FightingFalcon2027
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When will the cadets know their summer schedule? Divided into 3, 3 weeks each including vacation? How does it work? Mom has to make vacation request from work a year in advance. Thank you.
I found out mine for this summer around March of this year I believe, so maybe 3 months out from summer max. You are able to put in a preference for what summer period you want off but it is not guaranteed.When will the cadets know their summer schedule? Divided into 3, 3 weeks each including vacation? How does it work? Mom has to make vacation request from work a year in advance. Thank you.
What activity or work are you assigned in the other 2, 3 week period? Thank you.I found out mine for this summer around March of this year I believe, so maybe 3 months out from summer max. You are able to put in a preference for what summer period you want off but it is not guaranteed.
For the summer after your doolie (freshmen year), the average cadet will have 1 period off, one devoted to an airmanship program, and 1 towards something called Combat Survival Training (CST), think SERE but just the survival and evasion portions. For the airmanship block, you have multiple options which include Soaring, Jump where you get to jump out of a plane by yourself, Azimuth which is a space force oriented program, powered flight in a small single engine aircraft, a program for people interested in special warfare and probably a couple others I’m forgetting about. Some people either elect or are forced to give up their airmanship block to do summer academics (take a class) or elect to do so in lieu of taking a break period.What activity or work are you assigned in the other 2, 3 week period? Thank you.
Thank you very much, this is very helpful!For the summer after your doolie (freshmen year), the average cadet will have 1 period off, one devoted to an airmanship program, and 1 towards something called Combat Survival Training (CST), think SERE but just the survival and evasion portions. For the airmanship block, you have multiple options which include Soaring, Jump where you get to jump out of a plane by yourself, Azimuth which is a space force oriented program, powered flight in a small single engine aircraft, a program for people interested in special warfare and probably a couple others I’m forgetting about. Some people either elect or are forced to give up their airmanship block to do summer academics (take a class) or elect to do so in lieu of taking a break period.
No matter what the summer training schedule requested is, it likely won’t be confirmed until the spring, and then may shift unexpectedly. This is part of adjustment by both the military member and their families to the fluidity of military life. The cadet’s summer leave may not coincide with parent’s scheduled vacation.When will the cadets know their summer schedule? Divided into 3, 3 weeks each including vacation? How does it work? Mom has to make vacation request from work a year in advance. Thank you.
Thank you Captain MJ!No matter what the summer training schedule requested is, it likely won’t be confirmed until the spring, and then may shift unexpectedly. This is part of adjustment by both the military member and their families to the fluidity of military life. The cadet’s summer leave may not coincide with parent’s scheduled vacation.
Add in a planning factor for the upcoming years when your cadet may say, “I’m so excited, I have a chance to do X during my summer leave block/session, so I signed up for that, and won’t be coming home.” “My teammate Z lives on the Gulf Coast in Florida a block from the beach, so a bunch of us are spending spring break there.” “My GF/BF’s family has invited me to Thanksgiving with them in Maine, so that’s where I am going.” “I’m coming home for Christmas, but the day after, I’m leaving to meet up with 2 classmates at their family’s timeshare in Aspen to go skiing, and I’ll go back to USAFA from there.”
We see this with our USNA sponsor family, and I urge them to let family know as soon as possible, so assumptions and expectations can be managed. In the excitement of being a young adult with the ability to make and execute plans, sometimes they unthinkingly relegate family/home to the familiar “default setting” and blithely pursue alternates to expected patterns.
Ds already informed me that he will not be coming home for Thanksgiving next year (the CO mountains are calling), might spend some winter break days in NYC with a friend (we cannot compete with Broadway), and wants to go to Japan one summer (I went to Germany my 2 degree summer so I get it). I absolutely love all of these experiences for him! Still miss him and hate parts of having adult children but love it.Add in a planning factor for the upcoming years when your cadet may say, “I’m so excited, I have a chance to do X during my summer leave block/session, so I signed up for that, and won’t be coming home.” “My teammate Z lives on the Gulf Coast in Florida a block from the beach, so a bunch of us are spending spring break there.” “My GF/BF’s family has invited me to Thanksgiving with them in Maine, so that’s where I am going.” “I’m coming home for Christmas, but the day after, I’m leaving to meet up with 2 classmates at their family’s timeshare in Aspen to go skiing, and I’ll go back to USAFA from there.”
We see this with our USNA sponsor family, and I urge them to let family know as soon as possible, so assumptions and expectations can be managed. In the excitement of being a young adult with the ability to make and execute plans, sometimes they unthinkingly relegate family/home to the familiar “default setting” and blithely pursue alternates to expected patterns.
My DS (Class of 2027) getting ready for BCT at the end of this month already informed us he is going to Taiwan next summer. Yep we better get use to him not being here with us.Ds already informed me that he will not be coming home for Thanksgiving next year (the CO mountains are calling), might spend some winter break days in NYC with a friend (we cannot compete with Broadway), and wants to go to Japan one summer (I went to Germany my 2 degree summer so I get it). I absolutely love all of these experiences for him! Still miss him and hate parts of having adult children but love it.
Places to go, things to do, people to meet…Prep your extended family too if they are used to having large family gatherings. In our case, the grandparents didn't understand why their beloved grandson wouldn't want to be home for every major holiday. DH and I handled it better than they did LOL! Even now that DS is AD, they still ask when he's coming home for Christmas etc....
So very true. We told DS that if he had the chance to go do something, to do it. Most of those opportunities don't come around oftenPlaces to go, things to do, people to meet…