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Congratulations to you all. The next few weeks will fly by and you will be on the roller coaster of a lifetime! There are lots of people who are around to support and answer any questions you may have or just if you want to cry.....I know how it is. Our last son is a plebe no more (won't be a...

They issue the regular socks, t shirts, uniforms, dixie cap cover, toothbrush, toothpaste, overnight bag, sewing kit, marking kit (with the alpha numbers etc and stencils for marking clothes), reef points, a notebook, pen/pencil, shoe polish, and eventually glasses if needed, tennis shoes...

I can understand the fear your wife has. When our oldest son was appointed, it was during a time of peace. Literally days after Plebe Parent Weekend, 911 happened and everything changed. The following year when my second son was seeking his appointment, I still felt a sense of pride and joy...

I carried addressed postcards to our plebes in my purse, some already stamped, to hand out when people in town would ask me - at the ball games, church, the grocery etc - about how he was doing. I asked them to just jot down a few sentences of encouragement to him. He was so surprised to...

I laughed out loud when I read this. I know it is true but it just struck me as funny. The company information is mailed in a letter about a week before I Day along with the address to mail letters and things to your plebe over Plebe Summer and into the Academic year. Another thing...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! There will be a welcome aboard picnic for the new plebes and their parents before I Day with the Parents Club. More info will be posted on the South Carolina USNA parents page....Welcome Aboard! We are in Charleston....with a plebe who can see the light at the end of the...

Plebe Summer and Plebe Year may seem like it just goes on forever but remember to keep your sense of humor and know that you are not the first person to go through being a plebe nor will you be the last. The upperclass midshipman who is on your case at the moment was once in your shoes and if...

I think he meant that if you want to have a job/career after your five years of service, you would need to have an engineering degree (my dad has a mech eng degree and a EE one). If they wanted to remain in and have a career of 20 years or more they could have a major like Poly Sci or something...

Mine chose: Pure Math Chemistry, I think???? but I know Pure Math is the major because his oldest brother, the Capt. called home and said "WTHeck is a Pure Math major? What is he doing??" :yllol: My father, a retired USAF Colonel, told our mids to choose a major according to how long...

In my experience, the youngster year was the toughest. I think they call it "The Cynical Youngster Stage" or something like that. The novelty of going to a place as nifty as the Naval Academy has worn off with all the stuff they didn't think about before going and the classes are harder and...

When my older two went to Annapolis, we were from the PNW so they had a three hour time change to get used to. About two weeks before I Day they started setting the alarm a bit earlier and went running so that when they finally woke up the morning of I Day, they were used to being up at that...

Just the other day, my oldest, who was in the class of 2005 and is now a Marine Capt stationed with his wife in San Diego called and said that he opened a box and reread all the letters he got during his time at Navy. He said some made him laugh out loud and some made him wistful for plebe...

We live in Charleston and I have a plebe at the moment and a son who has already graduated. There is an active Parents club and they hold most of their meetings in Columbia. It is exciting to me to see so many from SC. When our youngest was applying it didn't seem like there were many but...

I am from South Carolina and have had three sons attend Navy. One is now a Marine Capt in San Diego and I have a plebe at the moment. I also had a son who did his plebe year and left to pursue a pharmacy degree at another university. GO NAVY!!! BEAT ARMY AND AIR FORCE!!