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    Windfall

    My son had originally wanted to go active-duty Navy after graduating KP but after his learning about the opportunities sailing commercially, he changed his mind. Since graduating last year, he has been at sea working on a few ships as a 3rd engineer and is very happy with his career choice. Good...
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    Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony for WW2 Merchant Mariners - 05/18/2022.

    On the above video go to 44:50 to hear Mr. Dave Yoho's speech, he is 94 years old and delivered an amazing passionate speech about the Merchant Marine during WWII. Thank you for your service to our country Mr. Yoho and glad you were finally recognized and received the Congressional Gold Medal...
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    Mom and Dad New to the Forum

    There are so many great restaurants nearby if you are in the mood for Italian food try La Grotta Restaurant in nearby Little Neck. We ate there recently and it was excellent.
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    Who Is Still Waiting?

    Good luck to all those waiting!
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    Fed Ex Envelope?

    If I remember correctly my son's came from USMMA in a regular large FedEx envelope.
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    My roommate and I just finished BCT: Ask us anything

    Congratulations and best of luck at USAFA!
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    To those who are accepted. . .

    I think you should just work on putting together the best possible application for yourself and try not to worry about the competition. If you read through the forums you will see that there are so many variables to getting accepted into one of the service academies. Try your hardest to always...
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    Being a supportive parent (from a respectable-ish distance)

    I just wanted to say that as I was reading your post this afternoon I was like wait...I know this young man! What a wonderful post you wrote and it has been my pleasure giving your son some advice and encouragement but I must be honest he helped me keep my sanity as well throughout this entire...
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    Class of 2023 USMMA Appointment DIY Thread

    USMMA Class of 2023 Appointments: 1) bizzy10013 / Self / 29-Oct-18 / Declined / AR / LOA 2) SouthDakotaHen / Self / 19-Nov-18 / Undecided / SD 3) GIJane / Self / 21-Nov-18 / Declined / PA / LOA 4) SAVDad96 / DS / 21-Nov-18 / Undecided / GA / LOA 5) northtexascj / Self / 15-Dec-18 / Accepted / TX...
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    Fraternity?

    Unless it's Delta Tau Chi from Animal House.
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    First wave of rejections tomorrow?

    Surprisingly our DS received his TWE on a Saturday morning last year at the end of March. There is really no way of knowing when you are going to get the email with notification of a portal change for an appointment or the TWE unless you get a call before from your congressman or senator's...
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    USNA Class of 2023 Do-It-Yourself Appointment Thread

    Congratulations and best of luck CallSignGaspar!
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    USNA Class of 2023 Do-It-Yourself Appointment Thread

    DS is also waiting patiently in NY as a college reapplicant...still hoping and praying for an appointment.
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    USAFA Class of 2023 Appointment Thread

    USAFA Class of 2023 Appointments: 1) rudycoon / DS / No LOA / 09-Nov-18 / Undecided / CA / Presidential / Direct Appointment 2) OdysseyDawn / Self / No LOA / 01-Dec-18 / Accepted / MS / Presidential / Direct Appointment 3) GoCubbies / DD / No LOA / 01-Dec-18 / Undecided / IL / Presidential...
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    Did you visit??

    We visited in December when DS was home from college, a beautiful campus and area, less than 40 miles away for us. However the ride home turned into a 2 1/2 hour ordeal with traffic.
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