Recent content by OldRetSWO

The SA's themselves do not so that nor do they create/design the class crest or the ring itself. At USNA, each class does it. As for a something in the MIDSTORE, it is a resale entity and not actually the SA itself. I would expect them to work WITH the class organization/crest committee to...

Unless things have changed a lot, they will still owe income taxes on their California earned pensions to the state of California. Supposedly, California law dictates that if pensions are EARNED in their state then California is entitled to their cut FOREVER and I knew a bunch of work friends...

JINX! You owe me a coke.

To add to what was said above, when I did shore duty at the former Naval Guided Missiles School (was in Dam Neck VA), I had the collateral duty of "Foreign Training Officer" and attended a special school for that role. Basically, in addition to the training provided, the US also gains a great...

It is not fully completed applications as that is not a huge number.

The new class of Midshipmen boasts 824 men selected from 11,190 applications and 377 Women selected from 4,887 applications. Midshipmen were admitted from every state in the nation, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The Class of 2029 has 14...

Going to be out of the US (European River Cruise) so I doubt that we'll have any special July 4th foods but I'll be sure to pause from the culinary delights that we'll experience to think about HotDogs and other traditional fare. ;)

First thing. . STOP SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT A GOOD TEST TAKER ! That is an excuse and excuses don't mean diddly if you want to get into the big leagues. If a baseball prospect can't hit a curveball, they aren't moving up and this is similar. It is a bad mindset and you need to stop excusing...

What is his "One Bite Rating" from Dave Portnoy? One Bite Ranking

A veritable CHILD you are. . . . 51 years since my own I Day and I was dropped off the night before by my parents as the Oath was not a big Parental event as it has now become. Lots of my classmates were either in the Visiting Team Dorm or in local hotels for the night before our I Day.

Typically said by folks whose underdeveloped Pizza Palate does not know any better. Instead of using a GPS or map, you can pretty much tell your distance from NYC/NJ by the pizza that is locally available. A reliable alternative measure is how many people in an area say/believe that Papa...

This Year's announcement and FWIW, the numbers are somewhat typical for the district. Plus one each to NAPS and AFAPS and one to USMMA.

USS Nimitz crew used to have bumper stickers that said "BOHICA OUR SCREWS NEVER STOP"