Recent content by Bracken

There are many USAFA parent clubs around the country that host New Appointment Banquets in April and May but USAFA can't disclose your identity until you've given permission. It's one of the many checklist tasks. Therefore you should look up your local club through social media and ask about...

I sent this post to my DD who is a C3C and asked for her "opinion" on it and asked her to share it with her female friends in squad. Their collective opinion is that it is very good advice. They didn't mention anything about it being sexist. My point of sharing this is that people might...

If you have boots, wear them. In 2018, the number is up to about 85% of basics wearing them. Less to carry is better.

Be careful about bringing LOTS of food. In Summer '18 there were LOTS of garbage cans in the parking lot filling up with uneaten food. We and many others, planned on feeding many new cadets and upperclassmen and they just weren't there. Perhaps Mitch's was open in '18 but not other years? If...

Sponsors in summer of '18 for class of '22 were assigned on a rolling basis. Most did not have them before doolie day out and didn't get one until around parent's weekend. Some were still waiting after parent's weekend. But ALL the doolies will get to go to someone's house for DDO. Ours went...

Bigrod. Did you join facebook yet? It's the next logical progression to move from this forum to FB after you receive an appointment. You can thank me later. :-)

Bigrod, I got teary reading your story. And I just got done writing a response to anther post telling you to join Facebook for the groups. I'm actually on 5 groups. 1) Parent resource. 2) Class of 2022 parents group. 3) Class of 2022 Prayer group. 4) class of 2022 Barbarians (squadron...

It's called USAFA 2023 Parents Group. It's good that your wife joins that page Bigrod. But I would also suggest you make a Facebook profile and join that page too. If you're on this forum, you're clearly interested in gathering information about the future of your child. You can be on FB and...

Thank you for posting this AROTC-dad. I missed it.

Like FMHS-79 and parktrack said, it's critical to have for doolie year and I look at the rest as a contribution to a good organization.

Merlinity, now that recognition is behind you, please tell us your plans. Thank you.

ders_dad I searched your profile which led me to the Navy forum and found your name on the appt thread for Navy Class of 2023. My hearty congrats go to you and DS and family! Your DS's EC experience couldn't have been more different than my DD who graduated from a tiny school. Because of the...

ders_dad, the reason I asked is that I suspected you were referring to the school you ID'd. I just didn't know they were getting soooo many kids recruited to D1 schools. The "needing attention" line made me LOL. Now I'm wondering if we know each other.

That is quite a hockey program. What is that high school?

Thank you for the clarification. It makes sense now.