Recent content by dag0at16

The two week Indoc period will fly by and before you know it the Academic year will start. When it does, seek out help from your professors as often and early as possible. Use the E.I. (Extra Instruction) system to your advantage. At one point, I basically lived in my math professor's office, I...

Get your EAWs, and keep charging hard in your command. Drop your completed USNA package as soon as you can even though they probably won't get to it until after May (due to commissioning ceremonies). The sooner you get accepted, the sooner your Academy experience will begin. You sound like...

NAPS Year Good job then. NAPS an interesting experience for the enlisted sailor, but if you stay focused you'll enjoy it. NAPS and the Naval Academy are NOT the fleet. It is not like any of the other officer accession programs at all. NAPS is a prep school and therefore, your classmates will...

REPLY To answer your first question, no you don't write up the recommendation yourself. The only thing I had to do was route up my SECNAV request. You get that from the OPNAV 1420.1B. Your CoC will do the rest. For your 2nd question, yes, you will have to apply all over again for the class...

Yes, bring your personal workout shoes. You will be able to wear them during PEP and you won't stick out. Good luck! __________________ USNA 2016

The only classes that matter for plebe year are Chemistry, Calculus, English, and History. If you are fluent in these subjects, your plebe year will be a very comfortable time... _____________________________________________ USNA 2016

I second what nuensis said!

"Hey do any of you know the process involved with detaching from my Command and then going to Annapolis. Once I receive orders to detach, does the time in between leaving and reporting to USNA depend on how much earned leave I have on the books or do we receive a certain amount of time to go...

have you received a response from the academy yet?

Hey I'm a prior-enlisted sailor that went to NAPS last year (2012) and am currently finishing my first year at the academy. If you have any other questions just respond to this post....