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:

Australien

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

Frankreich

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

Indonesien

• 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)

Südafrika

• South African Army – South African Infantry School, at Oudtshoorn, Western Cape.

Sri Lanka

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

Türkei

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

Vereinigtes Königreich

• British Army – Infantry Training Centre at Catterick; Infantry Battle School, at Brecon, Wales; the former School of Infantry, Warminster
• Royal Marines – Commando Training Centre Royal Marines, Lympstone, Devon

Vereinigte Staaten

• United States Army – 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