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Bangladesh Military Academy ( BMA) [1] is the military training institute for the officer cadets of Bangladesh Army. It is located in Bhatiary, near Chittagong Hill Tracts, in the Chittagong District of south-east Bangladesh, about 13 kilometers north of Chittagong. The academy is situated on the slopes of the Sitakunda hill ranges and the ...
The Bangladesh Armed Forces ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ সশস্ত্র বাহিনী, romanized : Bangladesh Sashastra Bahinī) are the military forces of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. They consist of the three uniformed military services: the Bangladesh Army, the Bangladesh Navy and the Bangladesh Air Force. The ...
Bangladesh Naval Academy is a reputed military academy for naval training in South Asia. It was established in 1976 at the premises of the Mercantile Marine Academy at Juludia, Chittagong, later shifted to BNS Issa Khan in Chittagong to train the cadets of the Bangladesh Navy. The academy shifted to its present location in 1988. [2]
During the 1972-73 tenure, engineers, signals, army services, ordnance, military police, remount veterinary and, farm and medical corps was established in Bangladesh Army. Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) was established in Comilla cantonment in 1974. On 11 January 1975, the passing out parade of the first Bangladesh Army short course took place.
Military. Chittagong is a strategically important military port on the Bay of Bengal. The Chittagong Naval Area is the principal base of the Bangladesh Navy and the home port of most Bangladeshi warships. The Bangladesh Naval Academy and the navy's elite special force- Special Warfare Diving and Salvage (SWADS) are also based in the city.
Since the 1980s, under International Military Education and Training (IMET), there has been development of military ties between the PLO and Bangladesh, with PLO soldiers attending one-year courses at the Bangladesh Military Academy in Chittagong. Current relations
Bangladeshi paratroopers descend from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules, during exercise Cope South over Bangladesh, Nov. 12, 2013. In 1976, special warfare wing was established at Chittagong Cantonment. Later, it was shifted to the Jalalabad Cantonment. From then this wing started working under the Bangladesh Army School of Infantry and Tactics.
The Bangladesh National Cadet Corps ( BNCC) is a tri-services volunteer reserve defence force comprising the Army, Navy and Air Force wing for school, college and university students. It is the second line of defence headed by Bangladesh Army. Students are trained by military staffs and personnel all through the cadet ship.