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image by Ivan Sache, 10 January 2004
The Academy was founded in 1977. Its flag is dark yellow with a black border.
Source: www.voluntad.com.co,
located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 10 January 2004
image by Ivan Sache, 3 January 2009
"Colegio Militar Acoolsure", a private cooperative institute, was founded in
Barranquilla on 19 October 1975 by Miguel Angel Sanchez Yepes, and recognized by
the Department of Atlántico in 1976 (Decree No 222). Its brand new grounds were
inaugurated by President of the Republic Julio Cesar Turbay on 8 December 1979.
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically on the
website of the institute, is white with the coat of arms of the institute in
the middle.
The coat of arms is made of a shield horizontally divided yellow-blue- red (the
Colombian national colours), surrounded by a white border bearing the black
writings "BARANQUILLA" (top) and "DISCIPLINA, CIENCIA Y ESTUDIO" (bottom, the
motto of the institute in Spanish, "Discipline, Science and Study"), and
surmounted by a white scroll charged with the name of the institute. All the
elements of the coat of arms are outlined in green.
The horizontal fields of the shield are charged with two crossed rifles proper,
two crossed anchors argent, and a shield vertically divided red-yellow-blue
flanked by two wings argent, respectively. The charges obviously represent the
Army, Navy and Air Force, respectively.
Ivan Sache, 3 January 2009
ACOOLSURE stands for Asociación Cooperativa Colombiana de Suboficiales en
Retiro del Ejército (Colombian Cooperative Association of Retired Army NCO's).
E.R., 3 January 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 18 October 2018
Colegio Militar Almirante Colón (COMIALCO) was established on 31 May 1986 in
Cartagena de Indias (Bolívar Department) by Jorge Isaac Correa Jiménez and
Elvira German German. A second seat was established in Cali (Valle del Cauca
Department) in 2002 by Fernando Rodriguez Betancourt.
The flag of
COMIALCO is horizontally divided white-red-blue.
http://comialco.edu.co/cartagena/side_menu/Nosotros/simbolos.html#
COMIALCO website
Ivan Sache, 18 October 2018
image by Ivan Sache, 19 July 2014
The flag of the institute, adopted in 1980, is horizontally divided
blue-green with a red triangle placed along the hoist.
Blue represents the rivers that surround the Boyacá Department.
Green represents the local landscape, as well as the integrity and the
courtesy of the institute's cadets.
The red triangle represents the blood shed by the Colombian heroes in
the Vargas Swamp and Boyacá Bridge battles.
The battle of the Vargas Swamp (Pantano de Vargas) was fought on 25
July 1819. The allied armies of Venezuela and New Granada (commanded
by Simón Bolívar), supported by British legions (commanded by James
Rooke), defeated the Spanish Royalist troops.
The battle of the Boyacá, fought on 7 August 1819, was the last,
decisive step to the independence of New Granada. Colegio Militar General Gustavo Matamoros D'Costa is located in Cúcuta (Norte
del Santander Department). The school is named for General Gustavo Matamoros
D'Costa (1928-1984), Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Colombia and
Minister of Defense (1984). "Colegio Militar 'General Pedro Nel Ospina'" was founded on 24 August 1998 in
Medellín by the local section of ACORE, an association of retired members of the
Colombian armed forces. Classes started on 25 January 1999 and the institute was
recognized by the Ministry of National Education on 10 December 1998 (Decree No.
2180) and 22 January 2001 (Decree No. 0077). Colegio Militar Inocencio Chino was established on 29 November 1969 in
Sogamoso (Boyacá Department) by Colonel Guillermo Plaza Olarte. The school is
named for Sergent Inocencio Chino, who died in Tibasosa in the aftermath of the
battle of Vargas Swamp (25 July 1819), a decisive step to the independence of
New Granada. The Army College Jose Maria Cordoba is located in Medellin. Its flag is
horizontally divided red-green with the shield of the College in the middle. The
shield of the College is silver, with an escutcheon made of a vertical national
flag, charged with a rifle and a sword crossed in saltire. There is a brown
scroll on the upper part of the shield and another one below the escutcheon.
