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I've heard some drama regarding the Battle Standard. Anyone in the know, please either PM me or respond to this post with info. Thanks

If it's anything like the town hall conference they had with the alumni a few weeks ago, they have no plans on giving any new information on their agenda.

I'm pretty disappointed in this announcement. I know KP is ran by MARAD, and no disrespect towards the Maritime Administrator, but couldn't the Superintendent/MARAD have chosen someone a LITTLE more out of the box than the Maritime Administrator? Out of all the influential and successful alumni...

Strategic Sealift Officers (SSOs) can qualify for the Post 9/11 GI Bill. You must complete a 90 (consecutive) day ADT in order to qualify. Once you qualify (once you complete a 90 day ADT), all time spent on ADT counts towards GI Bill, including time spent on ADT before qualifying. For example...

When you can make 30 grand more doing a quarter of the work, you're dang right tough work sucks. Get a job offshore while the money is there to make. Sent using the Service Academy Forums® mobile app

"One of my friends" works on tugs... specifically Crowley ATBs..... and it SUUCCKKSS Sent using the Service Academy Forums® mobile app

It's the last day of license exams, which I assume is Thursday. They typically publish a link for friends and family to watch the bell ringing live online. Sent using the Service Academy Forums® mobile app

They make getting your TWIC before showing up for Indoc a big deal, but you'd be surprised at how many people don't have it when they report. The quicker the better, but it's certainly not something that will keep him from reporting when he's supposed to. I also just renewed my TWIC just this...

Best piece of advice: don't go to KP and act like you are better than anyone because you went to NMMI. A lot of the times the NMMI guys are super cocky and get a bad rep from the inception.

MSC is an entirely different beast when compared to the commercial shipping world. The ATRs, while not always... completely proactive... have to go through an MSC employee to coordinate midshipmen getting on MSC ships, and unfortunately, more often than not, that process takes a lot more time...

While some disagree with the idea, Kings Point IS still a service academy. Things change, administration changes, faculty changes, etc. One thing that doesn't change: midshipmen. And more specifically, the culture of the midshipmen. I'm here to tell you that the behavior of the midshipmen at...

There is a lot going on 1/c year. Senior luau, drinking, 300 nights, drinking, academics, ring dance, officer positions, drinking, capstone, 200 nights, etc. 1/c A splitters don't even find out if they have passed sea projects until almost the end of first trimester, which is extremely...

This is why it's awesome to be a deckie.

Plebes get their computers right at the end of Indoc. They aren't supposed to use Skype during the year unless authorized by their CTO, RTOA, etc.

I will be yelling at your kid if he brings an iron on the 7th ;)

That's right. Didn't have any problems. Granted, it wouldn't be very hard to grab one at the year and send it in if you're worried about it.

I did not turn one in at the end my senior year, nor did I see anything in our packet of information saying that we had to. (three years ago when I was an incoming plebe). I'm sure it hasn't changed.

Just so everyone knows: if for some reason worst comes to worst and you can't get the TWIC card, the school WILL send groups of plebes at a time to the closest enrollment center in a government van with an upperclassman so that they can get their TWICs. They want you to do it prior to plebe...

they won't measure your shorts, I promise. I was a DI, and as long as they are dark blue and look like normal mesh-ish shorts, you will be fine.

You will probably have a half day on 4th of July, if anything. You will definitely get the weekend prior off.