Check out YouTube. search for "USMMA Oath 2009", or try this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Md3q2Scqk
look for more later this week. I also have the March on and presentation of the companies. I'll try to match with the program so I name them correctly.
wouldn't it make sense that the midshipmen get paid because they are in the already commissioned into the military. At the other SA's(not sure about CG) they get paid but are not commissioned until graduation.
While it is true that nobody receives their commission until they graduate, the other academies are sworn into active duty whereas KP mids are sworn into the reserves. As active duty personnel the cadets/mids from other academies are paid a salary. This also explains why they wear a National Defense ribbon and KP mids do not.