Philippine Military Academy
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The Philippine Military Academy (Filipino: Akademiya Militar ng Pilipinas / Academia Militar de Filipinas), also referred to by its acronym PMA, is a military academy in Baguio City, Philippines. It was established on December 21, 1936, by the virtue of National Defense Act of 1935. It is patterned after the United States Military Academy, in West Point, New York. Cadet candidates for admission must undergo and pass series of testing (Written, Physical, Medical and Neuro-Psychiatric); around 400 men and women enter the academy each June. Students are officers-in-training and referred to as "cadets" or collectively as the "Cadet Corps Armed Forces of the Philippines" (CCAFP). Tuition and monthly allowances are fully funded by the government in exchange for an active duty service obligation upon graduation. The academic program grants a Bachelor of Science in Management Major in Security Studies with a curriculum that maintains a high level standard of cadet's performance in academics, military tactics and sports & physical fitness. Graduates are commissioned as second lieutenants in the Philippine Army and Philippine Air Force and as ensigns in the Philippine Navy.
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