MEDELLIN is written in brown letters below the latter scroll. The image is
incomplete. The upper scroll should bear COLEGIO MILITAR and the lower scroll
JOSE MARIA CORDOBA, with dark brown letters Liceo Social Compartir was founded in Soacha (Department of Cundinamarca) on
3 December 1991 (Decree No. 2752) by Walter A. Medina Roldan. On 24 December
2007 (Decree No. 5871), the Ministry of National Defense granted to the
institute the status of pre-military school, reflected in the amended name of
Colegio Militar Liceo Social Compartir. "Colegio Militar Simon Bólivar" was founded in January 1977 in Bogotá by
Colonel Camilo Acevedo Vélez (d. 1984).
http://colegiomilitartunja.blogspot.fr/p/periodico-virtual-colegio-militar-tunja.html
Ivan Sache, 19 July 2014
Colegio Militar General Gustavo Matamoros D'Costa
image by Ivan Sache, 19 October 2018
The flag of Colegio Militar General Gustavo
Matamoros D'Costa, reflecting the school's thought and philosophy, is composed
of three horizontal stripes, arranged in equal proportions, from top to bottom,
yellow, blue and green.
Yellow represents the intellectual and behavioral
resources taught to the students by the school to educate new men for a better
Colombia. Blue represents the oceans and rivers and the sky, which are protected
and watched by the armed forces (Army and Air Force); the students should be
aware of the adequate use and preservation of these resources, which are part of
our natural environment. Green represents military education, offered to the
students by the school with the support of our glorious national army in three
grades (9th, 10th and 11th); it also represents hope placed by Colombia into the
future generations ("to educate new men for a better Colombia").
https://www.colmilmatamorosdcosta.edu.co/index.php/quienes-somos/simbolos
School website
Ivan Sache, 19 October 2018
Colegio Militar General Pedro Nel Ospina
The institute is named after General Pedro Nel Ospina (1858-1937), Governor of
Antioquia (1918-1920) and President of the Republic of Colombia (1922-1926).
During his tenure, Colombia was awarded 25 millions USD by the USA to compensate
for the loss of Panamá. Ospina was the first President in the world to use an
airplane for an official travel.
The flag of the institute, as shown
graphically on the website of the institute,
is dark red with the emblem of the institute in the middle. The emblem of the
institute is an oval light blue shield, surrounded with a green scroll charged
with the black writing "COL. MIL. GENERAL PEDRO NEL OSPINA. The shield is
charged with an eagle holding in its claws a "Colombian" shield (horizontally
divided yellow-blue-red, 1:2:1) with a white open book and a red quill. The
eagle is surrounded by three groups of four white stars.
Ivan Sache, 13 January 2004
Colegio Militar Inocencio Chino
image by Ivan Sache, 19 October 2018
The flag of Colegio Militar Inocencio Chino is horizontally
divided red-green-black.
https://sites.google.com/a/sogamoso-boyaca.gov.co/biblioteca-sogamoso/sitios-de-interes/informacion-local/instituciones-educativas/colegio-militar-inocencio-chinca
School website
Ivan Sache, 19 October 2018
Colegio Militar Jose Maria Cordoba
image by Ivan Sache, 4 January 2004
Source: www.colmiljosemariacordoba.edu.co,
located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 4 January 2004
Liceo Social Compartir, Colegio Militar
image by Ivan Sache, 9 November 2010
The flag of Colegio Militar Liceo Social Compartir, as shown on photos available
on the institute's website, is divided white-black by the descending diagonal,
with the institute's badge in the middle.
The badge of Colegio Militar Liceo Social Compartir is made of a shield bordered
in white and divided red-black by a white descending diagonal stripe. The red
part is charged with a fortress, while the black part is charged with a white
inkwell and quill and a white open book with a red binding. The shield is
surmounted by a plume in the national colors. A white scroll with the institute's
motto "VERDAD Y SABIDURIA" (Truth and Knowledge) is placed below the shield. The
whole is placed on a white disk bordered by a black ring charged with the white
lettering "COLEGIO MILITAR" (top) / "LICEO SOCIAL COMPARTIR" (bottom), separated
by two yellow stars.
Source:
http://www.colegiomilitarsocialcompartir.com/galeria/ - "Nuestro
Colegio" & "Nuestros simbolos" galleries
Ivan Sache, 9 November 2010
Colegio Militar Simon Bólivar
image by Ivan Sache, 9 January 2009
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the website of
the institute, is 1.5 m x 2 m, horizontally divided vermilion
red-white-black.
Red represents the glorious infantry and its skills, force, victory, daring and
ardor.
White represents purity, integrity, obedience, firmness and vigilance, that is
skills to be exerted by every good soldier.
Black represents steel, war, honesty, discipline and the force of will.
Ivan Sache, 9 January 2009
