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Through gate 1
I think the discussion centered around PEP, which would be early. Gate 1, the general visitation gate, is not a 24-hour gate:I don’t have a DBIDs card and have had no issues entering with my driver license via Gate 1 or 8.
Granted that is on foot. No entry via car without active DBIDs or a passenger with a current CAC.
Very excited for our 2026 moms and dads.
Good catch. I missed that detail.I think the discussion centered around PEP, which would be early. Gate 1, the general visitation gate, is not a 24-hour gate:
Gate 1 is open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday for pedestrian traffic.
The Yard is closed to visitors without military or DBIDS during certain hours. People with those IDs can use Gate 8, the 24-hour gate.
Pedestrian traffic opens at 5am and as I understand there is no parking fee at City dock until 8 am.I think the discussion centered around PEP, which would be early. Gate 1, the general visitation gate, is not a 24-hour gate:
Gate 1 is open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday for pedestrian traffic.
The Yard is closed to visitors without military or DBIDS during certain hours. People with those IDs can use Gate 8, the 24-hour gate.
I copied the times in my post from the USNA Security page - but I know early morning runners and walkers can use the Gate 1 walk gates.Pedestrian traffic opens at 5am and as I understand there is no parking fee at City dock until 8 am.
It ain't practice. . . its the real thing.Friday Pep practice
Observing PEP during PPW wasn't a thing back in the day, at least as far a I can remember,It ain't practice. . . its the real thing.
Absolutely didn’t mean to discredit. That’s a misspeak. Anyway, it was one of the highlights for us. There, watching the sunrise over the bay in the background…slight fog in the air. The smells of grass and sweat. Big vibrations from the beat of the base turned up loud. Crowd engagement from the director (don’t remember who it was but he is fantastic…I almost felt like I could do those burpees ). And COFFEE.It ain't practice. . . its the real thing.
My MID reports in a letter that the day after the Baysox outing, the beating was the worst they have ever had. It was intended to "remind everybody where they are and lock every back in". I can only imagine the Monday after PPW.I wonder if the good MJR Antonelli kicks it up a couple notches on the rigor scale, knowing that there’s an eager audience and perhaps some unfocused plebes scanning the stands for friendly faces. That, against the backdrop of a glorious Chesapeake sunrise, can make for quite a “show” — at least for the spectators.
I wonder how long the line is on Thursday? I'm arriving Wednesday night and planned to watch PEP Thursday morning, and then pick up DBIDS later that day. I guess if I miss it Thurs, I can just catch it Friday because I'll have my card by then.In 2019, they did not start to process people through Gate 1 until exactly 6:00 am (and there was a loooooong line of parents waiting to get in so it took some time.) Parents with military ID or DBIDs went in before, whereas the rest of us unwashed caught the last 20 minutes or so of PEP. Frankly, seeing PEP was really neat (and then becomes a “been there, saw that”). But it was also a chance to meet some parents in the bleachers.
Observing PEP during PPW wasn't a thing back in the day, at least as far a I can remember,
I'm sure that if it were, Heinz Lenz would have turned the heat up a little...another opportunity to excel !
On our last day of PEP, Heinz Lentz rattled off a bunch of Plebe PEP accomplishments – x number of miles run, x amount of this and that. At the end of the discourse Prof Lentz encouraged us plebes to “thank” all the detailers. Detailers back then were all 1/C. Our mentors hadn’t noticed that the PE staff had closed all the access gates. The “tormentors” were now trapped. They ran for their lives. Some got dog piled and others thrown into the Reflection Pool or Santee Basin where the sailboats were moored. I imagine there were repercussions after PPW. Fast forward. I was a second set, red name tag, mid. On the last day of PEP, Heinz Lentz again rattled off the accomplishments of the plebes and encouraged them to “thank” detailers in our class. It had been a long, hot, summer. I knew what was coming and had slinked back to the end of the company column. I was out the rear gate before it was shut. In the melee that ensued, I got chased back to Bancroft. The plebes (not in my company) didn’t know any shortcuts in the maze that is Bancroft, so I was able to ditch them. I heard that some of my classmates weren’t so lucky. After breakfast I found a dead mouse in the window sill of my room.I wonder if the good MJR Antonelli kicks it up a couple notches on the rigor scale, knowing that there’s an eager audience and perhaps some unfocused plebes scanning the stands for friendly faces. That, against the backdrop of a glorious Chesapeake sunrise, can make for quite a “show” — at least for the spectators.
You do not have to have a DBIDS to go onto the Yard. You can go Friday without it. Presently, it’s open to the public. It was restricted during Covid. But presently, is open to the public.I wonder how long the line is on Thursday? I'm arriving Wednesday night and planned to watch PEP Thursday morning, and then pick up DBIDS later that day. I guess if I miss it Thurs, I can just catch it Friday because I'll have my card by then.
Yeah I was noting that if I miss Thursday PEP due to a long line, I will have a card on Friday and get in earlier / easier and then make PEP.You do not have to have a DBIDS to go onto the Yard. You can go Friday without it. Presently, it’s open to the public. It was restricted during Covid. But presently, is open to the public.
Perhaps a silly question, but wanted to confirm that PEP is on Dewey Field...thanks!Yeah I was noting that if I miss Thursday PEP due to a long line, I will have a card on Friday and get in earlier / easier and then make PEP.