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For a book about expedition leadership and survival, I recommend “endurance” its about Shackleton’s voyage.

This has nothing to do with the military, but offers insights into business and healthcare leadership. “If Disney ran your hospital”. It is a great read. I especially liked the part about empowering your staff with the ability to say yes. I was a Disney college summer intern. For example, let’s...

I’m am not an expert in any way. That being said.... my take is that you are bound by the honor code. You discovered her lie about her medical history, therefore you are honor bound to not tolerate that lie.

(Caution: protective mom post ahead!) Please remove the transcript from your post. It has a lot of personal information that should not be made public. At least black out The identifying information. Names, adressss, birthdays, school names, etc are dangerous in the wrong hands! Never let...

I can’t offer medical advice and I don’t have any experience in the approval process because my child is in the early process of applying. However, I do know what it’s like to be medicaly disqualified from military service. I am a pastor and wanted to be a chaplain. I have two reasons why I...

I second reading tough as nails, amazing book.

I am not an officer, but I was enlisted and have a child who is considering applying. The worst junior officers I served under had the attitude of “after all that school I finally get to lead.” The best junior officers had the attitude of a student. Think of your first year as an officer as an...

Hi, I'm a mom of a DD who is considering the service academies. I have not served in the military, however I have some experience with this idea of calling. I am a pastor and now I know what it feels like to have your colleagues talk about how they feel "called" to the profession when you have...

I vaguely remember a kitchen impossible episode that took place at one of the academy’s kitchens. I couldn’t find it on YouTube, so I could be wrong.

“We have seen such schemes successful when the projector is constant” – a 15-year-old Alexander Hamilton. Constantly and consistently making choices that will help you achieve your goal is important. Despite all this, remember to take time to enjoy your childhood. it is short and you only get...

Have you read An astronauts guide to life on earth by Chris Hatfield? It would be a good read for you. He planned his career with astronaut in mind even though it was impossible at the time. Canadian astronauts didn't exist. However, he writes that he always made life choices that did two...