Isaiah Mackenzie Naval Academy
The Isaiah Mackenzie Naval Academy (IMNA) has served the Sword and Grayson for generations. With the move to our new facility at Alvarez Field, just thirty minutes by aircar from Harrington City, Steading of Harrington, we now have the means to train the Steaders of Grayson not only to modern Alliance standards, but to train those same individuals to lead the charge in the technological race against all future enemies using the time honored methods of hands on training and the usage of the best simulators currently available anywhere in known space.
IMNA is split into multiple sub-schools grouped into departments and centers for ease of administration. The campus itself is quite large, using the Grayson tendency to spread out. Most of the campus, including the Captain Mark A. West Memorial Stadium where the Academy’s Baseball team plays, is under a dome built exclusively for the school’s use. Adjacent to the Academy is Alvarez Field itself, where the Grayson Space Navy has a facility and landing field.
The faculty of the Academy are continually working to improve current curriculum and to develop new and exciting courses for the students to take. Currently the Academy is split into the following two curricula: Career Advancement, and Skills Development and Verification.
Enlisted Training Center
At the IMNA Enlisted Training Center we begin the process of taking a Steader and turning them into the Edge of the Sword. Newly enlisted Spacers learn the ins and outs of military life and the basics needed to progress, to survive, and to rise to their Test. As the Spacer progresses in rank, they learn additional skills such as leadership and management. We test their knowledge of military history, Grayson standard knowledge, and practical information needed to perform their jobs. The [[IMNA Enlisted Training Center]] is further divided into:
- Junior Enlisted Training School
- Senior Enlisted Training School
Officer Training Center
At the IMNA Officer Training Center, the Sword’s Edge is turned, folded, and beaten into a stronger, harder, yet more flexible blade. Lessons learned earlier in the Spacer’s career are used as the basis of the change and additional information, knowledge, and skills are hammered in making the finest weapon possible. The IMNA Officer Training Center is further divided into:
- IMNA Warrant Officer School
- Junior Officer Training School
- Senior Officer Training School
IMNA War College
The IMNA War College provides the final tempering and polish to an already fine weapon. The arts of tactics and strategy are fitted further becoming the sheath within which the Sword’s Edge rests. By the time an individual completes these final courses in the Career Advancement Curriculum, they will be, without a doubt, the keenest Edge possible, projecting the Sword’s decrees and policies.
The Grayson Technical Specialties Center
The Isaiah MacKenzie Naval Academy’s Grayson Technical Specialties Center trains enlisted personnel in their ratings, and officers to lead the departments and divisions in which these ratings work. At the Enlisted Training Center we begin the process of taking a Steader and turning them into the Edge of the Sword. Newly created Spacer’s learn the ins and outs of military life and the basics needed to progress, to survive, and to rise to their Test. As the Spacer progresses in rank, they learn additional skills such as leadership and management. We test their knowledge of military history, Grayson standard knowledge, and practical information needed to perform their jobs.
Alvarez Field LAC Training Center
Considering the importance LACs have achieved in the modern battlefield, the Sword decided that having a dedicated center for learning for those individuals serving aboard them was warranted. All courses here are focused on LACs, their tactics, and in further developing doctrine and training for the same.