Military School Blog

At the end of School Year 2018, four St. John's Northwestern Military Academy alumni were attending the United States Military Academy at West Point, and a fifth one had just accepted his appointment to attend there in fall 2018. In fact, in reviewing a list of St. John's Northwestern Military Academy (SJNMA) graduates over the past 25 years, there has been a total of 31 service academy...

On Sept. 30, the University of North Georgia (UNG) Boar's Head Brigade held the 2018 Distinguished Military Students (DMS) Review, which is conducted annually to honor senior ROTC cadets who have excelled academically and as leaders. "UNG and the U.S. Army ROTC program are honored to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of the 2018 DMS recipients," said Col. Joshua D. Wright, the professor...

Randolph-Macon Academy (R-MA) Dean of Instructional Leadership and Innovation Dr. Tess Hegedus has announced that R-MA seniors Noelle Kramer and Hong Li "Henry" Liu have been named Commended Students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented to these...

People from all across the country are gathering in central Virginia to talk about the challenges associated with running a new military school, and how they’ll face guiding young men and women through a strict set of lessons. “The demands of running a military school are very significant, and so this offers us an opportunity to help those people who are coming in to learn from the lessons...

On Saturday, Sep. 1, 2018, AMCSUS Executive Director Colonel Ray Rottman interviewed Major James Bithorn, alumnus of three schools within the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States. The common thread between the Association's diverse network of schools is they all use the military education model. The military education model provides students with a unique...