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    Thornton Studio free registration

    Last week, I received a letter from Thornton studio indicated that from Oct 15, we can get free registration to Thornton website. I tried to do it but it still requires a fee for registration. Does anyone know about this offer ?
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    Oh no, my son is on crutches

    He just called home and informed that he is on crutches. He said his knee ligament has some kind of trouble and has to go to therapy every morning. Hopefully he will be OK. If anyone has some knowledge about USNA hospital and all this plebe physical issues please share the experience...
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    Plebe summer

    I am sorry to hear that quite a few of plebes already decided to quit. Any one has the number ? Is that really hard ???
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    Emergency !!!Help

    We are at Annapolis now, My son should report at 8:00 tomorrow However, this afternoon we went to Navy Federal credit Union at the Annapolis Mall and then he left all his paper package there.Offcoure, most of the required documents had been sent to USNA back in June. What should we do? go...
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    Iday question

    Hello, On Iday we plan to bring some food and drink for my son after the swearing in ceremony. Do we have any place which we can store them since we will spend all day on the yard, and I afraid that the food will be bad by then. Thanks
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    US passport

    I am in process of renew my son us passport before Iday. However, it will take some time. 1. Can he get a military/goverment passport at usna after plete summer? 2. I think it is free for military personel. Am i correct ?
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    US Navy Credit Union

    Since my son will join the class 2105 soon, and he is still 17 years old by the I day, How can he open the account at the navy credit union per the suggestion in the report package? Thanks
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    USNA class 2015 applicant

    According to an officer during the CWV last week, the number of applicant for USNA class of 2015 surpass last year class 2014. He said the existing number is 19K plus and could reach 20K by the end of admission dead line. Any body has any idea why the number increasing every year?
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    Appointment from Admiral Burhoe, It is a great honor.

    Hello Friends, My son and I just get back from Genesis 2 days program at Academy. At the end of the program, the admission office request my son to report to the office of Admiral Burhoe, Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Escorted by Captain Finton, Director of Admission...
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    Wisdom teeth removal

    Some one in this forum mentioned about the future mids should remove their wisdom teeth before I day. Any particular reason for this recommendation?
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    Question about nomination

    Help !!!! Some one explain that each MOC can nominate up to 10 candidate for each available spot. I don't quite understand about this number. Assume that this year, senator X has 1 available slot per each SA, then senator X can nominate 10 students for USMA, 10 students for USNA, 10...
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    Candidate Weekend Visit

    My son and I will have a CWV sometime in Dec. I understand that my son will be dragged along by a mid for 2 days, but I do not know what are the activities for a parent if any. Will USNA funding for any expense such as transportation, hotel, meal ???
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    How many application so far ?

    For the USNA class of 2015, does anyone have any number of application so far ???
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    LOA & Nomination: A Waiting game

    Just imagine: You received a LOA in September :shake:, and then ...waiting, waiting....:confused: Most of MOCs will not interview their candidates until late Nov or Dec, then they still have one month to decide which one will be on the list. So you have to play this waiting game for...
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    uscga and retirement

    I have a question: Does 4 year USCGA time count toward the retirement ?
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    USCGA and Security Clearance

    Since USCG is a part of Home Land Security Dept, Does USCGA graduate automatic receive the clearance security status ??
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    Interesting numbers

    Here are some numbers: Some points to consider: 1. Big jump on number of nomination from 2010-2012 to 2014: from average 3800 to 6100 (161%). Why ??? 2. The class size stays the same for those years: between 1200-1250 even the number of applicants jump from 10747 to 17417 (162%) 3...
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    SA scholarship value

    Sometime ago, I read in this forum that the value of scholarship package of usna around 350K, the usma, usaf almost the same, the uscga and usmma somewhere around 300K. I also believe that at a Senior day when a school announce the scholarship amount for its senior class, the school...
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    Looks like we have some problem

    My son just received a call from Coast Guard admission local representative guy to inform that USCGA will send him an official appointment very soon. He wants to take my son out for dinner sometime next week to talk about USNA and USCGA (he knew that my son had the usna LOA). In the family...
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    Triple Q's and LOA

    I am confuse about this part, does it means that if a LOA holder passes DODMERB and CFA then he/she become triple Q's ???
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