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"There's some sort of back story here that's not out yet. That said, I find it unbelievable that the academy isn't out in front of this story, no matter who is the "bad guy". The PIO must realize we all get incensed about this sort of stuff. " The lack of communication is not surprising to...

Yeah usually the visits of which you speak are for kids who have already gotten in and are either waiting to decide yes or no, or just haven't even seen the place yet. I'd think about what you want first before even applying here - USMMA is a service academy, not a 'normal' college, not even...

Offtopic, and these may not be related, but hands down the BEST leaders I had my plebe year had extensive time spent at the waterfront on various teams or clubs. Maybe it has something to do with the experience of being responsible for a million dollar race boat and 20 peers under your command...

Very very few upperclassmen go out of their way to belittle or curse out any P/C. They can and will get in trouble for it. Most upperclassmen maintain a friendly, yet stern attitude towards the P/C; that is, if they do what they are supposed to all goes well. Punishment for P/Cs this year is...

Also, DoIT is awful. Better get used to it now. None of the upperclassmen can use our external harddrives or USB drives either, which make backing up work and sea projects impossible. Unless your familiar with running linux from a CD ;)

"I expected it to be more "military-like" if you will. But, I guess it is mostly an academy geared toward producing merchant mariners, rather than other branches of service. I do worry about it being the best place for our DS to achieve his military goals, I hope it is." This IS an Academy...

Bring her if possible. It will help her understand what he's going through more than any letter or picture. My parents did the same with my GF. We're still together after plebe year and our 3 year anniv is coming up.

Despite what the hoorah types would have you believe, the waterfront activities prepare the plebes for the eventual goal of the school. The yelling and marching and drilling is just a tool for them to gain discipline to survive plebe year and learn time management. The WF was the best place to...

You don't get Camo. You'll get one of the navy service khaki uniforms which is khaki pants, garrison cover, khaki shirt and leathers. Uniform for holdovers or MSC ships is the khakis with cap and boots. Source:2013midn

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I'll agree with the above posts. I'm currently living in the USMMA's finest '1st Marine Division' as well. I had 4 years of MCJROTC in HS and graduated as BX and I greatly respect both my COs as fine Marines. However, they have NO place as company officers here and definitly cannot be...

You CAN get a commission, however, the purpose of the school is (as stated in the Mission, which you will learn verbatim during indoc) to graduate Merchant Marine officers. Officers of the merchant marine are basically civilians who operate (as deck officers or engineers) cargo ships, tankers...

Obviously being a 4/c I haven't been around long enough to know anything but heres my thought... I know a bunch of people here that are great people don't get me wrong, but here only because they want a commision in the Army or Marine corps. Great, but they are taking up some kid's slot who...

Member of 2013 here... My girlfriend and I had been dating for 2 years prior to Indoc. Before Indoc we sat down and had a talk about what it would mean, what we should expect from KP and how to deal with it. We're nearly done with plebe year and believe it or not our relationship has actually...