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We have a CC at USMAPS currently. During our briefing we were told that about 50% of the class make up are recruited athletes. About 15% are prior enlisted. So that leaves 35% that are neither of those. That has since been confirmed by our CC. However, not all of those "athletes" are...

Thanks! DD told us that the rubbing doesn't occur until about mile 5 in her ruck. Her feet sweat and she was wearing cotton socks. From what we have researched cotton is not the way to go because it holds moisture, doesn't wick. Ordered her some fox river socks and will try those. She is...

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We had to order them online for DD due to no PX within 3hrs of our house had her size. The boots only come in Male sizes and she is a female 8. Male 6 fits snugly but obviously there is some room in the heel area (where blisters occur). She is at a loos and doesn't want this to keep happening...

What is your advice for 1) to prevent blisters (if that's even possible)? 2) How to survive rucking once you've developed some pretty nasty ones? Moleskin seems to rub off and wrapping didn't help either. Trying to break in Garmonts and getting some pretty nice blisters..........

DD is bringing a Gerber Diesel.

There is a graduation ceremony at the end of CCBT. I was informed by a very helpful member, who has had cadets at both USMA and USMAPS, that many parents do attend this but you will not be able to spend very much time with your DS,DD. He also told me "The big event in the fall is the Parent...

Thank You all for your prayers, advice, insight, encouragement and knowledge shared. We sure will "Enjoy the ride!" Go Army, Beat Navy!

Thank You! We will.

UPDATE: DD accepted her appointment to the class of 2019 USMAPS. After some soul searching she came to the conclusion that the USMA is what she set out to do all along and that, while a great 1A plan, Nursing (through ROTC) wasn't a primary goal and as many have said she can accomplish this...

USMAPS Class of 2019 Appointment Thread: 1) QWE123 / DS / 29-Mar-18 / Will Accept / FL-02 / Direct Entry 2) M5MO / DS / 03-Mar-18 / Accepted / MA-09 / Prior Enlisted & Current College ROTC 3) zutalors! / DD / 13-Apr-18 / Accepted / CA-12 / Direct Entry 4) 2022USMAHopefuldad / DD / 09-May-18 /...

DD accepted her appointment to the class of 2019 USMAPS. After some soul searching she came to the conclusion that the USMA is what she set out to do all along and that, while a great 1A plan, Nursing (through ROTC) wasn't a primary goal and as many have said she can accomplish this later if...

Specifically we are looking at the weekend of 25 Aug. Our oldest daughter is getting married that weekend and 1) we are concerned about potential conflicts with DD USMAPS cadet candidates schedule 2) is there any chance DD would be granted leave to attend wedding?

Hello, Reading all we can and educating ourselves on USMAPS and we cant seem to find important dates related to USMAPS cadet candidates except for "R" day. Is there any dates that we should be aware of toward the end of the summer similar to USMA cadets "A" day? Any and all info would be...