Recent content by laxman44

"Be thou at Peace." Huge loss. Cannot imagine the Brigade's morale. 4 of their best and brightest taken away in one quick moment. I have lost several classmates to helicopter crashes- It doesn't get easier to hear about death....especially after attending my classes memorial at our...

Outstanding! Good luck to you son.

You can if you have the grades, SAT and ECs......This fine FB player had to apply and go thru the same process every other classmate of his class had to go thru to receive an appointment. Many folks do a year either at post grad or at college before going to West Point.

My Dad My dad served 31 years in the military: 3 years Marines - Korean War- Aviation mechanic. 28 years Army- 11B. (Japan/101st/25th ID/173 ABR Bde, Auburn ROTC and Rifle Coach- WDE!, MTU at Benning, West Point Rifle Coach- 11 years military-another 10 years as a civilian). 2 tours...

Scout- Sorry for your loss. 160 SOAR- These guys were obviously cream of the crop type folks. I'm '81 and we have lost 4 or 5 aviators to crashes. We lost 2 in one crash in flight school (along with the IP). Be thou at Peace!

Good luck to all the C/Cs. Best thing that ever happened to me.

https://blackboard.usna.edu/bbcswebdav/orgs/NAPS-ACADEMIC-DEPTS/Public%20Web%20Content/NAPS%20Information%20Brochure%20_AY2011-2012_.pdf?ticket=gAZxzqlQ page 27 for the amount. USNAPS page on the USNA website http://www.usna.edu/NAPS/

Your kids are taking advantage of a once in a lifetime opportunity to get a great education and leadership training and application that will serve them well thru a lifetime of service to our country. Be proud parents..... and enjoy your time with your cadet/midshipmen when they are in school.

If being an officer in the service is what you want- there are other ways to earn a commission. OCS/OTS- Officer candidate school or ROTC.....

Oh by the way- Army Rifle is a varsity sport at West Point- won a NCAA championship a couple of years ago...sent a cadet shooter to the last Olympic games. Coach Wigger certainly recruits...and recruits well! The good news for coach is that he only need 4 shooters to compete in NCAA rifle...

Jeremiah Weed- We used to tailgate pretty good post lacrosse games up on the Hudson- most of our parents were from Long Island or Upstate- ie...Cuse). Our starting freshmen goalie (4 time All American) my senior year used to have the WEED brought by his parents. Surely plenty of beer to be...

One other comment Just wanted to also state that some people just don't like Engineering...If you struggle with math or just don't like it - you certainly do not want to go technical.....there are certainly many other options at West Point.

I went when there weren't majors...but went with a mangement concentration- 7 or 8 electives- psych/math/MGT and Engineering capstones/ finance accting. Helped me get into a MBA program due to having the required prereqs- It was a good concentration for me But.... Why not do...

To bad about the cancellation. The training can be taken later- I went as a cadet and I mumbled to myself that I should have done it after graduation. Why?- as a cadet I stayed in the barracks (no AC- 3d floor- GA in August)- ate in the mess hall. Officers stayed in the AC'd BOQ and...

Been 35 years since I went to Basic Training and attended USMAPS- You will spend most of your 1st semester prepping for and taking the SAT. Not sure about taking the ACT..we didn't (at least I think we didn't)- ...You need to buckle down and excel. Significantly improve your SAT score. Do...