By 1923, OMA was a six-year institution, offering four years of high school and two years of junior college. During that decade, the institution added two more historic barrack faci… See more

By 1930, OMA’s enrollment was 289 cadets and the school established a senior ROTC cavalry program, with the federal government sending 60 horses and 11 enlisted me… See more

In 1942, OMA adopted a 12-month calendar, the better to turn out young officers for service in World War II. West Point graduate John C. Hamilton and his successor, … See more

In 1953, the Department of the Army ruled that junior colleges could no longer offer senior ROTC programs. Because OMA still offered four years of high school and only two years o… See more