Recent content by OnceAMarine

Come on Marvin, you"re setting the young man up! :wink: Young Goldfarb - although I fully appreciate your enthusiasm, you do a disservice to other naive young readers of this forum when you talk about things you've not yet experienced (i.e. OCS, Leatherneck, etc.). If you want straight...

Fishbowl, Prof. Fleming has been saying the same things for over 2 decades. You can agree or disagree, one of the great things about this Nation. You can do a quick search and find untold numbers of op-eds/blogs/posts from those on either side. It is what it is. I would like to offer you...

The single best thing new USNA parents can do is to go to the USNA Parents Network at www.usna.org Every question ever asked, every scenario encountered, every myth dispelled, every bit of information you need concerning your Mid's 4 years by the bay - it's all there 24/7 and it's completely...

Actually I believe it's 5 sets of twins in 2013 (including my identical sons), and there is another 2013 USNA plebe whose twin is at USMA.:thumb:

Happens fairly often. 3 from our local high school (in a town of about 6,000) are plebes this year.

My sons occassionally complain about the lack of free time, the lack of women, the lack of ....etc. etc. I then remind them of the 18-22 yr olds living, fighting, and sometimes dying in the Hindu Kush. I remind them of all the 18-22 yr olds that are standing post all over the world. I remind...

I've been monitoring this forum for quite some time and I have found it to be full of great advice, but I've always felt that there has been something missing in most of the discussions concerning the topic "Am I A Good Candidate?" and other threads along those lines. Reading the first sentence...