02-14-2007, 12:19 PM
Incidentally, by coincidence I happened to be reading a book that was talking about academies last night. It said that you couldn't make colonel without attending intermediate-level academy and that you couldn't make general without attending higher-staff academy, but, unless I'm badly mistaken, I seem to recall reading about exceptions having occasionally been made. Again, I could be wrong, and don't want to have to thumb through piles of Soviet Military Review looking for some bio that I barely recall.
The book I was looking at last night said that academy courses could be taken by correspondance, which I don't think that I knew. Apparantly it took an extra year if you went that route (for the most part, intermediate-level academies were 2-3 years and higher-staff academies were five years).
There were also some pictures taken at an intermediate-level academy. Looked like most of the students were majors, with the occasional lieutenant colonel or captain. All of the instructors appeared to be colonels.
The book I was looking at last night said that academy courses could be taken by correspondance, which I don't think that I knew. Apparantly it took an extra year if you went that route (for the most part, intermediate-level academies were 2-3 years and higher-staff academies were five years).
There were also some pictures taken at an intermediate-level academy. Looked like most of the students were majors, with the occasional lieutenant colonel or captain. All of the instructors appeared to be colonels.
