Korea Army Academy (Yeongcheon) or KAAY is a military academy of the
Republic of Korea Army for training
officer cadets. Commonly known as "Choongsungdae" ( ko, 충성대,
Hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
: 忠誠臺) as a reference to its loyalty and devotion to the country, it produces the largest number of junior officers in the
Korean Army. The current Superintendent of the Academy is
Major General
Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...
Ko Chang-Jun
Campus
The main campus is located in
Yeongcheon
Yeongcheon () is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
Yeongcheon is located southeast of Seoul, in the southeast of North Gyeongsang Province. It is on the Gyeongbu Expressway linking Seoul and Busan, and is also the junction of t ...
, a south district of
Gyeongsangbuk-do,
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. Certain areas of the campus is open to the public on weekends. Visitors without South Korean citizenship must notify the Academy at least a week in advance to obtain permission for entry.
Admission
The Academy only accepts students who have completed their 1st and 2nd year of undergraduate studies (or an equivalent qualification recognized by the academy), and trains only junior and senior cadets (i.e. 3rd and 4th year of undergraduate studies).
Education
All cadets graduate with a bachelor's degree with majors in military science and another chosen major and are commissioned as
2nd lieutenant
Second lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces, comparable to NATO OF-1 rank.
Australia
The rank of second lieutenant existed in the military forces of the Australian colonies and Australian Army until ...
of the Korean army.
KAAY also actively engages in exchange partnerships with nearby US military units including USAG Daegu, 19th ESC, and Camp Mujuk.
See also
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Republic of Korea military academies The Republic of Korea military academies are military institutions for undergraduate education and training of commissioned officers of the Republic of Korea armed forces.
* Army - Korea Military Academy (육군사관학교)
* Army - Korea Army Ac ...
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Korea Military Academy (
ROK Army)
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Korea Air Force Academy
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, type = Service academy
, head_label = Superintendent
, head = Lieutenant General Lee, Sang Hak (June 2022 ~ present)
, city = Cheongju
, state = Chungbuk
, country = South Korea
, undergrad =
, postgr ...
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Korea Naval Academy
Republic of Korea Naval Academy is a four-year military academy located in Jinhae, South Korea. Established in 1946, it is the oldest of the 3 service academies of Korea. The school educates naval midshipmen for commissioning primarily into the ...
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Korea Army Officer Candidate School
Korea Army Officer Candidate School (KAOCS, Hangul: 육군 학사사관, Hanja: 陸軍 學士士官) provides training to become a commissioned officer in the Republic of Korea Army. Korea Army Officer Candidate School was first proposed on 28 June ...
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List of national universities in South Korea
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List of universities and colleges in South Korea
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Education in Korea Historically, Korea was differently ruled and named. The official records on organised education start with Three Kingdoms period.
* ???-108 BC Gojoseon
* 57 BC-668 - epoch of Three Kingdoms of Korea, Three Kingdoms: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla; in ...
References
External links
Homepage of the Korea Army Academy (Yeongcheon)
1968 establishments in South Korea
Army installations of the Republic of Korea
Military academies of South Korea
Universities and colleges in North Gyeongsang Province
Yeongcheon
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