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My DS, 2nd Lt USMC, left this morning on his road trip to TBS in Quantico – his report date will coincide exactly with the one year anniversary of his commissioning. Similar to other PLCers, his PLC route to commissioning had him in Quantico for two other summers: the first one between his...

This Day in One Midshipman’s History APRIL 15 4-15-12 – approximately 11:30 AM Eastern Time – Cincinnati, OH Home phone rings – USNA shows up on caller ID. It’s a Sunday! DS, h.s. senior, and family just back from church. LT XXXX in the USNA Office of Admissions informs DS he has been...

Foundation offer came via a phone call from USNA Admissions to my DS on a Sunday late morning-we had just come home from church. This was two years ago . And that call came on the "magic" April 15th date to boot! Exactly one year later - again April 15 - while DS was finishing up his...

One Way or Another! The TWE season is here, it’s true. Saturday brought a storm of the darn things and the coming days will probably bring more. But listen, don’t despair, any of you - really - don’t…at least not for long. That slim envelope does NOT erase or diminish the drive, the...

A couple of important disclosures here before I chime in: 1) DS's AROTC scholarship acceptance/declination experience occurred two years ago - after the 3rd and final board and 2) the offer was for the 3 year AROTC scholarship. So this was the case back on May 10, 2012, FWIW. "DS’s...

And then there's this side of the story... DS was nominated by the same congressman twice - once as a high school senior USNA candidate and the second time as a USNA Foundation sponsored prep at NMMI. No extraordinary contact with this MOC - just the submission (via regular mail) of the...

About an hour ago DD, Marine Captain stationed in Fort Smith, Oahu wrote "The last thing I did this morning on duty was watch our flag be raised and then lowered to half staff over Pearl Harbor as the National Anthem echoed throughout the base. What an incredibly humbling moment. December 7...

Let me first disclose that what happened to my DS #4 regarding his multiple NROTC interviews (3 in his case) occurred in 2011/2012. And once the dust had settled after all that, I posted the following - his particular experience with NROTC multiple interviews: Originally posted 10/18/2012: I...

Today, Veterans' Day, I am feeling like the very humble and very protected and very grateful middle part of a sandwich - with both my parents having served during WWII on one side and several of my children either serving now or in training for their future service on my other side. I exist here...

Happy Birthday USMC!

My personal "brush" with the government shutdown at Mass at the Naval Academy Just to clarify my personal "brush" with the government shutdown as it related to my attendance at a Catholic Mass at USNA this weekend: The 11:30 AM Catholic Mass in the small chapel (St. Andrew's - it's located...

We witnessed a government shutdown shenanigan this weekend on the Yard at USNA!!! My 6 week old granddaughter (Mom and Dad both USNA grads stationed in Hawaii having just flown ALL the way east with their newborn for the weekend) was baptized after the 11:30 Mass in the St. Andrew's Chapel (in...

Three USNA grads, a plebe, and a baby girl at St. Andrew's Chapel this past Sunday (10-13-2013)! For me, a first-time Nana, this is way beyond the "Good News" category... can't come close to putting this in any category even invented!!! :smile: My Marine Captain daughter, my Navy Lt...

An hour and 20 minutes into my drive home yesterday (only another 10 minutes to go), my cell phone rang!! It was DC (Dear Child) #4 – our USNA plebe making that first Plebe Summer phone call!! :yay: I was driving back from the Ohio airport after just having dropped off DC #3 so he could...

It is morning here on Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and I am looking out my daughter's front window at the bay which is just past the swaying palm trees in her front yard. I have been given a gift of a weeklong visit to help her out before the baby arrives (her husband is away on a short...

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I can't thank you all enough for your kind words - this Forum is such a treasure! Congratulating, guiding, chiding at times, commiserating, celebrating - like really good friends - you all have proven to be absolutely invaluable to this family over the years!!! Thank you for being here!

thank you! Thank you so much for the info - it helps!! And my son is now 10 days from heading eastward, back home to Ohio, from the school in the middle of the desert, New Mexico Military Institute! It's been an amazing, so very worth it, year at this amazing, so very worth it, school in...

My question is for any former Foundation preps/families - What time of day was the "Foundation Reception" event held on your Day before I-Day? The most current info we have on the Foundation Reception is from a letter sent in January from Ed Wallace, Foundation Director: 26 June 2013...

Son's BFE arrived today - in his mail slot at NMMI (he's a Foundation Prep out there)!!! Happy Day in Roswell and here at home!!! :shake: