School of Infantry
A School of Infantry provides training in weapons and infantry tactics to infantrymen of a nation's military forces.
Schools of infantry include:
Australia
- Australian Army - School of Infantry, Lone Pine Barracks at Singleton, NSW.
France
Sri Lanka
Turkey
- Turkish Army - Tuzla Piyade Okulu, at Tuzla, İstanbul.
United Kingdom
- British Army - Infantry Training Centre at Catterick; Infantry Battle School, at Brecon, Wales.
- Royal Marines - Commando Training Centre Royal Marines, Lympstone, Devon
United States
- United States Army - Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
- United States Marine Corps -
- The Basic School (TBS) at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia - (Mission: "Train and educate newly commissioned or appointed officers in the ... warfighting skills required of a rifle platoon commander" and conducts initial infantry MOS qualification training for Marine infantry officers.)
- School of Infantry (SOI) - (Conducts post-Recruit Training for enlisted Marines in basic infantry and combat skills to ensure that "Every Marine is, first and foremost, a Rifleman" and conducts initial infantry MOS qualification training for infantry Marines.)
- SOI(East) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
- SOI(West) at Camp Pendleton, California.
See also
- Individual Movement/Minor Techniques
- Recruit training
- Military academy
- Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) - US Army and USMC job classification
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