US Military Academy
1
3.5
- proper noun
- /juː ɛs ˈmɪlɪtəri əˈkædəmi/
:
Academia Militar de los EE. UU.
- As the US got involved in more and more wars, most of these politically connected disillusioned US Military Academy graduates left, and the OCS (Prior US Military Service Enlisted or NCO), ROTC (Prior US Military Service "Retreads") commissioned US Military Officers became more prevalent.
Examples
-
The US Military Academy at West Point is renowned for producing some of America's most distinguished military leaders.
-
And just like previous RIFs, it will be the US Military Academy graduates that remain on active duty, while the experienced OCS and ROTC commissioned officers get RIF'd (again).
Blog text (6) -
General Vallely graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned in the Army in 1961, serving a distinguished career of 32 years in the Army.
Blog text (17) -
That "Good Old Boy Network" used to be those US Military Academy graduates with US politician connections (how they got nominated to the US Military Academies in the first place), protecting each other (including US politicians' interventions).
Blog text (6) -
He graduated from—and later taught at—the US Military Academy at West Point, an institution guided by the motto "Duty, Honor, Country."
Blog text (1) -
Many future leaders are trained at the US Military Academy, where they learn the values of duty and honor.
-
Each year, thousands of aspiring officers apply to the US Military Academy to pursue a career in the U.S. Army.
Synonyms
31
4.1
An American army school on the west bank of the Hudson River north of New York City
1
4.9
A school at West Point that trains people to be officers in the United States Army
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: US (United States) + military (related to soldiers) + academy (training institution) yields an institution that trains military personnel in the United States. This straightforward noun‑phrase compounding is cross‑linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The US Military Academy began in 1802 at West Point, a high spot on the Hudson River where young soldiers lived, studied, and trained to be army officers. Because it was a school run by the army to 'train officers', the name now means 'the main US school for army officers'.