Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Military Academy

Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Military Academy
Escuela Militar del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme
Front facade of the Military Academy.
Active16 March 1817
Country Chile
AllegianceMinistry of National Defense (Chile)
Branch Chilean Army
TypeMilitary academy
RoleTraining officers for the Chilean Army
Garrison/HQLas Condes, Santiago
MottosMerit, Virtue and Patriotism
Colours  Yellow
  Black
  Prussian blue
March"Radetzky March" by Johann Strauss I
EngagementsBattle of Maipú
DecorationsBicentennial Decoration of the Republic of Chile (2010)
Websitehttp://www.escuelamilitar.cl
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Guillermo Castro Bertrand
Ceremonial chiefLieutenant colonel Rodrigo Gallardo Rodríguez
Colonel of
the Regiment
Captain Leonel Coppia L.

The Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Military Academy (Spanish: Escuela Militar del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins), commonly known as the Military Academy (Escuela Militar), is the institution responsible for training officers for the Chilean Army. Its graduates enter the officer corps with the rank of ensign (alférez).