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USCC 670-1 mandates all awards worn on ACU's, White over Gray, Dress Gray, Full Dress, and India Whites. No awards for Parades or while in the field. Awards on PT's and As For Class are optional (no one wears anything on PT's anymore and priors occasionally wear their unit insignia on AFC but...

I think it's company dependent. Some have SOPs on FLC setup, some don't. That's something you can probably with with your COC on if you have a way you want things.

Mooradian, Scoutpilot makes a very good point. There's different types of SOF with different mission sets-- there's a lot of literature out there on the different types of SOF units and what they do, and they're a good place to start learning. If you want some pointers based off of my...

In order to attend Sapper School (or any other high-speed military school like CDQC (combat diver), Pathfinder, SFAS, RSLC, etc.), you have to go through the competitive MIAD tryouts. This year they were held in October and consisted of a good 7 hours of physically demanding activities with all...

Tangomike, Should've checked if you were prior service. I assumed you were a direct admit and therefore my comment didn't quite come off as intended. I'd echo what was said above: sell what you have now unless you feel like bits and pieces will come in handy during your upperclass years...

Just a heads up-- if you show up to Beast with a plate carrier or a chest rig that you bought on your own, you're going to make a name for yourself in a bad way. The extent of personally bought gear that you can bring to Beast is something like a Surefire flashlight or a multitool. For Beast...

It's really interesting to hear this announcement. We've been hearing for weeks that R Day was going to be July 8th and that Beast would be a week shorter. The Commandant even echoed this during a classwide brief for the Yuks right before Spring Break. He said that the only thing left for the...

MDMOM2017, If you PM me I can get you in touch with some female cadets here who would be happy to give advice on getting boots.

Just to throw in my two cents, I really liked the Belleville 310s. I've had three pairs over my (almost) two years at the Academy and wore them through Beast, Air Assault, and Buckner. Plenty of my friends have Khybers though and like those just fine. While you can't have Nikes or Oakleys...

Word on the street out here at Camp Buckner is that Beast cadre are not allowed to refuse New Cadets dessert in the mess hall. While our (2015's) own Beast wasn't too terrible compared to years past, the new mentality for conducting CBT will have some effects on the leader development process--...

Your computer will most likely come with an integrated webcam. Ours (2015) came with webcams, so I expect your classes computers to be no different

I'll second the opinion and go ahead and say validate as much as you can. Not validating classes in order to get "easy A's" doesn't always work out to your GPA's advantage. For instance, a number of people elected to not validate Composition (EN101) during Beast, myself included. Turns out...

Sir if you can confirm that information I'll pass it along to a few of my OPFOR friends. And also for an update I haven't heard of any 2015 plebes getting Airborne and Air Assault this summer. It's either one or the other, or neither. For instance, Some (like me) have Air Assault, others...

Those who got OPFOR for their MIAD are doing OPFOR for CLDT, which is upperclassmen training here at West Point for cows and firsties. Cadet rumor has it that they're bringing in some Special Forces teams from 5th Group to teach the OPFOR Cadets for a week before CLDT starts. I can't confirm...

2015 will be recognized the day before graduation. That's what all of the upperclassmen have been telling us at least. As AF said, recognition has happened the day before gradution for a few years now so it's looking like things will be no different this year.