Recent content by RLTW

Key Development, as in, if you selected Infantry branch, you need time commanding some type of maneuver org., such as an Platoon Leader, Infantry Company commander, a Cavalry troop commander, etc. That would be in comparison to Broadening Experience such as time spent in future weapons research...

DS didn't find out until the local/state banquet for appointees about a week before R Day. And it seemed to have been accidental. One of the state field force came up to him and said "Congratulations for getting a Primary Nomination from xxxxxx" and so not only did he know then, he assumed that...

My two cents, or so… it sounds like a very small number (10-20 cadets each year go into medical school). And it is. Here is another context: not that many apply. Here is my experience. When my DS and I did the campus visit (would have been around 2009 or 2010), during part of it he was escorted...

If I'm understanding the situation correctly, since prep is most commonly meant to bolster academics to those who miss that bar (whatever it is) being overqualified for prep usually means the academic bar was met, and somewhere in the gap between where he measured compared to wherever his direct...

Great encouragement! As my son used to say "It's the government. They gotta feed you. All I have to do is make it to the next meal."

MDO = Multi Domain Operations https://www.tradoc.army.mil/Publications-and-Resources/Article-Display/Article/1655556/multi-domain-operations/#:~:text=Multi-Domain%20Operations%20%28MDO%29%20describes%20how%20the%20U.S.%20Army%2C,all%20domains%2C%20in%20both%20competition%20and%20armed%20conflict.

They're moving away from slate tablets and papyrus? The corps has...

"but rather any athletic coach." This may be true today, however, it didn't used to be so, the person actually had to hold the position of PE teacher, as many coaches in our area are not actually employed as a PE teacher. Some even volunteer. This was a few years ago, but it did affect my DS...

Are there any requirements for commissioning that mandate physical colocation? Or, could a commission oath be valid via Skype or similar? Just curious.

Typically, measurements refer only to blade length. https://www.akti.org/resources/akti-protocol-for-measuring-knife-blade-length/

// side bar // About beast, but more about what parents should NOT take home from Beast, due to TSA. At least a few years ago. RDay 2011 was my wife’s first visit to USMA. As a way to remember her visit we bought a letter opener which was a small replica of the cadet saber, very nice looking...

RLTW said: ↑ DS took a MUT, and while it lasted he loved it. Sadly, during Beast, he left it out once while he stepped away from his barracks for a minute and when he returned, it was gone, has not seen it since. He did replace it with another MUT though, thinks it is a great tool. I like...

Is BRADSO an option this year?

“Your DodMERB is good for two years so you do not have to do that again.” True. However it is good for EXACTLY two years. DS ('15) was a reapplicant, had done DODMERB in maybe May the first time, was appointed second time, but the DODMERB actually expired before R Day, so while it was...