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Here's an article from 2014 on attrition rates: http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/naval_academy/ph-ac-cn-usna-attrition-1202-20141201-story.html

The Sea Cadets are allotted something like 100 slots in each class. From a percentage standpoint that's fairly significant. From a leadership perspective DD learned great lessons about motivating, encouraging, and disciplining other cadets. All of these was under the watchful eye of a retired...

A couple of thoughts: 1. Virtual high school would be viewed similarly to home schooling. You will likely find more information if you search using that term. 2. The academy wants to know how you compare academically to your peers. If your virtual high school work means you are the only one...

Assuming DD decides to get a life insurance policy is there any advantage to going with the policy offered in the PTR package versus USAA policy?

Off topic - a few weeks ago in the midst of reading about what to do with college savings NOLS was mentioned. After looking it up I knew that DD would be all over that and if I was still 20 I'd be all over it too. Back on topic - Can you purchase part of the plane ticket and then the...

We used DODMERB Consultants when my DD was DQ. DD's issue was not a standard one. To me they were worth every penny just because they took the pressure off of me to figure out how to best reply to requests for additional information and because they could provide information. For example we...