[2][3] All students are required to participate in the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps, or NJROTC; DMA is the first successful all-JROTC military charter school in the US.

[5] All DMA students are referred to as cadets and the school is organized to reflect that of the US military and JROTC standards.

[6] DMA is a college-preparatory school that offers honors, AP, and dual-enrollment classes through Delaware Technical and Community College.

[4] The State of Delaware gave DMA a "Superior" ranking for high scores on standardized testing and they were named a Blue Ribbon School in 2019.

[8] In 2015, DMA purchased just under six additional acres of land with the intention of constructing a third building for this purpose and announced its plans for a gymnasium (called the "drill deck") in 2016.