Filtvelt Military Academy
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A torch of knowledge in a ocean of under-education, the Filtvelt Military Academy was one of only two military academy servicing the Federated Suns' Periphery-facing Outback region, later becoming the sole military academy of the independent Filtvelt Coalition.[1]
History
Federated Suns
Built in the later years of the Third Succession War, the Filtvelt Military Academy had much in common with the Kilbourne Academy. Like Kilbourne, the lack of educational options in the region would also lead the FMA to permit civilians to attend the academy's non-military classes. Primarily intended to help supply the Periphery units of the AFFS, units within the Crucis March such as the Crucis March Militias and the former FedCom RCTs recruited heavily from it. [2] [1]
The Academy was built without any research laboratories or high-tech simulators, and as a consequence it was forced to rely upon the innovation and dedication of its staff as they attempted to teach advanced subjects to a shockingly under-educated population with meager resources to draw on. Students at the Academy viewed it as their only hope to escape otherwise dead-end lives and many would do anything to gain admittence to the school, hoping to use it as a ticket to a new life.[3] Despite their determination many of the students simply couldn't handle the Academy's academic demands and the dropout rate was high every year.[1][3] Applicants were transferred to other academies when they went further in their academic field of studying. Graduates from Filtvet were considered second-rate compared to those from premier academy members like the NAIS or Albion.[1]
Filtvelt Coalition
After the Jihad the independent Filtvelt Coalition attempted to expand the Filtvelt Academy just as the Coalition's industrial and economic base was rapidly expanding. Unfortunately, this proved harder than hoped; the demand for qualified officers from the expanding Filtvelt Citizen's Militia continually outstripped the number of graduates from the Academy. This, combined with the generally low standard of education endemic to the worlds in the region rapidly created a "brain drain" in the early part of the thirty-second century, forcing Prime Minister Berko Okeke, ruler of the Coalition, to push through a combination of tax and spending increases that increased education facilities at both primary and university stages throughout the Coalition. These measures were successful to such an extent that worlds bordering the Coalition began to adopt them, but it took until 3138 for the Academy to be capable of producing enough trained personnel to meet the FCM's demands.[4]
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 41, "Filtvelt Military Academy Profile"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 156 "Military Forces - Military Education - Filtvelt Military Academy"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 129, "Filtvelt Military Academy"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 189, "Filtvelt Coalition"