The California Military Academy is a
military academy of the
California Army National Guard located at
Camp San Luis Obispo.
History
The school started as an idea of an "
Officer Candidate School" (OCS) in 1950. However, a need for an academy in
California convinced Major General Curtis D. O’Sullivan to start a program. The school's first graduating class was in 1951. During the next ten years, the program began to expand. However, the school was not called the California Military Academy until 1961, when training officially came under the new academy. In 1974, the first women graduates were commissioned from the program, two years before
West Point started admitting women. The
223rd Infantry Regiment became the official school infantry. Today the academy continues the traditions started half a century ago.
One of the most prominent symbols of the academy is an
eagle
Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...
, found on the side of Guard Mountain.
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Notable alumni
*Charles Frederick Crocker
Charles Frederick Crocker (December 26, 1854 – July 17, 1897) was vice president of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
Biography
He was born in Sacramento on December 26, 1854, the eldest son of Mary Ann and Charles Crocker. He was educate ...
-railroad business man
* Tom Selleck, actor
Original academy
From 1865 to 1920, the original academy was in Oakland
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay A ...
. It was also known as McClure's Military Academy or the Oakland Military Academy.
See also
* California National Guard
* California Army National Guard
* California State Guard
*Theta Kappa Omega
Theta Kappa Omega (), also known by its nicknames TKO or "Teke", was a social Secondary Fraternities for high school–aged men founded in 1872 at California Military Academy in Mayfield, California. The fraternity established local chapters in to ...
*223rd Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 223rd Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army. The regiment was part of the California Army National Guard, and had Soldiers from the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Three members of the 223rd Infantry Regiment were awarded t ...
References
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Military academies of the United States
Military Academy
Schools in San Luis Obispo County, California
Educational institutions established in 1950
1950 establishments in California
Cuesta College
Government of San Luis Obispo County, California
Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni