École militaire interarmes

Combined Arms School, in French : "École Militaire Interarmes"
Ensign of the Combined Arms School
Active	1942 1961
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Training
Role	Army Officer Training
Size	Two brigade (subject to review)
Part of	Army Recruiting and Training Division
Garrison/HQ	Camp de Coëtquidan
Nickname(s)	Dolo
Motto(s)	'Le travail pour loi, l'honneur comme guide : literally "Work for law, honor as a guide"
Colours	Blue
March	Sarie Marès
Commanders
Current commander	Major General Antoine Windeck
Chief of Army Staff	President of the French Republic François Hollande

The Combined Arms School or Joint military school, known as École Militaire Interarmes or EMIA, is a military school of the French Army intended to form reserve officers and non-commissioned officers who had raised through the ranks as commissioned officers. It was founded in 1942 and based in Coëtquidan (Morbihan) along with Saint-Cyr military school.

The EMIA is the heir of various military branch (i.e. infantry, cavalry and artillery) schools dating from the early 19th century and intended to train officers and non-commissioned officers promoted from the ranks. The largest of these army branch schools was the infantry school of Saint-Maixent, which was merged with Saint-Cyr in 1942. The merged academies formed the School of Cherchell-Mediouna, created after the German occupation of the Southern Zone of France. In 1944 the Military Academy at Cherchell took the name of "Joint Military Academy." It moved to Coëtquidan, occupying the buildings of the former Academy of Saint-Cyr. These were subsequently destroyed by bombing. The new school was reopened in 1947, taking the name of the "Joint Special Military School". Following the principles of amalgamation favoured by its founder, General de Lattre de Tassigny, the school comprised both "direct" officer-cadets entering from civilian life and chosen through external competition; and "semi-direct" officer-cadets selected from serving military personnel. This system was retained until 1961, when the training of "direct" officers was transferred to the School of Saint-Cyr, and that of "semi-direct" officers was undertaken by the EMIA.

In the past, candidates were selected at the Ecole Militaire of Strasbourg. The EMS consisted of two branches: the battalion of unique contest Services (CUS) and the pre-competition pack EMIA (PPEMIA). EMS students also had the opportunity to attend a competition for engineers auxiliary armament.

EMIA students are nicknamed "dolos" after the brand of corned beef of old combat rations. During the ceremonies, they wear the dress parade, called "TP" and the curved sword cavalry. In the tradition of activities they carry the blue cap, inherited from the Cadet "School Cherchell. The songs are EMIA tradition Prayer and Sarie Marès. A popular phrase: "One day Dolo, Dolo forever! '