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  1. Padre101

    CBS Sports Intro Video to the Army Navy Game

    I don't know if anyone posted this video clip. I was at the game. I recently saw this clip when I watched a recording of the game. Very well done. Very inspirational to anyone thinking about joining a SA.
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    Branch Night Results?

    Does anyone know what the results of Branch Night were?
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    R-Day Parents Briefing-Information about the Class of 2021

    http://www.usma.edu/parents/SiteAssets/RDayWelcomeBrief2017.pdf
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    USMA Offer v. Acceptances: Yield Number

    So according this article, https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2017-01-18/universities-colleges-where-students-are-eager-to-enroll based upon 2015 figures: 1486 West Point Offers of Appointment 1236 West Point Acceptees That's a 83.2% yield (2nd highest among all US...
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    USMA Class of 2021-Accepted Appointments as of 29 March 2017 and projected class size

    According the Facebook West Point Parents Page: Congratulations to the candidates who have accepted appointments for Class of 2021. As of today, 680 candidates have accepted as we work to fill a projected class size of 1220.
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    Video of then CPT McMaster, now the National Security Advisor

    Here's a video clip of then CPT H.R. McMaster discussing the U.S. Army's overwhelming victory in the Battle of 73 Easting during the Persian Gulf War in 1991. This guy will not be a Yes Man. Warning: Video has some graphic images.
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    Information about Army Cyber Operations Officer MOS

    I'm creating this new thread to try to get as much info about being a 17A, like a one-stop-shopping for all things Army Cyber. I gathered some info from other threads and the GoArmy Website: OVERVIEW Cyber branch is a maneuver branch with the mission to conduct defensive and offensive...
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    500 USMA Appointments Mailed Out Today

    Good luck to everyone who is waiting!!! According to the USMA Admissions Facebook site: ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS: Today we are mailing 500 official offers of acceptance for those applicants who have already fully qualified and received their nominations. When you receive yours in the mail...
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    Best Alarm Clock for SA first years.

    DS's birthday is in Feb. His grandfather wants to get him an alarm clock. He said that he wants to give DS something to remind him of his grandfather every morning. What is the best alarm clock based upon your or your DS/DD's experience? I know that radio alarm clocks are not allowed during...
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    Appointment Package for those who received an offer of appointment: Class of 2021

    Just want to create a new and clean thread regarding the "appointment package" for the Class of 2021. For those of you who have received offers of appointment so far, has anyone received their appointment package in the mail??? I understand that it has some enrollment and other important...
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    Interesting, insightful and at times very funny West Point Vlog

    Found this gem on Youtube. Apparently, it is a Cow who has been filming his time (a week at a time) at West Point. You can get a sense of the pace, a look at the facilities and a peak of what cadets do on liberty. I think it is worth the watch.
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    USMA STEM Major Required Number?

    I know that at USNA, they have to have a certain percentage of their midshipmen major in STEM majors. Is this also true at WP?
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    USAFA Class of 2021 Appointments

    USAFA Class of 2021 Appointments: 1. flyingbadger21/Self /No LOA /Appt. Oct. 30, 2016 /WI- POTUS/Presidential Nomination 2. padre101/DS/No LOA/Appt. Oct. 30 2016/VA - POTUS/Presidential Nomination
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    Thank you Service Academy Forum members-USNA Class of 2021 Appointment Received

    This has been a long journey for my DS. But he would not have reached this point without the people in this forum who have provided invaluable advice and insights. Your words of support have been, without a doubt, crucial and beneficial in so many ways. He received his offer of appointment to...
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    Please Don't Be That Parent

    Last week, my DS's good friend, who is applying to the Naval Academy, went to visit the Admissions Office to resolve an issue with her transcripts (she went to several high schools overseas as an Air Force brat). While she was in the waiting area which is next to the receptionist's desk, she...
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    Flag Pin: Wear It or Not during Nomination Interviews

    My DS has received conflicting advice about wearing an American Flag Pin on his suit collar for his MOC Nomination Interviews. Some of his teachers and friends say to definitely wear it, because it will show his patriotism. Others say not to because it is over the top, because one's patriotism...
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    Virginia MOC Nomination Updates -SAs Class of 2021

    Wanted to create this thread to see if anyone has heard from their VA MOCs regarding interview selections, rejections, appointments or anything? Looking back at threads from previous years, mid-Oct is when Sen Kaine sent out some rejection notices and Sen Warner sent out interview notices...
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    Getting an Online Master's using your own dime

    My DS and I were talking about life 5 and 10 years after graduating from a SA (kinda prepping for his interviews). Irregardless of what service he eventually serves in, can he at the 2-3 year (O-2/O-3) mark apply for, pay for on his own, and take online Master's programs on his off-duty hours...
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    Videos of CFA Pullups and Pushups now required on the Portal. Anyone else?

    I hate to be the only one banging the gong on this issue. So if you read my previous threads, you would know that my DS took the CFA at SLE. Did very well on the CFA. Above average. Maxed pushups and situps. 16 pullups. His SLE squad leader told him that he passed his CFA no problem...
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    Female Cadet Mandatory Boxing

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/09/21/west-point-women-have-a-new-bloody-requirement-as-the-army-completes-gender-integration/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories-2_westpoint-715a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory WEST POINT, N.Y. — Army cadets Kiana Stewart and DeAdre Harvey squared off in a...
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