. Pete Hegseth's Acceptance to West Point Is a Story (opinion)

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    The mistake was made by West Point's communications department, which twice contended—falsely—that Hegseth had never applied to the military academy. In a tweet thread, Eisinger explained what ...

  7. 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]

  8. ‘Heartbroken’: West Point Alums, Faculty Grieve Axed Student ...

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    The United States Military Academy's Class of 2021 sits during their graduation ceremony at Michie Stadium on May 22, 2021, in West Point, New York.

  9. Officer Candidate School (United States Army) - Wikipedia

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    In 1976, with the end of the gender-separate Army, the women's OCS was merged with the branch immaterial male course, creating a program very similar to the modern OCS. The United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, also admitted its first female cadets in 1976. However, due to the length of instruction there (4 years), the newly ...