Marksmenship
Regarding shooting opportunities there is a combat shooting team. My son is a junior and has been on the team for 2 years. They typically shoot 2 times during the week and on Saturday. It is an 8-10 hourt commitment per week. The team has approximately 20 members who go through...
I have a son at the Air Force Academy and a son who is interested in pursuing Army ROTC. I am familiar with the time tables and dealines for an academy but could someone give me an idea what the main dealines are for Army ROTC as a college student. My son just graduated high school is...
Falcon Foundation
Thanks for the response and best of luck for your son on the waitlist. Do you have any idea how many students were free agents like your son and what was the acceptance rate of free agents.
Falcon Foundation
My son received his TWE a couple of weeks ago. While waiting for news he applied to NWP and was accepted as a free agent and plans to attend the fall semester there. If he doesn't receive a Falcon Foundation Scholarship does anyone have experience going the free agent route...
Combat shooting team
Yes there is a combat shooting team. I have a son who is C3C and the team is presently in North Carolina doig some traing over spring break with a special ops team after they particiapted in an all academies competition near Boston last weekend. He is enjoying being on...
Presently, I have a son that is in the class of 2014 and another son that has had his application complete since October and has received his nomination from our MOC. Over the years we have met many families that have more than one child go through the academy so I was wondering does the admin...
I have a son who has received his MOC nomination and is waiting for an appointment and a son who is a C3C who just returned to the academy after Christmas Break. He said there has already been briefings about budget cuts and there will be affects at the academy level. Immediately some of the...
USAFA Summer Seminar
My son attended USAFA's Summer Seminar last year and enjoyed the experience. I have heard that it is another helpful contibutor in and applicants overall package, does anyone have any comments regarding what type of weight it has in the overall appointment process.
In my opinion it is only too late if you missed a cut off date for nominations or application process. For many reasons my son made a decision to apply very late in the game (was completing his 2nd year in college) and decided to apply to USAFA. He hand delivered his nomination package to the...
You can still apply as I have a son who is in his sophmore year at the academy. He applied and was accepted when he had already completed 90 college credits and going into his junior year. At this point he is happy with his decision but his first year he wrestled with the fact that his friends...
Just accepted in California
My son just received an offer today for the summer session. We live in Southern California. His application remained in the "submitted but not yet processed" state and went straight to an offer. He is going the 3rd session. Best of luck to all you young men and...