When my DS went to CVW, he participated in company Sea Trails Training on Saturday morning. For context, that was early spring, 2019. Things may have changed.
My Mid just got turned down for the Amex Platinum Card (with an 800 credit rating) for "insufficient income." Mid called to appeal but Amex wouldn't change decision.
@shiner: As a long time Scout Leader, I have to disagree about your characterization of a camp staff member as a "glorified babysitter." The staff at the summer scout camps that our troop went to worked incredibly hard to provide a meaningful program for our scouts. We (the individual adult...
@Aviator25: I know you said it was a good point, but how is being concerned about mental health political? I'm pretty sure mental health issues cross party lines without concern for the affected's political leanings. I would love to see a peer reviewed study showing whether mental health issues...
The US Naval Institute has its own Imprint "Dead Reckoning" that publishes graphic novels. Most of the titles deal with historical subjects (both fiction and non fiction.) https://www.deadreckoning.org/about/
I've read a few of the titles. They are very entertaining, the art work is really...
I completely agree with @brewmeist. Given the fact that the Supe and the Dant have over 50 years of Naval Service between them, and who knows how many people advising them, I think they'll figure it out without parent input. The look on my Mid's face when I showed the letter was truly "meme...
Given your DS's excellent resume, maybe his "passion to serve" is not that strong and this may have been evident in his essays and interviews. I think the fact that he did not apply to NROTC to "kept his options open" should make him question his reasons for applying to USNA in the first place.
I found the following books to very informative and easy reads.
1) The Parent's Guide to the US Navy
2) The US Naval Academy: The History and The Challenges
Both by Thomas Cutler. Available from the US Naval Institute Press