The Heroica Escuela Naval Militar is the officer training academy of the

Mexican Navy The Mexican Navy () is one of the components of the Mexican Armed Forces. The Secretariat of the Navy is in charge of administration of the navy. The commander of the navy is the Secretary of the Navy, who is both a cabinet minister and a career ...

. It began operations on 1 June 1897 with a group of cadets from the

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's Colegio Militar who had expressed an interest in training as naval officers. It was originally located on the premises of the military garrison in

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. Its original staff comprised one commandant (Captain Juan Antonio Bernal of the Navy), two officers and six teachers, with 26 cadets. It was given the appellation ''Heroica'' ("Heroic") for its efforts in defending the port during the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz. On 11 November 1952, the Academy moved to new premises in Antón Lizardo,

Before graduating, final year cadets take an instructional journey on the ARM ''Cuauhtémoc''. Since 2008, the school has accepted female cadets of the service branches. Currently, all graduates earn a

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degree with a major in engineering. There are six available concentrations: naval systems (general corps), Hydraulic engineering (marine infantry), naval mechanical engineering, engineering in electronics and naval communications, aeronaval engineering and logistics engineering.

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Escuela Naval Militar
( Secretariat of the Navy) {{Authority control Mexican Navy Military academies of Mexico Naval academies Educational institutions established in 1897 1897 establishments in Mexico