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    USMA Branch Night

    Why not ADA?
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    R Day advice

    Trust me. At least once in the next 12 months you will print out a picture from somewhere online (WPAOG, Some parent's Flickr feed) and hang it on your frudge, convinced that the shaved head is your son, only to find out later it's not. Every parent has a story like that. LOL.
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    The weakening of Beast Barracks

    Thread Van Winkle
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    Visiting West Point

    Dixie and buff are right: invest the two hours and then you can walk around a bit afterwards if you want. We've done the tour 3 or 4 times the past couple of years when we bring family or friends for a football weekend. Plus we did it with son when he first started looking at WP, as are you...
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    Some Insight for Applicants

    For applicants wondering what life looks like for USMA cadets as they live through their 4 years at West Point, and who may read elsewhere on here that USMA cadets are not a happy bunch, you may want to check out this publicly available Flickr feed that West Point public affairs maintains...
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    Parent Notification

    I only saw DS' s portal screen over his shoulder once or twice when I happened to wander by him on the computer, and once when he actually asked for help to interpret some text around a deadline. Other than that he'd just verbally convey status to us. I don't think my wife ever saw his portal...
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    Be Careful.......

    Reminded me of something I read on here some time back and I was anle to find it... check out this old post. Somewhere in middle (around post #30) the topic turns to this same "Be Careful" idea. Honesty will always trump the alternatives...
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    Friday Night Party - SAMI WP Style

    From what I have heard, TEE period is actually looked forward to ny the cadets because their only duties are to study and take the TEEs. Other than that they are free to sleep, eat, lift, sleep, hang out, sleep, etc, at their own pace. Oh, and sleep. :) DS says it is the one time in the...
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    Types of Passes, Leaves, OPPs available to cadets?

    Thanks BigBear. Exactly what I was looking for. Sent using the Service Academy Forums® mobile app.
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    Types of Passes, Leaves, OPPs available to cadets?

    Searched here for this but it wasn't obviously found. Can someone point me to a link containing a comprehensive list of the various types of passes and leaves available to cadets and by year? For instance I know plebes get one weekend pass per semester and they can go 75 miles(?) away. And they...
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    Justice at West Point

    Not going off-topic, but more as an aside: I am thoroughly impressed with the level of well-thought-out discussions in this thread, especially coming from the current cadets. Many facets to this discussion, for sure, but the tenor of this thread should serve to the rest of the internet as an...
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    Direct Deposit - Bank Choice

    Yes. The phone service person at USAA advised him to work it through MyPay. I think he may have better luck in person at the USAA branch. He'll be off-grid at Buckner for the next 4 weeks starting tomorrow and so it'll wait for another month at this point. His pay can go to the old bank for...
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    Direct Deposit - Bank Choice

    Thanks greentrees. Another household member works for the Feds and her MyPay has those same links that you reference. But his differs for some reason. Either it's a cadet thing or it's a gaff rooted in a technical/IT issue or in a missing/incomplete form submittal back during Beast/reorgy last...
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    Direct Deposit - Bank Choice

    Thanks 845... DS does have a USAA account. His issue is that he cannot find the process for redirecting his direct deposit from another bank to USAA. Since phone and internet seem to have resulted in dead ends for him, he may be better off going into the USAA branch outside Thayer gate and hope...
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    Direct Deposit - Bank Choice

    How to change direct deposit account? Resurrecting this thread with a question: When DS entered USMA he filled out his direct deposit form to have it go to his usual local bank. He now wants to change to USAA, but MyPay site does not seem to have the link for him to do it. He's been on...
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    Dog Problem

    UPDATE: Mentioned your post to my wife who is more plugged in than me :D and she reminded that she had looked into this dog situation before and found that WP is a base just like any other, meaning you are fine bringing your dog but must be on leash at all times and you own the poop cleanup...
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    Dog Problem

    Yes dogs are allowed on-leash, at least for A-Day and such events. We brought ours for DS' s A-Day last year I cannot be sure about other more random visits to the campus. Also be aware the route over Bear Mountain caused our dog some noricable ear discomfort (pressure and leakage) so if yours...
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    Cell phone Service

    ... except when the cell tower topples over on the barracks roof, which I believe happened a couple of times during severe nor'easters this past winter... :rant2: But they had it righted within a day each time and rumor has it the mounts are now strengthened. DS uses Verizon with...
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    Visiting West Point - MAPS R-day

    If you've never been to WP then do the extended bus tour from the Visitors Center... it's over two hours long but it'll give you a great overview of the site and it's history. The museums -- you can do both in an hour and a half. And definitely leave time for gift shops. They are at the visitor...
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    LOE Overnight Visit

    I strongly suggest doing what GoBlue1984 suggests here -- stop down at the PX that afternoon on your way out and let the folks in the shoe department there fit you for your boots. They do a SUPERB job at fitting cadets, and my DS (Class of '16) came home from his visit last year with two pairs...
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