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| Special Schools | |
|---|---|
| Automotive School, Madrid (Villaverde) | Numerous familiarization and specialization courses for officers and enlisted men. Courses for officers are usually 2 months in length and those for enlisted men are usually 4 months. |
| Central School of Physical Education, Toledo | Provides courses of varying lengths to train officers and NCOs of the army, navy, air force, and the Spanish Civil Guard as physical education instructors; selected civilians may attend. |
| Army Polytechnic School, Madrid | Provides trained officer personnel for the armament and construction engineers. Provides a 5-year specialization course for university graduates with technical degrees seeking a career in the army; instruction is directed toward military weapons and equipment, construction, and communications. Army officers who lack a technical background may take the course after a 2-year preparatory course also given at the school. |
| Geodetics and Topographic School, Madrid | Technical and specialized training for officers assigned to the geographic service; courses are 1 or 2 years in length and are scheduled only as required. |
| Combat Arms Academies | |
| General Military Academy, Zaragoza | Provides first 2 years of academy training. |
| Infantry Academy, Toledo | Provides the final 2 years of specialized instruction for infantry officer candidates from the General Military Academy and the Auxiliary Military Academy. Also provides a short general orientation course for officer candidates seeking careers in the medical, veterinary, pharmacy, law (judge advocate), and auditing services. |
| Cavalry Academy, Valladolid | Provides the final 2 years of specialized instruction for cavalry (including armor) officer candidates from the General Military Academy and the Auxiliary Military Academy. |
| Artillery Academy, Segovia | Provides the final 2 years of specialized instruction for artillery officer candidates from the General Military Academy and the Auxiliary Military Academy. |
| Engineer Academy, Burgos | Provides the final 2 years of specialized instruction for engineer (including signal) officer candidates from the General Military Academy and the Auxiliary Military Academy. |
| Special Academy | |
| Civil Guard Academy, Madrid | Provides the final 2 years of specialized training for officer candidates who are graduates of the General Military Academy and who have chosen careers in the Civil Guard. Cadets from some South American countries have attended this academy. |
| Corps and Service Academies | |
| Quartermaster Academy, Avila | Provides the final 2 years of specialized instruction for quartermaster officer candidates from the General Military Academy and the Auxiliary Military Academy. |
| Medical Academy (includes Veterinary, Pharmacy Academy, Law Academy, Auditing Academy), Madrid | These four academies, all in Madrid, provide 1 or 2 years of specialized instruction for university graduates holding degrees related to the fields in which they are seeking army commissions; candidates attend a short indoctrination course at the Infantry Academy prior to their specialization course in the field of their choice, which is followed by a short training period at the General Military Academy; they are commissioned as captains. The Law and Auditing Academies provide advanced courses for officers in those specialties. |
| Law Academy, Madrid | Advanced specialization course consisting of 4 months of instruction by correspondence, followed by 4 months of classroom instruction at the school; requirement for promotion to major. This school also provides 1 to 2 years of instruction for officer candidates, as noted in detailed discussion of the academies. |
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