GENSANarium will be on hiatus for the next two years or so. For the mean time, posts subtitled as SIDE TRIPS will be featured which highlight other places and events in the Philippines. Enjoy! - Admin, 2/10/14

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Side Trip: Philippine Military Academy




One of the key places to visit in Baguio City is the Philippine Military Academy. The place is not just an academic stronghold of military trainees, but it also offers fresh sites where friends and families can simply bask in the cold air and enjoy the myriad attractions.

According to my friend (Wikipedia), the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), serving as the country’s military school of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, was established on December 21, 1936 by the virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 1.

The PMA was initially established as Academia Militar on October 25, 1898 at Malolos, Bulacan, and later as Officer’s School of the Philippine Constabulary on February 17, 1905 at Intramuros, Manila. It was only in September 1, 1908 that the school was relocated to Baguio City, and on December 21, 1935, it was renamed Philippine Military Academy. It was then permitted to grant Bachelor of Science degree after completion of their four-year curriculum.

The school is open for guests and visitors. And when I and my friends went there, we couldn’t help but be amazed at the amazing sites everywhere. In the road entering the school, they had this oval thing erected which I don’t know what. LOL
Towering buildings and honorary structures are spread everywhere….
 
 
Parks just can be found all around. Anyone can have fun with their countless displays such as a boat with machine gun, sun dial, and planes….
They also have this treehouse which will give you a good view of the campus….
The school simply gives a good venue for some selfies and pictorials. LOL…
And of course, the cadets and trainees can be found jogging or marching around the campus.
 
So if you are up for some unconventional itinerary in your trip to Baguio City, try visiting the Philippine Military Academy. Well, this is what I got for myself at PMA.

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