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My son just graduated from the AFA and has been assigned to Columbus Air Base for UPT. A couple of days ago, he took a fall hiking and broke his tibia just above the ankle. Surgery is required, which will be done 12 June. I think he is due to report to Columbus late July or early August...

If a C1C is considering voluntary disenrollment from the Academy, does the process require that the cadet inform his/her parents before disenrollment becomes official?

My son and I are visiting the Academy on Monday for the Admissions Brief and Tour. Is there a preferred dress for this? We are also visiting the USMMA on Tuesday and they specifically state that coat is tie is preferred.

My son and I are planning a trip to the MMA. Time permitting, we would like to visit Manhattan. I would rather not drive a rental car into the city. I was thinking that taking a train would probably be the best option. Is there a train that goes to Penn Station or Grand Central with a...

Thanks to all who replied to my first post. It seems to be the consensus if parents pay for trip home then son sleeps at home...which is of course what we think and what we want. So the real issue is that we wish this is what he wanted. Now, for the next issue. Let's hypothetically say...

Our AFA 4th class cadet will be returning home for Thanksgiving, but wants to sleep at his girlfriend's house and visit us during the day. Then he informed us that he could only come home if we pay for the airfare because he just spent all of his money on flying her out there for a weekend. We...

My son is a C4C at USAFA. His birthday is coming up and his mom and I are at a loss for gift ideas. We asked him via email what he would like and the only thing he could come up with was money... and that's fine but we would still like to get him something. We already got a printer and...

My son informed us last night that he and his girlfriend are making plans for her to attend the AFA PW in September. His mom and I are not exactly in favor of this. Are we being selfish in not wanting her to be there so that we don't have to share our son's time with her? I don't really mind...

My son is a 2013 appointee. His mother and I are at a loss as to what sort of gift to get him for HS graduation/congrats on USAFA. Since he will be in Colorado for the next 4 years we thought a snowboard might be a good idea. We realize that he probably won't have time to use it during his...