New Mexico Military Institute is located in Roswell, New Mexico. Founded in 1891 by Col. Robert S. Goss as the Goss Military Institute, and inspired by Virginia Military Institute, NMMI includes a four-year high school and a two-year junior college. It is one of five Military Junior Colleges in the United States. NMMI first admitted women as cadets in 1977, although some women did attend as day students in the early years of the school. Flag Seal Nickname: All America City Location Location in the state of New Mexico. ... The Virginia Military Institute (VMI), located in Lexington, Virginia, is the second oldest state military college in the United States[2] (after The Citadel). ... In the United States, a Military Junior College is a military-style junior college that allows cadets to become commissioned officers in the armed forces in two years, instead of the usual four. ...

The school's motto is "Duty, Honor, and Achievement."

The school's teams are the Broncos (Jr. College) and the Colts (High School). The school's colors are red, black, grey and white.

The school's Honor Code is "A Cadet Will Not Lie, Cheat, or Steal, Nor Tolerate Those Who Do."

One of NMMI's nicknames is "The West Point of the West."

The current Commandant of Cadets is Brigadier General Richard B. Geraci.

Corps of Cadets==

The Institute's cadets are comprised into a Corps of Cadets, which is organized into one regiment. (At times, the Corps had been organized into other systems to reflect the different branch associations it had. NMMI is currently associated with the cavalry, and thus the Corps is organized into a regiment.) The regiment, commanded by the highest-ranking cadet, a cadet colonel, who is the regimental commander, or RC. The RC is provided with his or her staff, "Regimental," who oversee important areas of the Corps, and are usually cadets who have attended the Institute for at least five years. The Regimental Staff includes: the Executive Officer (a cadet lieutenant colonel), the RC's second in command; the Regimental Operations Officer (a cadet major), who assists the RC in planning Corps activities; the Regimental Adjutant (a cadet major), who reads orders from the Commandant and is responsible to the XO; the Regimental Inspector General (a cadet major) is responsible for conducting formal inspections and investigating cases of fraternization; the Provost Marshall (a cadet major) who is responsible for making and supervising a guard duty roster and oversees the cadet constabulary force; and the Command Sergeant Major (a cadet CSM), who is responsible for the NCO chain of command. Additionally, there is the Honor Board Chairman (a cadet lieutenant colonel), who oversees the implementation of the cadet Honor Code and prosecutes all honor offenses. The HBC is assisted by an Honor and Ethics Sergeant Major, who is responsible for investigating all honor offenses.

The regiment itself divided into four squadrons, each commanded by a cadet lieutenant colonel, the squadron commander. The Squadron has its own staff with a squadron XO (cadet major), squadron adjutant (cadet captain) and squadron sergeant major (cadet SGM). The Squadron Commander oversees the squadron and implements the orders of the RC to his staff.

Further, each squadron is divided into three or four troops (although that number can change from time to time), which are the main administrative units at NMMI. Currently all squadrons are completely integrated with high school and college students together.

Each Troop consists of anywhere from 40 to 90 cadets, and is commanded by a Troop Commander (cadet Captain), and the troop staff usually consists of a 1st Sergeant (cadet 1st SGT) and an XO (cadet 1st LT). The Troop is divided into to platoons, currently one high school and one collge per troop. The platoon is commanded by a Platoon Leader (cadet 2nd LT) and is assited by a Platoon Sergeant (cadet SFC). There are usually 3-4 squads per platoon, roughly 8 cadets in each, with a Squad Leader (cadet Staff Sergeant) in charge with 1 or 2 team leaders. The Squad, Platoon, and Troop are the most basic elements in the Corps, and usually regarded as the most important.==Notable alumni==

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• Bill Daniels, cable television pioneer.
• Sam Donaldson of ABC News
• Ira B. Harkey, awarded the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
• Conrad Hilton, founder of the Hilton Hotel chain (caught breaking into the mess hall one night)
• Conrad Hilton Jr., American socialite
• Paul Horgan, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author who also served as the school's librarian for a time.
• Peter Hurd, artist and friend of Horgan's who painted the controversial presidential portait of Lyndon B. Johnson (also operated an on-campus distillery while a cadet)
• Jessica Jaymes, Adult-film actress
• Victor Lownes, Playboy Enterprises executive
• Craig McNeil, an Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse prosecutor and contributor to the Village Voice. He once helped put a Mini Cooper sideways in the little Sally port.
• Hal Mumme, collegiate football coach
• Anthony Principi, the 4th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
• Chuck Roberts, news anchor for CNN Headline News
• Daniel Santiago, professional basketball player and member of the Puerto Rican national basketball team
• Roger Staubach, quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys
• Casey Urlacher, Arena League football player
• Major General Edwin Walker, target of Lee Harvey Oswald
• Frank D. White, governor of Arkansas (who defeated Bill Clinton after his first term)
• Owen Wilson, movie actor (Bottle Rocket, Shanghai Knights) (It was also rumored that he was kicked in the face by a horse while attending)
• Quito Washington, Film Producer (Always A Bridesmaid, Reason 2 Kill)

• Dr. Richard Weiss,

Two-time slalom Olympic kayaker; finished sixth in the slalom event at the 1996 Summer Games and honored as Kayak Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Olympic Committee. First American to win a medal in men's kayak at a the World Championships when he won the silver on the Noce River in Mezzana, Italy, in 1993. Graduated from high school in 1981 from NMMI as his class’s valedictorian. Weiss was a two time undefeated New Mexico State wrestling champion. Richard Weiss was selected to the NMMI Hall of Fame in 2001. Weiss earned a Masters degree in Hydrogeology from Penn State University, in State College, Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dr. Weiss died in a kayak accident when he went over a 15–foot waterfall and did not resurface at Trout Lake, Wash., June 25, 1997. Brinker International Restaurant Chain is the parent company of Chilis and several other restaurant chains. ... // Robert W. 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Jessica Jaymes (born March 8, 1981) is an American pornographic actress. ... Victor Aubrey Lownes III (born 1928, Florida, USA). ... Playboy redirects here. ... Born in 1968 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Bronze Star Medal recipient Craig A. McNeil served as the command judge advocate (base lawyer) at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2004. ... Map of Iraq highlighting Abu Ghraib The city of Abu Ghraib (BGN/PCGN romanization: AbÅ« Ghurayb; أبو غريب in Arabic) in Iraq is located 20 km (12 miles) west of Baghdad just north of the Baghdad International Airport. ... The Village Voice is a New York City-based weekly newspaper featuring investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts reviews and events listings for New York City. ... For the new MINI, see MINI (BMW). ... An example of a Sally port, here is the main entrance to Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland. ... Hal Clay Mumme (March 29, 1952 - ) is a football coach in the United States of America. ... 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City Irving, Texas Other nicknames Americas Team, The Boys Team colors White, Royal, Navy, Metallic Silver-Green Head Coach Bill Parcells Owner Jerry Jones General manager Jerry Jones Mascot Rowdy [1] League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1960-present) Western Conference (1960) Eastern Conference (1961-1969) Capitol Division (1967... Casey Urlacher (born August 24th, 1979 in Pasco, Washington) is an American football player for the Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League. ... The Arena Football League (AFL) sometimes referred to by fans as the Arena League was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ... Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General German Generalmajor Insignia Major General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Major General Edwin Anderson Walker (November 10, 1909 - October 31, 1993) was a member of the United States Army notable for his right wing political views and for being the target of Lee Harvey Oswald. ... 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