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Marion Military Institute is the state military college of Alabama. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest two-year military college in the United States.

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Since 1842, Marion Military Institute (MMI), the nation's oldest military preparatory school and junior college, has achieved a national reputation for preparing young men and women for successful civilian and military careers. This is accomplished by providing the best possible educational program for its students in a conservative, disciplined environment thereby developing their intellectual, physical, moral, social and leadership capabilities.

       Students from all over the nation attend MMI to establish a strong foundation for future study, and to take advantage of its military training programs. MMI is one of only five Military Junior Colleges in the United States, which offer unique military training programs. 

       These programs include the Army's two-year Early Commissioning Program (ECP), an Army Reserve Officers Training Corps program through which qualified students can earn a commission as a Second Lieutenant after only two years of college. The Service Academy Preparation Program (SAP), a freshman year of solid academic and physical preparation for students who wish to attend one of the Service Academies (West Point, Air Force Academy, Naval Academy, or Coast Guard Academy). MMI also offers the first two years of Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps.

College Accreditation

Marion Military Institute (MMI) is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate of Arts and Associate of Science Degrees. MMI has association memberships in the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States and the Alabama College Conference. The accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation entitles all the services and privileges of regional, national and international professional recognition

College Activities

Swamp Fox Named after "Francis Marion" the Swamp Foxes are the elite of MMI and are required to maintain a 2.5 GPA and a 290 on an Army APFT; the two week regiment to join the ranks of the Swamp Foxes picks and chooses from various infantry schools i.e. Ranger, EIB, Air Assault, and Airborne. Many alumni Foxes often return to MMI and claim that the Swamp Fox training was the hardest thing they have ever done.

White Knights A small drill team that competes in various competitions across the country, marches in New Orleans each year, they often prove to be fierce competitors with the Swamp Foxes.