Recent content by severn

... so the forum 😁 just awarded me with the "Addicted" Trophy 🏆 for 1,000 messages sent.

... 2 pullups? Do not take it. 10-12 pullups? Take it.

... ? Google Search U.S. Naval Academy (official website). In the upper right quadrant, there's a chat button. Click that. Signed in using email address (to chat with). Have candidate number when chatting with Admissions officer on duty. Ask questions. Close now; opens in AM 0800.

... vicinity in Raleigh County?

... go to chat room in Admissions Website.

... ... Navy Basketball? How many times you've beaten Army?

... ahhh, Lechon, very nice. This will cost around P18,000 pesos ($300.00) in Manila, high end restaurant. However, in the street, just a portion of it for lunch or dinner, costs around $2.50, add two puso (steamed rice wrapped in coconut leaves) for $0.25 and coke for $0.25; and the entire meal...

... image is DS's rank/shoulder boards. Plebe-4/C is framed now. Graduation Day, the 3/C rank will be added; next year, 2/C, etc.

... If I have to do all over again, I would make friends with the unit armorer. The NBC masks and weapons are in the arms room. Offer a helping hand cleaning the masks and weapons; treat them with a large pizza and coke. The underlying objective is to become an expert (blindfolded) in assembly...

... maybe May timeframe. Use the 2027 for prep.

... severn as in the Severn River by the yard.

Many congratulations 🎉! Please stay safe now for the once in a lifetime event: I-Day.

... if a military family, drive to gate 8 (or gate 1) and show your military ID. I always park across the street from the lodging office. DW parks by the 📚 bookstore.

... in the JSOA by the Sulu Archipelago, a rotating officer back to the U.S. Mainland will buy a whole tuna or a cow for a beach barbecue. And drinks in a trailer filled with ice. It's so funny to watch the returning officers who have gone completely native, speaking local dialects and eating...

... so this is a contrarian post. I think I know who will be the "anchor" for the Class of 2026: my DS's classmate. Academic probation for two semesters in a row. He stayed with us several times already. Pleasant, nice fellow, always smiling. I think, until now, everything was easy for him...