Bataan Military Academy ™ is a fully authorized public high school. Using the finest technology available, the Academy provides Cadets with a world-class curriculum preparing them for post graduation university studies and successful workplace positions. Bataan Military Academy is a traditional school for grades 9-12. In accordance with state regulations, highly qualified teachers provide Cadets with core-curriculum and elective classes. As a day school, the Academy offers an athletic program and after school activities.
Unlike private military academies, the Bataan Military Academy™ has no tuition. There are fees for uniforms and other military-related U.S. Navy Sea Cadet Corps activities. Grant funding is provided for qualifying families.
Leadership Training is an important component of the Bataan Military Academy™ experience. Cadets learn independence, self-reliance, honesty, respect and good citizenship.
Cadets earn rank through time and service, completion of courses, and service activities.
The Academy is open to young men and women, and, in accordance with federal guidelines, does not discriminate.
The Academy employs the finest teachers, many of whom have prior military service.
Our Mission
Mission Statement: The mission of the Bataan Military Academy™ is to provide a world-class public high school education for students of various abilities and backgrounds and to create a partnership among parents, teachers, students, military-related organizations, military services, and community members that maximizes student potential.
Accreditation
The Bataan Military Academy is fully authorized as a public high school under the jurisdiction of the State of New Mexico Public Education Department. As such, all Cadets are required to meet state approved graduation requirements.
The BMA is in the process of accreditation with the international education organization known as AdvancEd. For more information about international accreditation, see the AdvancEd WEB site at www.advanc-ed.org.
Bataan Military Academy is a traditional high school and as such, is classified by the U. S. Department of Defense (DOD) as a Tier I school meeting and maintaining all criteria for international classification by the DOD.
Additionally, BMA is a member in good standing of the New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) and the New Mexico Coalition for Charter Schools (NMCCS). You inquiry is welcome.
State Standards Curriculum Alignment
Bataan Military Academy (BMA) implements curriculum that meets or exceeds State of New Mexico Public Education Department requirements. To assist teachers and Cadets with classroom instruction, BLA's curriculum is in alignment with the Standards established by the State. Copies of the aligned curriculum are available at the following link: State Standards Alignment .
History of Bataan
Bataan Military Academy ™ is named in honor of the 70,000 United States and Philippino troops who were surrendered to Japanese forces on the Island of Luzon at the beginning of World War II. Hundreds of these men were from New Mexico's 200th Division of the Coastal National Guard. We are proud to honor these brave heroes and their families. For more information visit the Bataan Corregidor Memorial Foundation WEB site at http://www.bcmfofnm.org/.
Bataan Survivors
After WWII, in memory of the sinking of the USS Submarine SEALION while docked on Luzon, the survivors chose the ancient heraldry SEA LION symbol to represent their memorial organization.
The First U.S.S. Sea Lion - the Submarine (1935)
The first Navy ship to bear the name Sealion was a submarine (left) commissioned in 1939. (Photos and more at http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08195.htm.) After being destroyed by the Japanese at the Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines in December 1941, a second submarine with her name was commissioned in 1944 (lower left) completed six war patrols during World War II until she was temporarily decommissioned in 1946. In 1948, she was re-commissioned and converted into a submarine transport where she continued serving the fleet for many years including being part of the Naval blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The USS Sealion continued to serve the fleet in various roles until her retirement in 1970. Today, there is SEA LION (both spellings are used) that is an experimental littoral stealth ship.
U.S.S. Bataan - Today - LHD 5 (1997)
USS BATAAN (LHD 5) was commissioned September 20, 1997. She is the fifth ship in the WASP class of United States Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ships. BATAAN is 844 feet long, with a beam of 106 feet. Her well deck is 267 feet long and capable of holding three LCACs. Two steam propulsion plants, developing a combined 70,000 horsepower, drive the 40,500-ton ship in excess of 20 knots. The ship's living areas can accommodate approximately 3,200 crewmembers and embarked troops.
Click here for a tour of today's USS Bataan.
Our Mascot Symbol
The HERALDRY SEA LION was an Irish Coat of Arms symbol. Dating to the year 400 AD, the Sea Lion, mythic half-lion and half-fish symbolic creature, was used to represent the men who guarded the coastal waters of the island.
Click here to Read more and see the full color painting of the Sea Lion Mascot.
U.S.S. Sea Lion - the Ship
The first Navy ship to bear the name Sealion was a submarine (left) commissioned in 1939. After being destroyed by the Japanese at the Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines in December 1941, a second submarine with her name was commissioned in 1944 (lower left) completed six war patrols during World War II until she was temporarily decommissioned in 1946. In 1948, she was re-commissioned and converted into a submarine transport where she continued serving the fleet for many years including being part of the Naval blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The USS Sealion continued to serve the fleet in various roles until her retirement in 1970. Today, there is SEA LION (both spellings are used) that is an experimental littoral stealth ship.
Update: Read more about today's newest addition to the Navy - the stealth SeaLion.
