Koninklijke Militaire Academie
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Type | National military academy |
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Established | 1828 |
Students | Future officers in the Royal Dutch Army, the Royal Dutch Air Force or the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee |
Undergraduates | Bachelor's degree |
Location | , 51°35′29″N 4°46′31″E / 51.5915°N 4.7753°E |
Campus | Breda Castle on one kilometre square |
Affiliations | ISMS |
Website | Official website |
The Royal Military Academy (Dutch: Koninklijke Militaire Academie or KMA) is the service academy for the Dutch Army, the Dutch Air Force and the Royal Marechaussee. Located in Breda, Southern Netherlands, the KMA has trained future officers since 1828.
Description
The KMA offers a programme of study which lasts four or five years, depending on the academic major cadets choose.[1] Academic programmes have changed significantly during its history. In today's programme cadets are awarded a bachelor's degree upon graduation and commissioned in the Royal Netherlands Army, the Royal Netherlands Air Force or the Royal Marechaussee.[1] The KMA also offers a shortened officers course of one and a half years.[2] The training of the officers of the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Korps Mariniers is mainly done by the Royal Netherlands Naval College in Den Helder. The campus is about one kilometre square.
Alumni
Ranks
NATO code | OF(D) | Student officer | |||||
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OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-1 | ||||
5th year | 4th year | 3rd year | 2nd year | 1st year | |||
Royal Netherlands Army | |||||||
Vaandrig/Kornet | Sergeant/ Wachtmeester |
Korporaal der 1e klasse | Korporaal | Soldaat/ Huzaar/ Kanonier der 3e klasse | |||
Royal Netherlands Air Force | |||||||
Vaandrig | Sergeant | Korporaal der 1e klasse | Korporaal | Soldaat der 3de klasse | |||
Royal Marechaussee | |||||||
Kornet | Cadet Wachtmeester | Cadet Marechaussee der 1e klasse | Cadet Marechaussee der 2e klasse | Cadet Marechaussee der 4e klasse |
See also
References
- ^ a b Ministerie van Defensie. "Defensieacademie (NLDA)". www.nlda.nl.
- ^ Ministerie van Defensie. "Defensieacademie (NLDA)". www.nlda.nl.
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