combat techniques (A.I.C), with orientation and observation techniques and all battlefield activities.
- Second year, chosen patrolman who has successfully completed the corse with the same name commonly referred to as the daring course by passing a final exam with the simulation of combat. This course is held in July on the Apennines near Modena for the aspiring field marshals, while for the other personnel it is held at the Infantry School of Cesano and it tests individual combat skills, as well as command and leadership skills in all types of combat. This is a very important exam for students as it is necessary for the promotion to second lieutenant and the beginning of the three year specialization at the Scuola di applicazione e Istituto di Studi Militari in Turin.
The Coat of Arms of the Academy was instituted by the decree of the Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga in 1987. It is shaped like a modern French shield with red and gold; it has four coats of arms on it. From the left going clockwise: the coat of arms of the Academy of Infantry and Cavalry of Modena, a shield with the coats of arms the d'Este family and the founder of the Royal Academy, the Savoy family, the coat of arms of the Academy of Artillery and Strategy of Turin, and a shield divided in firths with the coat of arms of Modena and the symbols of the Piemonte region. The turreted crown above the coat of arms represents the Republic. Under it there is the motto: “UNA ACIES” (in Latin, a single rank of troops).
Number and name of classes
Every class has a number. This tradition was begun at the first schools in both Turin and Modena, each based on when they were founded in 1815 and 1860 respectively. When the school was reopened after the second world war, they decided to unify the schools and began numbering from zero. However, in 1968, it was decided to use the original Turin numbering, beginning with the 150th class. Some numbers are missing or out of order due to wartime activities when classes were accelerated or skipped altogether. Each class, along with its number, is given a motto, assigned from among twenty different names, so classes have the same name every twenty years, and there are ceremonies to honor the classes both forty and twenty years behind the current one.
- Arthur Fonjallaz, Swiss Brigadier General, politician and publisher
- Asim Zeneli, Albanian military commander and politician
- Biagio Abrate, Italian General and Chief of Defence Staff of Italy
- Charles Cornwallis, British Army officer who surrendered at Yorktown during the American Revolution
- Edmondo De Amicis, Italian novelist, journalist, poet and short-story writer
- Francesco Baracca, Italian World War I ace pilot
- Francesco Vida, Italian military officer and skier
- Gaetano Cozzi, Italian historian and professor
- Gaetano Giardino, Italian Marshal
- Gerolamo Emilio Gerini, Italian academic and diplomat
- Janko Vukotić, Montenegrin General
- Leopoldo Nobili, Italian physicist
- Luigi Ugolini, Italian writer
- Mauro del Vecchio, Italian General and Senator of the Republic of Italy
- Muse Hassan Sheikh Sayid Abdulle, Somali Brigadier General and acting President of Somalia
- Nicola Bellomo, Italian General
- Pier Ruggero Piccio, Italian aviator and founding Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force
- Pietro Maletti, Italian Major General
- Riccardo Fedel, Italian guerilla leader and political activist
- Robert William Wilcox, Hawaiian revolutionary soldier and politician
- Stefano Zappalà, Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament
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