page_title: Military academy
hierarchical_section_title: Military academy
caption_attribution_description: English: Armenian soldiers at the Vazgen Sargsyan Military Institute
context_page_description: A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned.
  Three types of academy exist: pre-collegiate-level institutions awarding academic qualifications, university-level institutions awarding bachelor's-degree-level qualifications, and those preparing Officer Cadets for commissioning into the armed services of the state.
  A naval academy is either a type of military academy or is distinguished from one. In U.S. usage, the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy are both service academies.
context_section_description: A military academy or service academy (in the United States) is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned.
  Three types of academy exist: pre-collegiate-level institutions awarding academic qualifications, university-level institutions awarding bachelor's-degree-level qualifications, and those preparing Officer Cadets for commissioning into the armed services of the state.
  A naval academy is either a type of military academy (in the broad sense of that term) or is distinguished from one (in the narrow sense). In U.S. usage, the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy are both service academies.
caption: Armenian soldiers at the Vazgen Sargsyan Military University in 2013
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