Are there any more details about this? Where/when/how was it announced? Have never heard this term, so was trying to figure out exactly how it works??Fair warning to the incoming class, the Dant just announced that you will all be shotgunned at the conclusion of your Plebe year.
USNA Definition of Shotgunning: Being placed in a different company from the one you were originally assigned.
So, USNA doesn't have cadets. They are midshipmen.Does USNA not normally switch cadets around or is this just unusual because of the timing?
...the Dant just announced that you will all be shotgunned at the conclusion of your Plebe year....
In all honesty I think the shotgunning is a good thing. It breaks up plebe year cliques. You meet and know more people this way also. It makes those who did well Plebe Year not rely on that reputation and keep working, prevents complacency. It lets those who maybe didn't do well Plebe Year get a fresh start. It's a chance to learn how to deal with new leadership. It lets upperclass work on leadership skills on how accept soon to be 3/C and forge the company identity.
Nope. It's exactly the same language used for the last two years. Everytime there is a Dant's call the word comes down that Zeus said the plebes or youngsters are being shotgunned. They convinced '19 that they were going to be, but again, who cares. '16 is about to get shotgunned anyway.I have made the assumption that because of the phrasing, MiddyB personally heard the Dant announce a specific policy change at a Dant's Call, Plebe Summer Staff meeting, or similar first-person experience, so it is not hearsay, or has seen an instruction or policy promulgated that directs the change for 2020.
That is different from the regularly recurring rumor that springs from "I heard the Dant said...." I hope MiddyB pops back on and updates us as to the specifics. I may have to query mid sponsor family.
I had too many years writing and then poring over JAGMAN investigations, and it was drummed into my head about hearsay versus actually hearing something, as well as facts versus opinions.