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So who gets to go to grad school and who doesn’t? An athlete attending grad school would get a graduate degree from a university. Is it not a win for the military and the student if an athlete gets a graduate degree? Isn’t a graduate degree necessary eventually for officer promotion?

Mixed thoughts. If a Midshipman or Cadet is given a Rhodes scholarship (or other post graduate opportunities), they are given the opportunity to pursue this. But an athlete wanting to do so? Nope. Also, the portal and NIL (name, image, likeness) money has changed the landscape of D1 athletics...

My ‘78 brother claims that in his day of “iron men and wooden ships” he had to take it twice a year. Of course this is the guy who was your typical P-3 bubba and didn’t have to throw courses on purpose to avoid the gaze of Rickover. So knowing him he found a way to sham out of it. Sadly, my ‘83...

If you’re looking at local area in your definition of “environment”, I don’t think any SA holds a candle to USAFA. For biking you have the Greenway Trail which goes right by the USAFA. I’m not sure how far it goes, but eventually the plan is for it to stretch from Wyoming to New Mexico. Of...

1. Control your destiny as much as possible. Do well over the next year so you have a higher pick on post night. 2. Even if you were to get a June BOLC date most TRADOC posts don’t do training over major holidays, so odds are you would have a long weekend. 4 July is a Friday, so figure worst...

I would also add that if your Cadet/Midshipman is an athlete don’t anticipate seeing them during season or during the summer unless you go to see them. If they play basketball, for example, there is a good chance their Thanksgiving and part of winter break will be spoken for. As Capt MJ wrote...

Be aware that the “Goat Trail” (Bear Mountain Bridge Road) is single lane by Camp Smith, probably at least through June 2024. This can cause a major headache for anyone coming from the south on the east side of the Hudson.

If you get your super score up as a prior you have a chance. The age cut off is no older than 23, so you should be fine there. When will you turn 23? If you will still be 22 on 1 July you can also be considered for the prep school. Enlisted slots to SAs rarely get filled so if you can meet the...

Reference a SA versus a “Top Tier” university. I’ve spoken to high level head hunters on several occasions, and they have told me that their initial cut is where you went to school. Service academies are grouped into the “top tier” universities when they do their first cut. In addition, in my...

There is a stop at Garrison, but there isn’t much there. A ferry is available on weekends and holidays from Garrison to South Dock at West Point, but it’s only for Cadets, staff, and dependents. Taxis/Uber/Lyft are spotty from Garrison. Do NOT take the LIRR. There are some similar sounding...

How dare you. West Point is like Lake Wobegon. All the Cadets are above average, it’s always sunny and mild, the Hudson never freezes over, and Highland Falls dining is a virtual gastronomic cornucopia.

Yeah, Boston wasn’t bad. The train to/from the stadium was nice. Everyone seemed to be staying in the same genera location in Boston which I do like. It’s one of the things I didn’t like about The Meadowlands. It didn’t have the Army/Navy “vibe”. Half the fun is running into people you know at...

As for the accommodations, they’re in the military. Don’t let some sailor crammed into a small tossing “boat” hear a future officer complain about having to sleep on a cot. I can’t tell you how many times I slept on a cot in an open hanger. It looked just like this. Or slept in the “Sikorsky...

DD is also right handed but left eye dominant. I took her to the post gun club/range to shoot several times when she was growing up and noticed I couldn’t get her shot group down. Fortunately, the range has retired marksmen as instructors and one of them pointed out she was left eye dominant...

Just to clarify, almost all separations are done quietly.

Fly west…

Upfront I am not a JAG, just some faceless person on a military forum. The absence of information on the internet does not mean a lack of punishment. Normally the only time you will see a military punishment published is if there are court proceedings, or courts martial. Non judicial punishments...

I’m kind of surprised the Navy didn’t instal EMAS on those runways. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineered_materials_arrestor_system

I don’t think you’re suppose to park it there.

I would not assume it’s over any more than I would with a physical injury. As advised above, work through the process. They just went to make sure an applicant is physically and mentally prepared for the stress of a SA. Teenage years can be very stressful, sometjing exacerbated during COVID when...