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    Whip-sawed Parent

    This month of graduations is a time both for looking forward and looking back, prompting me to check-in on this thread again. The vulnerability of it all—being a parent, wanting what’s best for your child and accepting you really, truly do not know exactly what that is—shines through in these...
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    Whip-sawed Parent

    We plan, God laughs. Last week DS told me he had made up his mind: he was declining his appointment to the USNA. If you had asked me a minute before, I would have said I was more than 95% certain he would accept. Given my ambivalence--I AM the Whip-sawed Parent after all--you would have...
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    USNA waiting for yield results

    I agree with the above. My DS got letter 3/13/15 via snail mail informing him he no longer needed a waiver--long story, but was able to prove he no longer had the medical issue he had been DQ'd for previously. And that letter came in a TWE from USNA, which totally messed me up. DS told me up...
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    Whip-sawed Parent

    There is an Irish curse: May you live in interesting times. Today DS got a decidedly TWE from the USNA. I went through the TWE experience once before when he got a LOA nearly two months ago. At that point, I didn't even know what a TWE was. Now I am not so naive. "This can't be good, this can't...
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    Class of 2019 Appointment Thread

    1. williamsrn, 19 NOV 2014, VA-02, Presidential Nom 2. OsseousProgenitor (DS), 26 OCT 2014, MD-08, Presidential Nom 3. b1driver (DS), 30 Oct 2014, VA-01, Presidential Nom, Virginia 4. BigBadWolf, 26 Oct 2014, GA-13, Presidential Nom 5. bill.rivera's (DS), 2 Oct 2014, Presidential Nom 6. Ncn1596...
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    It may be Way Too Early to be asking these questions...

    DS received a NROTC scholarship and he did not participate in an ROTC program in high school--not even sure that is an option where we live--so based on DS's experience I don't think that should be an impediment for your boys. DS didn't even consider USNA until summer after his junior...
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    Whip-sawed Parent

    Thanks for the suggestion! Must admit I groaned a tiny bit when I saw the length of the video. Great speaker, so the time flew, and he covered a lot of territory in a relatively short amount of time. Especially impressed with his stance on the total health of our men and women serving in the Navy.
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    Whip-sawed Parent

    Thanks--read this after my post and it's exactly what I meant!
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    Whip-sawed Parent

    I think you may have taken offense where none was intended--for my part in being unclear, I apologize. If you thought that the phrase "this type of person" was some code word for enlisted personnel, I can see how you and others would be deeply offended. But it isn't--that simply wasn't what I...
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    Whip-sawed Parent

    Spud: I do appreciate your thoughts and feelings, even if we are miles apart on this issue. I like the challenge of hearing a different perspective, especially from someone who has experienced military life. If I had a DS like the one you describe, I would more easily hand him over to USNA...
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    Whip-sawed Parent

    I read this at work and tears welled in my eyes--tissues were needed. We have experienced some losses, too, and there have been times I have thought "haven't we all been through enough already?!? Why do we have to face THIS?!?" I worry about my DS's likely choice to go to a SA in terms of...
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    Whip-sawed Parent

    Very helpful--thank you, Spud! RE #1 : Your explanation of the three paths to being a Navy officer makes a ton of sense. RE #2: DS not a prima dona, works well in groups/teams, respects authority, etc. but he does have the capacity to think outside the box and will speak up in a measured sort...
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    Whip-sawed Parent

    This is all very helpful--thank you all! I have asked my DS a lot of questions and he has helped me a lot. I have also tried to do some reading to educate myself and I know waaay more than I did a year ago when this was not on our radar. But I still feel like I am in the PD/PO (probably...
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    Whip-sawed Parent

    Thanks for your comments, especially on the issue of others' reactions to a child's decision to apply to a SA or consider ROTC. We live in a very liberal part of the country, and I have had friends look at me as if I have three heads when I tell them what DS is considering. It's made for some...
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    Whip-sawed Parent

    Thanks so much for your suggestion of a parents' group--I think that would be very helpful. Based on the take-no-prisoners approach to his application process, I think he really wants this. I didn't think I wanted any part of this until DS heard he might be DQ'd for medical reasons. A few...
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    Whip-sawed Parent

    I am really struggling with how to be supportive of our DS as he figures out which path to choose: USNA or public university w/ or w/o NROTC. Some days I think attending USNA is the most amazing opportunity for him; other days I think this is the worst idea ever. Sometimes I feel like this is a...
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