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KP is historically dragged down by the bureaucracy of the Department of Transportation. I personally know mids who have tried to present ideas and updated content for the website, but they are consistently denied. The excuse from the KP administration is that everything has to be reviewed in...

You need to realize what a scramble there can be to get your sea days in. If you don't have the required days in, you cannot sit for license. If you don't take and pass your license exam you don't graduate. There is so much pressure to count the days that you don't need to add to license prep...

Should come pretty quickly at this time of year. Good luck.

@MommaG congratulations and welcome to the Kings Point family.

Definitely book early. We always stay at an Airbnb or VRBO in Port Washington just to get away from the madness in Kings Point on busy days. The Long Island RR is your friend and it is an easy train ride to "downtown" Great Neck with a short 10 minute bus ride to KP. Or you can rent a car and...

It means your DS is being offered a sponsored prep spot at New Mexico Military Institute. Congratulations!

Better a deckie with tools than an engineer on the bridge...

My two KP kids ('13 and '21,) both deckies, got lots of hands on training both on campus and at sea. Most of their training was in ship driving through some very awesome simulators at KP and some actual bridge time at sea. As a deckie, you will also get an introduction to welding on campus and...

You will get a lot of opinions on this topic, both while at school and from alumni. Here are my random thoughts from having two KP kids, one active duty and one who went to sea after graduation. Yes, the survey classes will give you a good idea what each will involve. Once you select which...

@USMCTrackDad congratulations and welcome to the Kings Point family.

@illq congratulations and welcome to the Kings Point family.

@Lkt congratulations and welcome to the Kings Point family.

@AnchorsUp congratulations and welcome to the Kings Point family.

If you want to pursue a self-taught option, I would check out Kahn Academy online. It's free and my kids have found it very effective.

Just a word of caution on the Facebook groups. Be careful what you post there and especially with any identifying information about your plebe candidate. There are always parents who share information about what they learn with their own kids. It then gets back to the entire regiment and can be...

@2028 mom congratulations and welcome to the Kings Point family.

@TwinScrews congratulations and welcome to the Kings Point family.

We live on the west coast and our mids stayed with classmates on the east coast during shorter leave times. It introduced us to the kindness and generosity of the Kings Point family. There will be no shortage of places your plebe can stay. The fall break between trimesters is always longer...

You should receive reporting instructions in a couple weeks. In the meantime, you can look at last year's instructions on the USMMA website. They change very little from year to year. Start with making sure the plebe candidate has a current passport and TWIC card. You will get a ton of...

@desisoccermom congratulations and welcome to the Kings Point family.