Troop Officers Military College
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Academia Militar de Oficiales de Tropa | |
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Former names | Troop Officers Training School |
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Motto in English | Home of the Troop Officers |
| Type | Military |
| Established | June 2012 |
Parent institution | Bolivarian Military University of Venezuela |
| Superintendent | RDML William Serantes Pinto, Venezuelan Navy |
| Location | Charallave, Miranda State, Venezuela |
| Colours | Red and White |
| Affiliations | Armed Forces of Venezuela |
| Website |
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The Troop Officers Military College (in Spanish Academia Militar de Oficiales de Tropa), is a military academy to train officers of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela in the troop level. It is also one of the two youngest component academies of the Bolivarian Military University of Venezuela, opened on June 1, 2012. Unlike the rest of the academies, the TOMC is a joint service academy, only serving experienced NCOs with a potential to become officers of the Armed Forces.
Mission statement
The mission of the Military Academy of Troop Officers is:[1]
To educate integrally with ethical values, spiritual morals and socialists, the official future that the Venezuelan society of the 21st Century requires, through a process that is humanistic, scientific, technical and interdisciplinary to accomplish tasks inherent to the functions as a commander of basic NBAF units, security missions and comprehensive defense of the Nation.
Curriculum and academic programs
Just like so many military academies in the world, the TOMC is a medium-sized, highly residential baccalaureate college, with a full-time, four-year undergraduate program that emphasizes instruction in the arts, sciences, and professions with no graduate program, preparing men and women who are by the time of their admission already serving as section and squad leaders in the enlisted ranks to take on the challenge of being commissioned officers at the troop (squad/detail, platoon/flight, company/troop/squadron or battalion/squadron/group) level in the NBAF. The academy is accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education.
Academic program
The academic program consists of a structured core of subjects depending on the cadet's chosen specialty as a future troop officer, balanced between the arts and sciences, plus additional emphasis in the service branch he/she will enter upon commissioning. Regardless of major, all cadets graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree.