Recent content by LLPirate

I agree send LOTS of letters they really do help. I still have all of mine that my BF ever sent. They are priceless! Trust me nothing in them is all that significant but just getting mail is HUGE. One of my bestfriends from KP sent me a digital copy of a letter that my BF (hubby now) sent...

Member of the 2% club as well and my BF was the one at home. My advice to parents is don’t over involve yourself I think it creates a us vs. them dynamic. Instead realize that they are trying to take this transition seriously. Yes they are young big deal, some lessons you have to learn by...

How strange This thread made me chuckle. I don't remember lack of AC. Ok, I take that back I remember being HOT in indoc but that was expected. I do remember how awful the heating was because my skin always dried out. However we were always nice and toasty warm! As far as heat goes my...

I'll never tell... 98/99 but close =) How the heck are you Mr. Carmichael, sir.

Thanks! It cracks me up as well :biggrin:

Memories This thread caught my eye. Not so much because you should or shouldn't do something but because it took me back to sea year. I decided while in to get my belly button pierced. The Captain on my ship found out and announced it during a fire and boat drill. I was mortified :eek:! At...

As a setback I can speak from experience. The person who makes it the hardest is THE SETBACK. For myself my new classmates and former classmates treated me the same and my new class just wanted to get to know me. Of course I was scared of this when I returned but it was unwarranted. As for...

This takes me back Oh the pipes knocking... that was something. You get use too it. We figured out early on that adding a cut open pop can filled with water to the inside of the room radiator helped our skin a bit, very dry in the winter. As for the food embrace Ramen Noodles or add...

perspective from both worlds Ok here are my thoughts… I attended both KP and SUNY Maritime. Personally I think I received the best of both worlds. But here are the differences IMHO Nothing compares to a service academy. It’s just how there designed. You can’t create that type of...

Funny note, I received an e-mail from my KP roommate apparently during a bad rain storm her husband, also a classmate, grabbed the foul weather gear from plebe year. When he returned to the house she noticed the stencil had my name on it. I still have a complete set as well but I have no idea...

My BF took me to the airport the day I left for KP. We survived indoc and most of plebe year. I think each relationship is unique and the key to ours was we stayed friends. We talked, we dated when we could, we both allowed the other to grow up. Sea year was amazing and hard-work. Trust...

Been there As a former KP midshipmen who dealt with the wonderful world of academic trouble here is my advice to parents who want to help. First off realize what you are dealing with, a student who prior to this moment probably never experienced an academic hardship in their life. Not...