The three armed forces of the United States have their own military academies, and the United States Navy has a naval academy in Annapolis, Maryland, to train junior officers for the Navy and the Marine Corps. The youngest Air Force Academy in the three armed forces is located in colorado springs. Established in 1954. Although it was founded at the latest and has the shortest history, it is considered as the highest admission standard. Among the three military schools, West Point was the earliest, established in 1802, and the Naval Academy was established later, established in 1845.
For today's US Army, about 4,000 second lieutenants are needed every year to provide fresh blood for officers. Since Kennedy expanded the enrollment quota, 1 000 of the 4,000 students in West Point Military Academy have graduated each year, of which only 1/4 can meet the demand, and the remaining 3/4 come from ROTC (the national defense student system of local universities in China is modeled after it) and OCS(OCS, which selects suitable candidates from qualified soldiers and sends them to the school for training and confers the rank of officers).
The United States has the most perfect officer education system in the world, which is divided into three levels: junior high school and senior high school. The teaching characteristics of junior military schools such as West Point are equal emphasis on arts and sciences, and both military and civilian. In addition to natural and humanistic cultural knowledge, it also emphasizes the cultivation of students' character and spirit. On the military side, apart from physical fitness and housekeeping, only general military education is provided in primary school. After graduation, students will be awarded the rank of second lieutenant while obtaining the bachelor of science degree. After graduation, before being assigned to the army, you need to receive pre-job vocational training for half a year to one year, go to professional arms schools to learn military skills of arms, and then go to work in the army.
In length of military service from July to 10, young junior officers were eligible to apply for the staff colleges of various services after being promoted to captain or major. The army is the command and staff college of Fort Leavenworth, which provides intermediate military education and trains battalion commanders, divisions and brigade staff. If the West Point Military Academy is regarded as an undergraduate course, this school is similar to a master's degree. Generally speaking, only half of the officers have the opportunity to be selected to study in Livingsburg. Those who are not selected can continue to serve in the army, but they usually work until they reach the top of lieutenant colonel. Very few people can be promoted to colonel, but Livingsburg is an indispensable prerequisite for promotion to general.