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A New Military Academy?
Tweet Topic Started: May 13 2005, 04:53 PM (6,601 Views)
commando	May 13 2005, 04:53 PM Post #1
Member Posts: 407 Group: Regulars Member #458 Joined: May 12, 2005	Have you guys heard of the Virginia Military Institute? It is also known as the West Point of the South. The only difference is that it is not technically a pure military academy. It has a lot of ROTC programs and commission is optional after graduation (that means, you don't have to serve in the military after graduation) just like the Japanese Defense Academy. VMI's notable students are Goerge C. Marshall (US Army Chief-of-Staff during WWII) and George S. Patton Jr. (Commander of the US 3rd and 7th Army during WWII). Maybe we should have a second PMA. But what should we name it? And where should we establish it? :aberet:
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saver111	May 13 2005, 05:03 PM Post #2
PDFF Moderator Posts: 10,627 Group: PDFF Mod Group Member #408 Joined: March 23, 2005	There were proposals for a separate Air Force, Naval and Coast Guard academies. Don't know what happened maybe died of a natural death. Think about it. Air Force grads with no planes to fly, Naval Officers crowding a small LSTs, etc, etc... budget to fund such academies, scholarships...coup, coup, coup...
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commando	May 13 2005, 05:26 PM Post #3
Member Posts: 407 Group: Regulars Member #458 Joined: May 12, 2005	What I mean is we can create a whole new military through this new institution. The PMA's tradition is corruption and insurrection. Officers who got their commission from ROTC are a lot less volatile. Look at Lt. Gen. Boysie Braganza? He's from the UST ROTC. Like I said, those who attend are not required to serve in the military. Semper Fidelis et Paratus
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saver111	May 13 2005, 06:02 PM Post #4
PDFF Moderator Posts: 10,627 Group: PDFF Mod Group Member #408 Joined: March 23, 2005	Then you might be thinking of private schools like FEMA. A school to train boys how to behave applying military style of discipline with options like any university graduates to join the military. If its private, no problem but if it's a government agency that's another thing..
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commando	May 13 2005, 06:36 PM Post #5
Member Posts: 407 Group: Regulars Member #458 Joined: May 12, 2005	What I'm saying is it works in the US, and maybe it can here. After all, that institution can be private but under sponsorship of the government. It will be a new experience. We can create better traditions than those of PMA. Semper Fidelis et Paratus
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shadowsniper	May 15 2005, 01:05 PM Post #6
Member Posts: 226 Group: Regulars Member #120 Joined: September 8, 2004	commando May 13 2005, 04:53 PM Have you guys heard of the Virginia Military Institute? It is also known as the West Point of the South. The only difference is that it is not technically a pure military academy. It has a lot of ROTC programs and commission is optional after graduation (that means, you don't have to serve in the military after graduation) just like the Japanese Defense Academy. VMI's notable students are Goerge C. Marshal (US Army Chief-of-Staff during WWII) and George S. Patton Jr. (Commander of the US 3rd and 7th Army during WWII). Maybe we should have a second PMA. But what should we name it? And where should we establish it? :snipemo: :snipemo: :snipemo: Semper Fidelis et Paratus George S. Patton Jr. was a graduate of USMA. He attended the Virginia Military Institute for one year and went on to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point on June 11, 1909. he was turned back because of Math and he graduated as an Adjutant.
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commando	May 15 2005, 01:10 PM Post #7
Member Posts: 407 Group: Regulars Member #458 Joined: May 12, 2005	I did say that he was a student od VMI. I didn't say that he was a graduate of VMI. And I know he graduated from USMA in 1909 after 5 years of studying (he was forced to repeat his first year because of bad grades). Semper Fidelis et Paratus
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shadowsniper	May 15 2005, 01:16 PM Post #8
Member Posts: 226 Group: Regulars Member #120 Joined: September 8, 2004	commando May 15 2005, 01:10 PM I did say that he was a student od VMI. I didn't say that he was a graduate of VMI. And I know he graduated from USMA in 1909 after 5 years of studying (he was forced to repeat his first year because of bad grades). Semper Fidelis et Paratus
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shadowsniper	May 15 2005, 01:25 PM Post #9
Member Posts: 226 Group: Regulars Member #120 Joined: September 8, 2004	there are only 2 cadet corps in the world who fought in a war as a single unit while still studying as cadets... the cadet corps of VMI who fought in the American Civil War.. . and the CCAP ( Cadet Corps Army of the Philippines) of PMA who fought as a unit during World War II before the deactivation of the prewar PMA..
	"The important things are always simple and the simple are always hard." LET'S GO ARMY!!!


Ventisei26	May 15 2005, 04:31 PM Post #10
Trainee Posts: 43 Group: Trainees Member #421 Joined: April 6, 2005	shadowsniper May 15 2005, 01:25 PM there are only 2 cadet corps in the world who fought in a war as a single unit while still studying as cadets... the cadet corps of VMI who fought in the American Civil War.. . and the CCPA ( Cadet Corps of the Philippine Army) of PMA who fought as a unit during World War II before the deactivation of the prewar PMA.. You forgot to mention the Corps of Cadets of The Military College of South Carolina, better known as Citadel, so there are not only 2 cadet corps that fought as a single unit in the world. The Corps of Cadets of the Citadel participated in 8 engagements against the Union Army. Also, the Citadel graduates were among the first contingents of American troops to fight with the English and the French divisions during World War I. If I am not mistaken, the VMI and Citadel are not under the Federal Government, they are under the state government of Virginia and South Carolina. And mostly the funding of these schools are from the states. Or probably both are from the state government and federal government. (parang 70% state, 30% federal, this is not the exact estimate. opinion lang) If the Philippines are to build military institute or college, would there be a province or a region that is willing to allocate funding to this school? Even if the funding is 50% from the provincial or regional government, and 50% from the national government, it's unlikely going to happen.



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