Military academy

A military academy is an institute of higher learning of things military. The primary education at military academies is in the fields of military tactics and military strategy, although the term is used differently in different countries, and the amount of practical exercise involved varies.

A list of military academies:

• Canada
  • Royal Military College of Canada - Kingston, Ontario

• Sweden
  • Militärhögskolan
  • Officershögskolan Karlberg

• United Kingdom
  • Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

• United States of America
  • United States Military Academy - West Point, New York
  • United States Naval Academy - Annapolis, Maryland
  • United States Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs, Colorado

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In the United States of America, military academy also refers to institutes other than official government service academies. These private schools offer schooling in the military style to high school or college students.

• St. John's Military Academy
• Culver Military Academy
• The Citadel
• Hargrave Military Academy - Chatham, Virginia
• Virginia Military Institute

Popular culture often shows parents using the threat of sending unruly children off to military schools such as these.