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Pre-Military Schools:
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There has recently been a slight change in the way the Schools are arranged in the Colombian Army. The schools are under a specific category according to its purpose:
Escuelas de Formación (Formation Schools): 
- Escuela Militar de Cadetes "General José
María Córdova"
- Escuela Militar de Suboficiales "Sargento
Inocencio Chincá" 
- Escuela de Soldados Profesionales
- Centro de Educación Militar
- Escuela de Armas y Servicios
- Escuela de Infantería
- Escuela de Caballería 
- Escuela de Artillería
- Escuela de Ingenieros 
- Escuela de Comunicaciones 
- Escuela de Logística
- Escuela de Policía Militar (ESPOM, Military Police School, official website)
- Escuela de Relaciones Civiles y Militares
- Escuela de Equitación (ESCEQ, Equestrian School, official
abbreviation, official website) 
- Escuela de Aviación del Ejército (ESAVE)
- Escuela de Inteligencia y Contrainteligencia
"Brigadier General Ricardo Charry Solano" 
- Batallón de Servicios para la Educación Militar (BASEM,
Military Education Services Battalion, official website)
- Compañía Avanzada de Tiro (CITAE, Advanced Shooting Company,
official website)
- Centro Nacional de Entrenamiento (CENAE, Training National
Center, official website, located
in Tolemaida, Cundinamarca
- Escuela de Lanceros 
- Escuela de Paracaidismo Militar
- Escuela de Soldados Profesionales (ESPRO, Professional Soldiers
School, official website, it is
located in the same facilities as the CENAE) 
- Escuela de Fuerzas Especiales (ESFES, Special Forces School,
see also BRFER, official website)
- Centro de Instrucción y Reentrenamiento Tropas Ejército
(CERTE, Army Troops Center of Instruction and Training, official
abbreviation, official website) 
- Batallón de Mantenimiento de Ingenieros (BAMAI, Engineers
Maintenance Battalion, official website)
Each of these schools have their own Coat of Arms, flags and
some even have pennants: 
E.R., 9 June 2007