Federation Defense Corps Academy

The Federation Defence Corps Academy opened in [[2343] in the city city of Galveston. It is a traninging Facility that operates seperate from Starfleet Academy, but is ran under the auspice of Starfleet for defense of the Federation of planets..
==Origins==
With the winds of war in the Cardassian Union blowing, the Federation Council passed the idea of creating a Military unit that was to be used as a policing, and strictly defense organization. The Academy offered advanced training regimen, and for the next 15 years shared it's Training Facilities with the enlisted crewmen as well. 
==2360 and Beyond==
The FDC, is often reffered to as [[Marines}}. There organization was simular to the MACO's of the 22nd Century with a difference that their actions be dictated by Starfleet Command.