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The last of my 3 sons received his USMA appointment today. Hard to believe all 3 will have attended WP. DS#1 was class of 2015 and is an aviator. DS#2 is in the class of 2019. They all worked hard to get there. I am very proud of them.

My DS recently was awarded a 4 yr AROTC scholarship. He also has a LOE and is 3Q to USMA and I think is likely to get an appointment in a couple of months. So in a few months he will be likely faced with the choice of USMA or AROTC. The AROTC university has a good undergrad business school...

Sad day for the family, friends, and the army. Be Thou at Peace http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/military/article92206607.html

So is this story by Fox News correct? CNN doesn't even have it listed anywhere on their home screen. If this story is correct and US solders are surrounded and fighting for their lives shouldn't this be front page news and everyone in the US concerned and praying for our solders to survive? I am...

Be Thou at Peace http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/2015/11/24/four-army-aviators-killed-black-hawk-crash-fort-hood/76300606/

My DS#2 received a BFE from USMA in the mail today! I am very proud of him. DS#1 will graduate from USMA in 2 months(branch aviation). This process was a lot longer than DS#1 who had an LOA and was admitted before Jan 1. My DS#2 was getting frustrated by not knowing if he would get an...

Last year in our district the USMA appointee arrived for R-day with an injury and was sent home with the assurance that as long as the injury healed he/she would be appointed again this year. Since the candidate cadet is now healthy, does USMA still need to make another appointment in our...

Since my DS missed the first wave of acceptances, when can the next wave be expected? Out here in California we are always looking for the perfect wave. Any wave with an acceptance is the perfect wave!

Sad accident. http://www.stripes.com/news/us/fitness-model-west-point-grad-struck-and-killed-by-train-in-california-1.324553 I remember my firstie DS telling me about Greg's fitness training sessions with the cadets at USMA when my DS was a plebe. Greg was a good motivator.

October 20th is the day we should begin hearing about first board AROTC offers. It will be interesting to hear what offers students receive and to which schools students applied? My DS is hopeful for good news tomorrow.

The goarmy website lists the beginning date for rotc applications for the year 2015-2016 as June 12,2014. I was thinking that in the past the beginning date was in February. Was the date pushed back to June, or am I mistaken in my thoughts that it was earlier in the past? I was hoping to get...

I sent an e-mail to United Airlines last week asking them if New cadets were allowed baggage fee exemptions like active duty personnel. I let them know my accepted DS was not active duty at this time. The response I received this week stated "military recruits are eligible; the recruit must...

My appointed son just handed me an envelope with instructions to get a dental screening exam. On the top of this form it says the word "voluntary". Does that mean that we have the option not to complete it or get the panographic xrays? The reason I ask this is that the last time(2008) he had...

My son has been appointed to his #1 school, USMA. He accepted the appointment yesterday online. Is there any any possible reason why he shouldn't turn down his AROTC scholarship at this time?

Should the sports my son will participate in his senior year be checked on the application though he obviously hasn't completed the sport season yet? This question applies to clubs and leadership positions also.

The ROTC application has 10 spaces to list schools in which to apply. Is it mandatory to list 10 schools? At this time my son has 5 top schools for which he would love to go to besides SA's. If he listed 10 schools and they offered him scholarships to the schools which he may not even apply...