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    Army v Navy Football Dec. 9 at Gillette in Foxborough, Mass

    A friend of mine who has season tickets for the NE Patriots bought 2 tickets to the Army Navy game. Unfortunately, he can't go now and offered them to me (knowing I have 2 sons that graduated from the service academies). Fortunately, I'm a Air Force/Coast Guard guy so don't have any interest...
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    Class of 2027 Waitlist

    My son was waitlisted and was awarded a slot on the day of his high school graduation (May 28). There's always a chance.
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    Water Polo at USCGA

    My son played all 4 years (minus the covid shutdown) and enjoyed himself alot. It is competitive and they primarily travel around the New England area for tournaments. They did have one final tournament in Florida in March that they all enjoyed (and I went down to watch). They have an...
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    Transportation to and from

    FYI: There is also a Coast Guard Academy Parents association Facebook page that is quite active and they/we answer a lot of questions like this as well.
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    Waitlist Class of 2025

    FYI: My son was pulled off the waitlist on May 25 for class of 2023. We were line 44 in above list. It was his graduation day from HS and was informed whille getting in line for his diploma so keep up the hope!
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    Only for pilots?

    BuckeyeDad, My son is graduating this May from USAFA and is joining the Space Force, not flying. He's always been interested in space and, even though he won't be flying, he'll be involved in both serving his country and the industry he's very interested in as a career. Your post is well...
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    CGA Waitlist

    I thought I'd send out a note to those still on the wait list. My son (currently class of 2023) was originally waitlisted, then asked if he was still interested. He didn't find out he was accepted until May 25 (his high school graduation day). We had his brother surprise him with the news...
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    Visiting sporting event at USMA... Any issue with getting onsite?

    Greetings, My son plays for the USAFA club volleyball team and they're playing in a cross academy tournament at West Point this weekend. We'd like to go watch the games but aren't sure about the access/rules for getting on campus and entering the gym. Are there any forms, permissions, etc...
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    USCGA Waitlist 2023?

    The acceptance letter my son received said they're targeting a class size of 275
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    USCGA Class of 2023 Medical Waiver?

    My son received the email stating his waiver was granted and he was fully accepted while he was in line for graduation (May 23) !! It made his day doubly special.
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    New Student Indoctrination (Summer 2019)

    FYI: Wording on sports physical information: r Sports Physical-A sports physical (regardless if you have completed your DoDMERB physical or received a BUMED waiver) must be completed no earlier than 90 days of your arrival to New Student Indoctrination. You must bring a copy with you to NSI.
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    USCGA Class of 2023 Do-It-Yourself Appointment Thread

    USCGA Class of 2023 Appointments: 1) astro_anni17 / Self / No LOA / 15-Jan-19 / Undecided / WI 2) tjonline / DS / LOA / 15-Jan-19 / Accepted/ TN 3) FutureAcademyDad? / DD / LOA / 15-Jan-19 / Declined / CA 4) ekl2000 / Self / No LOA / 15-Jan-19 / Undecided / MA 5) coastiehopeful / Self / No LOA /...
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    Injury and recovery after waiver approved guidance requested

    THanks for feedback. We did end up finding the answer in a letter DS received regarding his waiver. I'm writing it here in case anyone else has a similar question. ".. if there has been any change in your medical qualification since your original exam... notify the NROTC Scholarship...
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    Injury and recovery after waiver approved guidance requested

    Greetings, My DS was granted a waiver for a single DQ. However, he was injured and recovered from another injury (small bone break/chip in arm) that is not related. I would assume this has to be reported but to whom? He's planning on NROTC. Any suggestions on the proper action would be...
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    USCGA Class of 2023 Waitlists

    My DS received a call around 8am and an email from his USCGA contact at roughly the same time. Bears Den NOT updated
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    USCGA Class of 2023 Waitlists

    My DS was contacted via email this weekend stating that they would be selecting kids from the waitlist and they requested feedback from him if he was still interested. He was asked to reply with a yes/no since they said they would be meeting this week to review the waitlist and make selections.
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    NROTC Uniform Spreadsheet

    I'd recommend sending it back in the correct format/layout. Remember that your admin has ALOT of these to handle so you don't want to make their job any tougher. Perhaps starting over with a fresh download of the file and completing it again will get it right.
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    NROTC Uniform Spreadsheet

    I helped my DS complete it since he didn't have excel (amazing how that's the case these days!). You print out the second worksheet and bring to tailor (or whomever will do measurements). You then use these 12 measurements and complete the first worksheet labelled "Welcome page". Complete all...
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    Portal Update Question

    soccer/swim
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    Portal Update Question

    My DS was not a recruited athlete but did contact coaches about playing.
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