Plebe summer questions

If memory serves, plebe days start around 0515 and end promptly around 2200. (As an aside, the detailers start earlier and end later!) The day is chock full of activities, but some of them are actually fun (e.g., sailing, shooting, even damage control). Some time is spent in nice air-conditioned classrooms taking validation tests. Some is spent being measured for uniforms. A lot is spent marching. It's REALLY busy but the time also flies by b/c you're busy all the time.

Sundays are more relaxed. There is definitely an opportunity for religious services. And I think there is a bit of "down time" in the afternoon -- but that may have changed.

The great thing is that your DD will be going through it all with those who will soon become her BFF -- in a literal sense. They will help her and she will help them.

I-Day is a very emotional time for parents. So is PPW, but in a great way! Remember, your journey isn't hers. You will be missing her at home. She will be incredibly busy with her new friends and colleagues.
 
DS' BGO said the Protestant chaplain can be a little stingy with the donuts, the Catholic Chaplain always has donuts, and the Jewish Chaplain brings the bagels. DS is looking for a yarmulke [emoji23]
Catholic mom; Jewish dad: Applying for Class of 2023. If from Navy Bagels or imported from Staten Island - my bet she goes Jewish. That would be just fine; or else she'll alternate weekends which works too.
 
DS' BGO said the Protestant chaplain can be a little stingy with the donuts, the Catholic Chaplain always has donuts, and the Jewish Chaplain brings the bagels. DS is looking for a yarmulke [emoji23]
Catholic mom; Jewish dad: Applying for Class of 2023. If from Navy Bagels or imported from Staten Island - my bet she goes Jewish. That would be just fine; or else she'll alternate weekends which works too.
Bagels are probably neither - great choices available in and around Baltimore.
 
Does anyone know the schedule between parents weekend which is Aug 9-12, and Fall semester which begins on Monday, Aug 20th this year?

Will the plebes spend time with family just for the weekend and then return to the campus or Yard (I'm learning the lingo slowly) ... or do they only need to report back on Thursday or Friday before Aug 20th?
 
Does anyone know the schedule between parents weekend which is Aug 9-12, and Fall semester which begins on Monday, Aug 20th this year?

Will the plebes spend time with family just for the weekend and then return to the campus or Yard (I'm learning the lingo slowly) ... or do they only need to report back on Thursday or Friday before Aug 20th?


The last few years, plebes had PPW with their parents. Once that is over, plebes are back on the Yard to finish PS and begin setting up for the ac year. They will most likely be changing rooms for ac year.
 
^^ I agree, there are several older threads on this topic. That week between PPW and start of Fall semester is NOT free time.
 
Does anyone know the schedule between parents weekend which is Aug 9-12, and Fall semester which begins on Monday, Aug 20th this year?

Will the plebes spend time with family just for the weekend and then return to the campus or Yard (I'm learning the lingo slowly) ... or do they only need to report back on Thursday or Friday before Aug 20th?

https://www.usna.edu/PAO/calendars.php

Keep this link handy!


PPW ends on Sunday evening, with plebes returning to Bancroft every night, if the usual pattern is followed. Use the Search function to browse the many PPW threads.

Plebes return to PS routine, with a focus on book, gear and uniform issue, computer stuff, briefs, finalizing academic schedules, and preparing to move into their academic year company rooms.

Where you see the word “Reform” on an Academy schedule, that means reform of the Brigade, with all midshipmen returning. That is the official end of PS. For your plebe, that means a hundred or so new people to meet on Reform night. Plebe Summer seems easy in retrospect, and the real grind begins - academics, pro knowledge quizzes, company tasks, all kinds of mandatory fun. The bonds formed over the summer will carry your DS/DD through.
 
They will most likely be changing rooms for ac year.
Just about every single plebe will change rooms for ac year. I'd guess that he number who don't move is a couple of percent at best and zero is actually more likely.

It would be a twisted circumstance if a Plebe stayed in the same room Plebe Summer and Plebe Year. It would be purely coincidence if the Plebe were even in the same Company area, as the Plebe Summer Platoons get distributed throughout Bancroft Hall. Some plebes may be in the same company area, but even if they had a choice of rooms, I would expect the detailers to make them switch room just as a matter of principal.
 
If this room discussion is confusing, here’s the key - once the Brigade dissolves on Commissioning Day, the end of the ac year, Bancroft Hall goes into summer mode. It houses:
- NASS
- STEM
- summer sports camps
- Summer School for mids, voluntary and involuntary
- NASP, Naval Academy summer housing for mids doing various Yard-based training, transients, restrictees, and Summer Schoolers as noted
- PS detailers
- Plebes
- miscellaneous

These programs are assigned to the various wings and decks. For example, as 5th BattO, my office was on 6-0, Sixth Wing. On graduation afternoon, I hotfooted it back over to Bancroft, changed out of service dress white into khakis, moved my stuff over to 7th Wing to open NASP. Last week of PS, right before Reform, I moved back to 6-0, and the BattO working there for his summer job moved back to his office. Company officers and senior enlisted the same. Plebes move to their company’s normal area. The Brigade “reforms.” Ac year begins.
 
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