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    Medical Insurance

    Thank you so much for this valuable information. Sounds like I'll keep him on thru next year and then make a decision at the end of next year!
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    Medical Insurance

    Once someone is at an academy, are their medical expenses covered thru the academy or are they still covered by their parent's insurance? Or does it depend on if they are at the academy or home on leave? We are trying to estimate medical costs next year and this info would help. Thanks. (of...
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    West Point Portal

    Last year my DS had his USNA app done and didn't hear from West Point until after he actually got a congressional nomination for West Point (December). Not sure if they are just slower or if parts of his initial app that weren't "exceptional" were the pieces that caused his app not to be...
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    Remedials required for things that occurred years ago

    My DS also had to submit hospital ED records from his multiple stitches in his head over the years back to when he was about 18 months old. We just requested all ED records back to the day he was born! It's funny, the way medical documentation has changed over the years. The first record was...
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    NMMI parent group?

    2015 Parents of USMMA Preps at NMMI - that's the name of the group on FB. Started by the USMMA Preps parents but they welcomed those of us with USNA and USAFA cadets there as well as there are only 5 each from USNA and USAFA but about 40 from USMMA. It is a closed group so put in a request...
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    Damn, a moment of weakness...

    Not a moment of weakness. Instead, it was a moment of parenting! Nothing like this roller coaster ride of emotions: pride, fear, sadness, happiness, anxiety, worry, joy, confusion...and then it starts all over again! Hang in there!
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    NMMI Parent Group?

    Facebook page for NMMI prep parents "2015 Parents of USMMA Preps at NMMI" This is the title of the FB page for parents of this year's preps at NMMI. My son is a prep for USNA but there are only 5 of those young people, about 5 from USAFA and about 40 for USMMA. The USMMA parents have...
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