École militaire interarmes

The EMIA is the heir of various military branch (i.e. infantry, cavalry and artillery) schools dating from the early 19th century and intended to train army officers promoted from the enlisted ranks (militaires du rang), from non-commissioned officers (sous-officiers) or from the reserves (anciens officiers de réserve).

The merged academies formed the School of Cherchell-Mediouna, created after the German occupation of the Southern Zone of France.

The EMS consisted of two branches: the battalion of unique contest Services (CUS) and the pre-competition pack EMIA (PPEMIA).

Candidates competing to enter the Ecole Militaire InterArmes must: Events: EMIA students are nicknamed "dolos" after the brand of corned beef of old combat rations.

During ceremonies, they wear the parade dress uniform, called "TP" and the curved cavalry saber, representing the future duty as commissioned officers upon graduation.

EMIA cadets during the Bastille Day military parade .
The standard guards of the École militaire interarmes (EMIA) and of the École militaire du corps technique et administratif (EMCTA), parade on the 14th of July 2008 on the Champs-Élysées, Paris. The Minister of Defence Gérard Longuet presented on 14 May 2011 the Cross of the Légion d'honneur to the EMIA, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of this school.