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    Questions on Re-Organization Week

    Dear forum friends, If any of you have the time and inclination, I'm curious about a few things about this week, which I think is known as Re-Organization Week? I'm a high school teacher who acts as the informal service academy information source at my high school, and I've got two former...
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    Noon Meal Formation -- Location of Company?

    Hello, USNA vets! I'm a teacher and one of my students is a member of the class of 2017 at USNA. I will be on the Yard next week and would like to watch noon meal formation and perhaps get a glimpse of him. I recall from a few years ago that the companies line up on the same side each day...
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    Old Time Hockey! (Stanley Cup 2013)

    I know the sports on this board tend to go football, but two of the Original Six are about to face off for the 2013 Stanley Cup. Go Bruins! LITS, as the resident hockey expert of DCUM, any predictions?
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    Some Great SA Finals/Roommate Humor

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iGVqIV9DnY&feature=youtu.be
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    Care Packages at NAPS During Indoc?

    Hello all, and I apologize in advance for the mundane thread. I was wondering whether Midshipmen Candidates are allowed to receive CARE packages at NAPs during indoc, and if anyone knows any general guidelines (e.g. drink powder allowed but no sweets, things like that). I have been able to...
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    NYTimes Article on Retired Top Brass Teaching in Ivy League

    Fluffy but somewhat interesting piece on retired high level military officers teaching in the Ivy League, focusing mainly on General McChrystal at Yale. Sounds like that although some faculty have qualms the student bodies at the various colleges have embraced these new guest professors...
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    Is there some sort of guaranteed enlistment-to-USNA program?

    Hi, folks-- By way of background, I am a high school teacher who, because I am a USMC veteran (via PLC a long time ago), has ended up as a resource for students at our school interested in the service or the SAs. One young man, a current senior whom I taught earlier in high school, has applied...
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    Fisher v. Univ. of Texas Affirmative Action Case -- Ramifications for SAs?

    I'm sure many have read by now that the U.S. Supreme Court has voted to take a case called Fisher v. University of Texas, which challenges the existing Supreme Court precedent (from 2003) that race may be used as a permissible factor in college admissions for the purpose of promoting the...
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    Brit. Military Academy (Sandhurst) Documentary

    I watched an interesting BBC documentary on Sandhurst, the British Military Academy (not the Sandhurst competition at West Point, named for the British institution). Sandhurst is an 11th month officer training program for the British Army; it is all military and does not include the college...
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    Harvard to Bring Back NROTC

    Harvard signed an agreement with the Navy to formally bring back NROTC to campus; they are also in discussion with other service branches. Other Ivies such as Yale are also apparently actively exploring bringing back ROTC to campus. YouTube Video of Signing Ceremony with the Secretary of the...
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    Belated Intro

    I discovered this forum about a year ago and decided I should really go ahead and "introduce" myself, albeit in very belated fashion! As I've mentioned in some of my posts, I am a high school teacher. As a relative youngster, I served as an officer in the USMC but I am not a service academy...
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    Letters During Beast/CBT?

    One of my former students will be starting at West Point this year, and I was thinking of trying to rally some in the school community (favorite teachers, coaches, etc) to send him letters during Beast/CBT. For parents/cadets/grads, is it nice to get this sort of thing from a well-wisher such...
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    R-Day Rehearsal (for interested juniors or younger)

    Along with summer seminars, another great resource for young people interested in the academies is the "R-Day Rehearsal" (or "Mock R-Day") held at West Point. The Friday before the new plebe class reports for R-Day, USMA holds a "dress rehearsal" in which volunteers play the role of the cadet...
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    New Book Out on the Air Force Academy

    As a high school teacher who sometimes helps guide students through the application/nomination process to the service academies, I try to stay current (and get our school library to do the same) on books about the service academies. I have found that the least info in book format is available...
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