page_title: José María Córdova Military School
section_title: Organization
hierarchical_section_title: José María Córdova Military School / Organization
caption_attribution_description: English: José María Córdova Military School Honor Guard wearing their ceremonial parade uniforms with spiked Prussian "Pickelhaube" helmets.
context_page_description: The Escuela Militar de Cadetes General José María Córdova is a 4-year military academy in charge of the formation of the future combatant officers of the Colombian National Army. It is also an institution of higher education, where the cadets in training carry out undergraduate studies in various disciplines. It is located on Calle 80 Suba Avenue, in the north-west of the city of Bogota.
  It was established on 1 June 1907 by decree 434 which was signed by President Rafael Reyes. In 1979 the school was named after José María Córdova a famous general during the Colombian Independence War and also known as the hero of Ayacucho.
context_section_description: The Military Academy is made up of the following units:
  Command and Staff Group
  1st to 4th Cadet Battalions
  19th Services Battalion
caption: The school's Honor Guard which is in charge of honoring and presenting arms to the President of the Republic or to high-ranking officers, as well as to the Commander-in-Chief of the Military Forces.
exif: {"Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "Image ExifOffset": "102", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "286", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "12021", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1200", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "800", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard"}