School of Infantry




A School of Infantry provides training in weapons and infantry tactics to infantrymen of a nation's military forces.


Schools of infantry include:


Australia Australia



  • Australian Army – School of Infantry, Lone Pine Barracks at Singleton, NSW.

France France



  • French Army – École de l'infanterie, at Montpellier, France.

Indonesia
Indonesia




  • Indonesian Army - Infantry Education Center (Pusat Pendidikan Infanteri abbreviated Pusdikif), at Bandung, West Java


  • Indonesian Marine Corps - Marines Infantry Education Center (Pusat Pendidikan Infanteri Marinir abbreviated Pusdikifmar)


Sri Lanka Sri Lanka



  • Sri Lanka Army – Infantry Training Centre, at Minneriya.

Turkey Turkey



  • Turkish Army – Tuzla Piyade Okulu, at Tuzla, İstanbul.

United Kingdom United Kingdom




  • British Army – Infantry Training Centre at Catterick; Infantry Battle School, at Brecon, Wales


  • Royal Marines – Commando Training Centre Royal Marines, Lympstone, Devon


United States United States




  • United States Army – Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia.


  • United States Marine Corps –


    • The Basic School (TBS) at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia – (Mission: "Train and educate newly commissioned or appointed officers in the ... warfighting skills required of a rifle platoon commander" and conducts initial infantry MOS qualification training for Marine infantry officers.)

    • Infantry Officer Course (IOC) also at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia – More advanced infantry training for those newly commissioned officers who are selected to become infantry officers


    • School of Infantry (SOI) – (Conducts post-Recruit Training for enlisted Marines in basic infantry and combat skills to ensure that "Every Marine is, first and foremost, a Rifleman" and conducts initial infantry MOS qualification training for infantry Marines.)

      • SOI(East) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

      • SOI(West) at Camp Pendleton, California.







See also



  • Individual Movement/Minor Techniques

  • Recruit training

  • Military academy


  • Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) – US Army and USMC job classification










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