{{Short description|Peruvian Army officer education institution}} {{Infobox University | name = Chorrillos Military School | native_name = {{Langx|es|Escuela Militar de Chorrillos}} | latin_name = | logo = | image = Escuela Militar de Chorrillos logo.png | image_size = 250px | caption = | motto = {{langx|es|Disciplina, Moral y Equidad}} | mottoeng = Discipline, Moral and Equity | established = {{start date and age|1830|01|30}} | type = [[Military academy]] | endowment = | staff = | faculty = | president = [[Brigadier general|Brig. Gen.]] Carlos Alberto Rabanal Calderon | provost = | principal = | rector = | chancellor = | vice_chancellor = | dean = | head_label = | head = | students = | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | city = [[Lima]] | state = | country = [[Peru]] | address = Av. Escuela Militar S/N, [[Chorrillos District|Chorrillos]] | campus = | free_label = | free = | colors = | colours = | mascot = | nickname = | affiliations = | website = {{URL|http://www.escuelamilitar.edu.pe}} }}
The '''Chorrillos Military School''' ({{Langx|es|'''Escuela Militar de Chorrillos'''}}) is the institution in charge of the undergraduate education of [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]]s of the [[Peruvian Army]].
== Overview == The school was opened in 1830 during the first government of [[Agustín Gamarra]] and was relocated to [[Chorrillos District|Chorrillos]], [[Lima]], [[Peru]], in 1888, hence its name.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1643356712.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+26%2C+1898&author=&pub=The+Sun+%281837-1985%29&desc=A+CONFLICT+OF+RACES&pqatl=google | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712204717/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1643356712.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+26,+1898&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=A+CONFLICT+OF+RACES&pqatl=google | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 12, 2012 | title=A conflict of races | work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] | date=26 April 1898 | accessdate=1 January 2012 | pages=8 | quote=PERU'S NEW MILITARY SCHOOL Formally Opened at Chorrillos In A Stirring Patriotic Speech By President Piorola.}}{{subscription required}} </ref>
{{As of|2019}}, its director was [[Brigadier General|Brigade General]] Carlos Rabanal Calderon.<ref name="promoción">{{cite news|url=http://www.larepublica.pe/06-01-2013/19-generales-de-la-promocion-humala-asumen-mandos-de-grandes-unidades-ep|title=19 generales de la promoción Humala asumen mandos de grandes unidades EP|author=Ángel Páez|date=6 January 2013|work=[[La República (Peru)|La Republica]]|accessdate=27 June 2014|language=Spanish}}</ref>
It was also the ''[[alma mater]]'' of [[Manuel Noriega]] (1962),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/07/07/panama.manuel.noriega.profile/ | title=The rise and fall of Noriega, Central America's strongman | publisher=[[CNN]] | work=CNNWorld | date=7 July 2010 | accessdate=1 January 2012 | author=Hooper, Simon}}</ref> [[Vladimiro Montesinos]] (1966),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/11/26/peru.cabinet/|title=Peru's New Government Fires 15 Generals|publisher=[[CNN]]|work=CNNWorld|date=26 November 2000|accessdate=16 March 2023|author=Cisneros, Claudia}}</ref> and [[Hugo Chávez Frías]] (1974).<ref name="Chávez">{{cite news|url=http://www.larepublica.pe/06-03-2013/hugo-chavez-llego-al-peru-en-1974-como-cadete-y-se-inspiro-en-el-velasquismo|title=Chávez llegó al Perú en 1974 como cadete y se inspiró en el velasquismo|date=6 March 2013|work=[[La República (Peru)|La Republica]]|accessdate=27 June 2014|language=Spanish}}</ref>
It contains the Escuela de Comandos (Commando School). In 1997, a replica of the Japanese Diplomatic Residency was secretly built there. Tunnels were dug and the rescue plan was practiced again and again until perfect for the ''[[Operation Chavin de Huantar]]'' that ended the [[Japanese embassy hostage crisis]]. {{as of|2008}} it still existed and was considered a monument to those who took part in the rescue, and sometimes still used in training.<ref name="Operation Chavin de Huantar">{{cite news|url=http://enperublog.com/2008/08/18/japanese-hostage-crisis-and-operation-chavin-de-huantar/|title=Japanese hostage crisis and Operation Chavin de Huantar |author=Stuart Starrs |work=...en Perú|date=August 18, 2008|accessdate=27 June 2014}}</ref>
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== External links == <!-- Per [[WP:ELMINOFFICIAL]], choose one official website only --> * [http://www.escuelamilitar.edu.pe Escuela Militar de Chorrillos]
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