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The 2020 class took turns running up to their newly revealed crest and tapped it with their new rings. It looked like a big deal to them

Ive googled and searched here and cannot find anything. Is this ring tap event a new or old tradition? I found a couple really good pics of my son and was wanting to know the story before sharing. It looks like a pretty big deal to the cadets, at least by the looks on their faces in the...

I think the safe and obvious advice would have been not to wait until the last day to find out. Better try and call your ALO I would guess.

He texted me a pic of his four wisdom teeth laying on a square of gauze earlier today and said it took 15 minutes. Nasty! Amazing how big those things are! He gets the rest of this week off and is staying at his sponsor family's place. About an hour later he sent me another pic of a huge...

Have you tried the ACT? If not give it a shot. My son's ALO wanted him to get each section to at least a 30. I think he took it 3 times and ended up with 31,32,32,34 on the sections. If you werent aware they accept the best score from each section. That really panned out for him.

The football game is a good time. If you are taking your cadet to the game have them drive into the lot. Parking was free last year if the cadet was driving. Also, check out pregame over at the tunnel when people are dropping dollar bills down on the band. It's a good time. My son said last...

You best be getting a hotel yesterday. We made our reservations this year while we were there last year! They can leave with you Friday but have to be back for the football game. Quick tip, have your cadet DRIVE the car to the game. Parking is or at least was free if they were driving...

It's "Parent's Weekend". I'd politely tell her she can wait til Turkey day.

Verizon unlimited is the way to go. Not only is the useage unlimited but the phone can be used as a hotspot for 10G/month too

Agree completely. Our son's family is great! He enjoys hanging out with them and their two high school aged sons. They probabaly snag him a couple weekends each month!

Just to make sure you new subscribers to writetothem see this......go into the settings and DISABLE photos!

Cannot stress this enough. FOLLOW THE RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS. Trust me, you will survive. The parents on FB drove me insane by trying to do things like this, complaining about things like this being taken, complaining about pushups, etc. In fact their meddling last year resulted in a message...

I'm sure some will find me harsh or crash but I tend to have a bad habit of being matter of fact As a parent, you need to follow the rules! I see so many parents whining on FB about things from letters with photos imbedded at BCT being confiscated to the food at Mitchells or about their...

I can confirm the gpa point made above. Our son was a solid unweighted 3.87 (A) in HS and according to his text yesterday "might" hit 3.0 this semester.

This the commercial I have been seeing for about 10 months. I first saw it after my wife and son returned from his official visit/tour last year. They both quickly pointed out that the female in the commercial had been the one that handled his tour that day. They said she did a great job...