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Congrats to your son and welcome. GO KP!

Is there a swimming requirement or test at the USMMA? Do students have to be able to swim a certain distance within a certain time, be able to tread water for specified period of time or know variety of swimming strokes?

I appreciate you tracking down an answer for me. Thanks also to the mid who took time away from a busy schedule to respond.

JM, thanks for all of your help regarding the USMMA. Is the 1st seatime restricted to one type of vessel, or, can a midshipman choose a container ship and tanker experience? Also, can he or she choose both a military and a civilian vessel during the 1st seatime?

Aah, now it makes sense. Thanks, LITS for the clarification and the time management and balance advice

The odds are good, but the goods are odd Luigi, the odds are good that KP will win back the Superintendant's Trophy, but what the heck is the Secretaries Cup?

Congrats to you Cero, many congrats to you also. Best of luck to you. See you in July.

congrats Thanks to all for the congrats. I will pass them along to my son. Jamzmom, some of the factors that entered into my son's decision are as follows: 1) OPTIONS- He is fairly certain that he would like to serve the five year active duty military option, most likely in the Navy , but he...

Congratulations to all who have accepted appointments to any of the five U.S. service academies. Thank you for your decision to serve your country! For those who are still waiting to hear, thank you for your desire to serve and best wishes for good news soon. My son has officially declined his...

He is going to the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Also an excellent service academy with awesome opportunties.

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Congratulations Congratulations to the class of 2012 heading to New London. Best wishes to those still waiting for good news. My son has just sent in his paper work declining his offer of appointment to the USCGA and the USNA. As the May 1 deadline to accept or decline approaches, more openings...

Jamzmom, thanks for your help with the quote button. Now, if I could only find the engage your brain before speak button I would be much better off. Looking back on the posts that I made, I was not very pleased with what I saw. Not only did I manage to offend several people in the process but...

This is where I should have stopped. This is what I believe. Unfortunately I did go off on a tangent that I had not thought out very well.I have a deep respect for those who serve and have served. To state otherwise would be a disservice to them. USNA69 is correct. I offer my sincere apology.

Ok, we are going to beat this dead horse untill it's dog food. Dog gone it. I still can't do those cool high-lighted quotes. USNA 69, you state that I was only referring to a BGO interview. however, my very next sentence was"Now lets assume that this individual is in the military flying...