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'''Marion Military Institute, the Military College of Alabama''', ('''MMI''', sometimes '''Marion Institute''', '''Marion Military''', or simply '''Marion''') is a [[Public college|public]] [[military junior college]] in [[Marion, Alabama]]. Founded in 1842, it is the official state [[military academy|military college]] of [[Alabama]] and the nation's oldest military junior college.<ref name="EncyclopediaAL">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3704 |title=Marion Military Institute|access-date=2017-08-04 |publisher=Encyclopedia of Alabama |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Alabama }}</ref>
Marion Military Institute is one of only four military junior colleges in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://marionmilitary.edu/admissions/military-path/|title=Military Path |access-date=2017-09-06 |publisher=Marion Military Institute |last=Marion Military Institute }}</ref> These programs include the Army's two-year [[Early Commissioning Program]] (ECP), an Army [[Reserve Officers Training Corps]] program through which qualified cadets can earn a commission as a [[Second Lieutenant]] after only two years of college.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://marionmilitary.edu/army-early-commissioning-program-ecp/ |title=Army Early Commissioning Program (ECP) |access-date=2017-09-10 |publisher=Marion Military Institute |last=Marion Military Institute |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910220546/https://marionmilitary.edu/army-early-commissioning-program-ecp/ |archive-date=2017-09-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> MMI's ECP is one of the country's leading [[U.S. Army]] commissioning programs.<ref name="EncyclopediaAL"/> The [[United States service academies|Service Academy]] Program (SAP) is a freshman year of academic and physical preparation for students who wish to attend one of the Service Academies in the United States. It is designated, endorsed, and selected by all five Service Academies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://marionmilitary.edu/service-academy-program-sap/ |title=Service Academy Program (SAP) |access-date=2017-09-10 |publisher=Marion Military Institute |last=Marion Military Institute |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906091931/https://marionmilitary.edu/service-academy-program-sap/ |archive-date=2017-09-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> MMI also offers [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] [[Platoon Leaders Course]] (PLC) and the first two years of [[Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://marionmilitary.edu/u-s-marine-corps-plc-program/ |title=U.S. Marine Corps PLC Program |access-date=2017-09-10 |publisher=Marion Military Institute |last=Marion Military Institute }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://marionmilitary.edu/air-force-rotc-afrotc/ |title=Air Force ROTC (AFROTC) |access-date=2017-09-10 |publisher=Marion Military Institute |last=Marion Military Institute }}</ref> Over the years, MMI has produced more than 200 generals and admirals in the [[United States Armed Forces]].<ref name="mmigen&adm">{{cite web |url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:1xOIAeehbUgJ:https://www.marionmilitary.edu/skins/userfiles/file/MARION%2520MILITARY%2520INSTITUTE%2520ADMIRALS%2520AND%2520GENERALS%2520edited(1).pdf+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us |title=Marion Military Institute Generals and Admirals |access-date=2017-09-10 |publisher=Marion Military Institute }}{{dead link|date=February 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0405/17/lol.01.html |title=Transcripts |access-date=2017-09-10 |publisher=CNN}}</ref>
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