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A military academy serving one of the four branches of the U.S. armed forces.See military academy.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

Essential Desk Reference: Service Academies
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Army:

United States Military Academy
Attn: Public Affairs Office
Taylor Hall, Bldg. 600
West Point, NY 10996-1788
(914) 938-4261 www.usma.edu

Navy:

United States Naval Academy
Attn: Public Affairs Officer
121 Blake Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5000
(410) 267-2291 www.nadn.navy.mil

Air Force:

United States Air Force Academy
Attn: Public Affairs Officer
2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 320
U.S. Air Force Academy, CO 80840-5016
(719) 472-2990 www.usafa.af.mil

Coast Guard:

United States Coast Guard Academy*
Attn: Public Affairs Officer
15 Mohegan Avenue New
London, CT 06320-4195
(203) 444-8270 www.cga.edu

United States Merchant Marine Academy**

Attn: Public Affairs Officer
300 Steamboat Road
Kings Point, NY 11024
(516) 773-5000 www.usmma.edu

*The Coast Guard reports to the Department of the Navy in wartime; normally it is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation.

**The Merchant Marine Academy works closely with the U.S. armed forces, but is not a Defense Department organization.

Image U.S. Department of Defense. “Military Service Academies,” www.defenselink.mil/faq/pis/20.html



 
 

 

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