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PMA MISSION'

To instruct, train and develop the cadets so that each graduate shall possess the character, the broad and basic military skills and essential to the successful pursuit of a progressive military career as a values-centered leader in the selfless services to the AFP and the nation."  PMA V ISSION

"We envision the Philippine Military Academy, by 2015, to be the premier leadership school, producing military professionals of character, dedicated to protect and help build the nation."

 HISTORY OF PMA - ABOUT THE ACADEMY'' The Philippine Military Academy began with the establishment of the Academia Militar on October 25, 1898 at Malolos, Bulacan by virtue of a decree issued by the first president of the young Philippine republic, General Emilio Aguinaldo. The Academia was a school that awarded its graduates regular commissions in the armed forces. The Academia existed up to 20 January 1899, when hostilities between the Americans and Filipinos erupted. On 17 February 1905, an Officer's school of the Philippine Constabulary was established at the Walled City of Intramuros in Manila. Three years later, on 01 September 1908, the school was relocated to Baguio City, initially at Camp Henry T Allen, and subsequently at Teacher's Camp.On 08 September 1926, the Philippine Legislature passed Act No. 3496 which renamed the school the ‘Philippine Constabulary Academy' and lengthened its course from nine months to three years with provisions to strengthen the faculty and revise its curriculumOn 21 December 1936, Commonwealth Act No. 1 (also known as the National Defense Act) was passed. The Law formally created the Philippine Military Academy and authorized it to confer a Bachelor of Science degree on its graduates after they successfully complete the four-year course. The outbreak of World War II in December 1941 disrupted training at the Academy. Classes 1942 and 1943 were graduated ahead of schedule, and its members were assigned to combat units in Bataan and other parts of the country. Many perished in the war. On 05 May 1947, the Academy reopened at Camp Henry T Allen. Due to the need for wider grounds, the Academy moved to its present site at Fort del Pilar in Loakan, some ten kilometers from downtown Baguio City. Fort del Pilar, named after the young hero of the battle of Tirad Pass, Gen Gregorio del Pilar, was developed into a military training institution with facilities and infrastructure required by a growing academy. Its pre-war, technically-oriented curriculum (having been patterned after that of the US Military Academy at West Point) was restored. In the 1960s, the curriculum underwent major changes, as socio-humanistic courses were added or strengthened to balance the techno-scientific disciplines, with a view towards providing a well-rounded education that was relevant to the needs of the growing AFP. In 1993, the Philippine Military Academy was transformed into a ‘Tri-Service Academy', which introduced specialized, branch-of-service-specific courses in the last two years of training, thus eliminating or reducing the in-service training required to prepare fresh PMA graduates for their specific branch of service. The motivation for the Tri-Service concept was for PMA graduates to be ‘field-ready', ‘fleet-ready' or ‘squadron-ready' immediately upon graduation. In the same year, the first female cadets were admitted into the Academy in accordance with Republic Act 7192. Today, the Academy strives to epitomize the finest traditions of the service. It bears the standards of character founded on honor and fortified by discipline. It is a school, which has trained men for a hundred years in the defense of the state and furtherance of peace and order. It has a proud heritage to cherish, a glorious tradition to uphold, a noble standard to maintain, and a vital mission to accomplish.

With its glorious history, the Philippine Military Academy looks forward to the future guided by its motto COURAGE, INTEGRITY, AND LOYALTY.