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It’s odd that an entire website would be down (presumably for maintenance) for over a month at a time that it’s needed the most - in the Fall candidate admission cycle. A government site at that.

I think experienced folks put a lot of pressure on themselves thinking that they have to have an answer for everything and that any perceived error/misdirection by the younger generation has to be corrected. But, that mentality can put people off. Another thing is that military life doesn’t have...

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I’m an experienced military officer AND an academy grad and using a bit of informality on an informal forum is fine in my book. One of the things I learned at USNA and as a sub JO is when to turn it on and when it’s ok to turn it off. Pounding on a kid for using a bit of informality comes off as...

Omg - really? You’re really going to dress down a kid about this here? SMH…

I would not advise enlisting solely to gain appointment to USNA. There are some threads on here that address this, but my advise is to enlist only if you can live with serving out your enlisted commitment. Once you commit to the military, your prime function will be to carry out that job and...

1. PHL 2. Not completely necessary, especially with Ubers around. If you rent a car, you’ll have to pay for parking at hotel and at stadium. Depends on what you are there for: just A/N or do you want to travel outside of Philly. 3. I’d say 2 nights min, but could be more if you want to do other...

Sorry - dep Dant is my classmate :)

The Dant (my classmate and fellow submariner) was shotgunned and he survived (and became the Dant)!

Barring a last minute appt or prep offer, DS will be attending MMI (self prep) this fall. We toured campus last month and he was impressed.

Yeah, but you’re an adult - that’s the difference…

I wish there was a “love” button for this post. Well said. These are kids and some “over-the-top-macho-flex“ post from an armchair leader (apologies, but that post set me off) does nothing but build cynicism and insecurity.

Calm down, dude…

28 year USAA member here. “Retired” from USAA insurance products 3 years ago and in the process of “retiring” from their banking products at the moment. Moving everything over to NFCU. For me, USAA has been drifting away from their core clientele for years and NFCU is a better fit for me now...

I remember going through DoDMERB hell as a prospective Officer candidate, both through the NROTC and USNA processes. One landmine after another. Best I can say, is stick with it and address the issues and requests as quickly as possible, and remember that there is a human behind each...

DS is in the same boat. He has a USMA nom, but did not get in there this year. Has still not heard back from USNA or USAFA. He’s got a 4.1 GPA, 1390 SAT, and also awaiting a DoDMERB waiver. CFA score is pretty good IMO (66 ft, 9 pull-ups, 8.4 sec, 92 sit-ups, 50 pushups, and 5:50 mile). XC...

435 reps + 100 senators…

As a bubblehead myself, I could pretend to be offended by the reluctance to sub service, but it’s a real thing and if you are worried about it, it matters. I still have recurring dreams of being forced from my civilian job back into sub duty and it’s not a nice feeling, even when I wake up and...

Number 98! Yut!!!

Congratulations! Sub guys from my class were spread over three NNPS classes, not counting surface nukes and grad school people, with the bulk of the students classing up in the middle of the three classes. Do not remember if OOM had anything to do with it. It might, but I can’t say for sure