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    NROTC Scholarship with awful driving record?

    I counted 5 moving traffic violations, all which could have ended in fatalities, including running from the police. Are you worth NROTC giving you a $180,000 gift for such a miserable continued display of rotten judgement? The military is big on patterns of behavior. I think you better prepare...
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    Naval and Marine Aviation

    No one is offended but if you were to state that as a fact and begin with the words "I understand....." to a Plebe summer Detailer, you'd still be running around the field with a rifle at high port. Dude, I kissed you on the cheek....come on, give me a hug.
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    Best majors at West Point to make money with

    Since you don't seem too motivated about military service as an officer and chasing the big bucks is your priority, I would suggest the Merchant Marine Academy. The USMMA turns out fine military officers and I have served with them, but you don't have to go that route. Graduate and go into...
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    Predicament

    I also applied 3 times and after 2 years of college got an appointment so it certainly can be done. However, you cannot continue on the same old path and expect different results to paraphrase Einstein, I think. Sydney C hit the nail on the head when he suggested you examine why you did not make...
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    Turkey demands Germany prosecute comedian for Erdogan insult

    Germany is who should be embarrassed for having a law against insulting foreign leaders actually on the books. Germany? The light of western Europe? The economic powerhouse of Europe? One of the leaders of the free world? The country who should know more painfully than anyone what happens when...
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    Naval and Marine Aviation

    "A guy told me" is no source. When the Air Force plans from the beginning that half the class must be physically eligible for flight school then saying 98% who want to fly get to fly is like observing the sky is blue----what is more interesting is "how many pilots get their first choice out of...
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    Naval and Marine Aviation

    I would be interested in where you found the 98% figure.
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    Russia buzzing the fleet- sea change or normal ops?

    Based on the photo of the Su-24 doing his Ivan Flyby, that was no attack profile. An anti-ship attack profile is done a long way out with a missile launch and the aircraft stays a respectful distance from the defense weapons of a Yankee destroyer. He was giving an airshow for the troops.
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    What do i need to do?

    You have no setbacks at all and I don't know where you got that idea. Homeschooling is fine but you need some sports to play all through high school. Pick a couple of team sports you like and play hard. If you pick individual sports, make sure it is a gut-busting one like track, swimming, or...
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    Candidate number?

    Close. Actually, that is your candidate application number you will carry through the whole process. Keep checking your email as the weeks go by and you will be given info about your portal and its use. By going to NASS, it is assumed that you will continue on and an application is opened for...
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    Tell me what you guys think.

    Yes, the Admissions Board has all your old paperwork and test results.
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    Difficult Counselors + AFROTC Papers

    While you are rightly proud of making the cut for a 4 year scholarship and have worked hard for it, I must say: forget it. The most important things you will do in your life you will never get any recognition for. In 60 days high school and those counselors are going to be so far behind, you...
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    Reserves/Civilian College to USMA?

    Why are you going to college for one year, laying out a year to go into the reserves, and then applying to the Academy? Why are you not going a second year to college? Money? What are you planning to do that second year when you are not drilling once a month in the Reserves?
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    What are your chances? Class of 2021+

    Congrats Frenzy on the appointment. Glad to see your hard work paid off and it was Navy's loss. You are quite right that this forum and the candidate doesn't see the whole picture. To give a real life example, I had a candidate that was a real water walker: ACTs in the 30s, a jock and team...
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    U.S. Marines Dog Lucca Receives PDSA Dickin Medal After Losing Leg on Patrol

    Great story but they really need a better name for the medal.
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    Sophomore College Student and Teacher Recommendations

    During Plebe Year, the fourth classmen get crawled on constantly for a sin called "failure to anticipate" and you seem to have developed that skill to high degree. The Academy website states quite clearly to take an English course and by going through the process prior you knew that you also...
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    Sophomore College Student and Teacher Recommendations

    Have you applied before? I don't understand what you mean when you say you did not take an English course because of AP credits. Do you mean you did not take a Freshman English course because your prior AP course in high school validated the college course?
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    The US Air Force Academy: Elite Undergraduate College?

    Every ship has barnacles. USNA has Bruce Fleming. Neither will affect your academic success or the depth of your education as that is due to your work not the whining of professors who want tenure. Mr. Dyche was wise to quit as in spite of being in the Navy as an officer too, he just never "got"...
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    Failing the validation exams intentionally

    Sounds like my entire Academy math career.
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    Surprisingly Tough Decisions- will attending a service academy ruin my life?

    I'd say, "Dad, Mom, I love you both and I'll be forever grateful for a safe and loving childhood but now it is my life and my adventure. I'll write often." And never look back.
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