Talk:United States Service academies

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Gen. Westmoreland, recently passed on, was in the USMA class of '36. (or '35) - so I understand. Doing some research on Maj Gen Norman B. Edwards. I understand he was also in the same 1936 class at West Point. Where can I find more information on Norman Edwards? Also, would there be a site available listing the entire individual USMA classes? However, primarily interested in the 1935 and '36 classes. Or, is all of this still considered classified?

[edit] Prep Schools

Working on the West point Prep School article; Military Academy Preparatory School. Possibly list the prep schools for the US military academies, maybe bulleted under the full academy?

Zidel333 22:11, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This article is misnamed

This article is about United States Service academies. There is only on United States Military Academy and it is not appropriate to refer to the other service academies as military academies. Governance of the Service academies is dictated by DoD Directive 1322.22 "Service Academies" of 08/24/1994 which clearly shows that this is the correct term, and that the upper-case S for Service and the lower-case a for academies is correct DoD usage. There probably should be a redirect from United States military academies to this article, but the title of the article should be United States Service academies. I intend to pursue the necessary steps to change this. Ray Trygstad 21:21, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Pesco 21:31, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine

The F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine is not a service academy as students in the M.D. program are commissioned officers in the armed forces, and students in the M.D./Ph.D. program are civilians during the Ph.D. studies and are commissioned in the armed forces when they begin their M.D. studies. It is also a graduate education institution while the Service academies are undergraduate. I am updating the article to reflect this. Ray Trygstad 21:21, 28 April 2006 (UTC)