New Mexico Military Institute

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New Mexico Military Institute is located in Roswell, New Mexico. Founded in 1891 by Col. Robert S. Goss as the Goss Military Institute, and inspired by Virginia Military Institute, NMMI includes a four-year high school and a two-year junior college. It is one of five Military Junior Colleges in the United States. NMMI first admitted women as cadets in 1977, although some women did attend as day students in the early years of the school.

The school's motto is "Duty, Honor, and Achievement"

The school's teams are the Broncos (Jr. College) and the Colts (High School). The school's colors are red, and black.

The school's Honor Code is "A Cadet Will Not Lie, Cheat, or Steal, Nor Tolerate Those Who Do."

One of NMMI's nicknames is "The West Point of the West."

The current Commandant of Cadets is Brigadier General Richard B. Geraci.

[edit] Corps of Cadets

The Institute's cadets form a Corps of Cadets, which is organized into a single regiment. The Corps had been organized into other systems to reflect the different branch associations it had. NMMI is currently associated with the cavalry, and thus the regiment is made up of squadrons and troops (see below).

The regimental commander is a cadet Colonel. The RC is provided with his or her staff, who oversee important areas of the Corps, and are usually cadets who have attended the Institute for at least five years. The Regimental Staff includes: the Executive Officer (a cadet lieutenant colonel), the RC's second in command; the Regimental Operations Officer (a cadet major), who assists the RC in planning Corps activities; the Regimental Adjutant (a cadet major), who is responsible to the XO; the Regimental Inspector General (a cadet major) is responsible for conducting formal inspections and investigating cases of fraternization; the Provost Marshall (a cadet major) who is responsible for making and supervising a guard duty roster and oversees the cadet constabulary; and the Command Sergeant Major (a cadet CSM), who is responsible for the NCO chain of command. Additionally, there is the Honor Board Chairman (a cadet lieutenant colonel), who oversees the implementation of the cadet Honor Code and prosecutes all honor offenses. The HBC is assisted by an Honor and Ethics Sergeant Major, who is responsible for investigating all honor offenses.

The regiment itself divided into four squadrons, each commanded by a cadet lieutenant colonel, the squadron commander. The Squadron has its own staff with a squadron XO (cadet major), squadron adjutant (cadet captain) and squadron sergeant major (cadet sergeant major). The Squadron Commander oversees the squadron and implements the orders of the RC to his staff.

Further, each squadron is divided into three or four troops (although that number can change from time to time), which are the primary administrative units at NMMI. Currently all squadrons have a mix of ages (high school and college) and genders. From time to time the gender imbalance of the student body does require the formation of all-male Troops.

Each Troop consists of anywhere from 40 to 90 cadets, and is commanded by a Troop Commander (cadet Captain), and the troop staff usually consists of a 1st Sergeant (cadet 1st SGT) and an XO (cadet 1st LT). The Troop is divided into two platoons. Currently, there is one high school platoon and one college platoon per troop. The platoon is commanded by a Platoon Leader (cadet 2nd LT) who is assisted by a Platoon Sergeant (cadet SFC). There are usually 3-4 squads per platoon, roughly 8 cadets in each, with a Squad Leader (cadet Staff Sergeant) in charge with 1 or 2 team leaders. The Squad, Platoon, and Troop are the most basic elements in the Corps, and usually regarded as the most important.

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