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My DS is still trying to decide if he is even wanting to go to the dance due to the cost and no date. He pays for all expenses including ring, ring dance, health insurance, flights home, academy bills, etc. so the cost seems outrageous to me and adding a hotel cost and date (if he gets one)...

Skyped with my DS and he said that the commandant has made several changes. All of the classes have had their privileges revised to more restrictions. He says that the class 1's no longer have a lot of privileges that they had in previous years. DS is a class 2 and says that they no longer have...

I am NOT a very knowledgeable USMMA parent so I can't answer your question about the "alpha" but I can say that things should look up a bit this week for your DS. There is a lot going on so the upperclassmen are distracted by the start of classes, getting back with their closest friends, etc...

I felt that getting the TWIC card was about the hardest part of my DS's preparation. At the time, the closest TWIC office was over 3 hours away from our home. He had to set an appointment, get all of the needed paperwork ready, drive there at the wee hours of the morning in order to get the...

He should take a taxi on his first visit but note that in the future, the Air Train from JFK to the Jamaica station is $5 and takes about 10 minutes. It runs every 10 minutes. From there, you can take the LIRR to Great Neck (one transfer is involved) and the cost is ?? est $10-$15. The bus...

My nephew did it! In his high school years, my nephew had a goal to become a helicopter pilot. He looked at the academies and applied to a few. I don't know what made him choose Kings Point. He graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy in systems engineering in 2009. Today he has his wings and...

Who spit in your Cheerios? Yes, I do know that my son is not on a cruise ship. Our faith is important to us and Christmas means something!!! It would be nice if he could celebrate the birth of Jesus and I was asking for ideas to see if that could be done, NOT criticism. Your comment implies that...

My son had a last minute change on his sea assignment (one of the ones whose MSC ship assignment fell through) and now he will be in China on Christmas Day. He can't leave the ship in China due to papers and fees that he didn't have an opportunity to get filed before leaving. He was going to try...

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1995724288486.2100961.1104834347&type=1 Picture that was posted on facebook page of boathouse at KP.

I am not sure about the Naval Flight slots but I do know that my DS is terribly impressed that his cousin that graduated from USMMA in 2009 got "one" of the Naval flight slots. My son was under the impression that only a few (maybe even only two) were allowed each year. My nephew, though, felt...

My DS (class of 2014), visited on his own as it was not financially possible for us to go. He also reported for Indoctrination on his own. The first, and only, time we have seen Kings Point was for parent's weekend. He used Friendly Cab from La Guardia for Indoc but did get a ride to Kings Point...

I saw that about the Forbes ranking! I was wondering about accuracy of the 38% admittance rate too! Your right, it doesn't sound correct. They also had our costs above $7000, which is above what we are spending for our DS for the four years. Back to the Princeton Review scores, maybe they should...

We all know that the Princeton Review is NOT a scientifically collected ranking of our nation's colleges but this year, the USMMA seems to be hit a bit harder than usual. We usually get zapped for worst food on campus (#3 this year), but have we always had all of the other "worsts"? We were...

Last year I sent enough individual bags of my homemade caramel corn for each person in the platoon during the time they said we could send them and it never made it. They didn't even tell my son that I had sent it. Don't know if it wasn't healthy enough or what. Shipping said it did arrive. It...

Earlier in this thread, there was discussion of air conditioning. My son was in a building with AC last year but his room's unit did not work at all. They filled out a work order but it did not get fixed at all his first trimester. He survived just fine.

I meant to type "I wish him the best of luck" instead of "I will him the..". If I could "will" it, I would.

To the parents and their children - So sorry that this happened. I think my son, who is a drill instructor, walked VAmama and VApop's son around to get the papers signed and got a chance to talk with him a bit. He said that he would have been great for King's Point. He took him in to talk with...

I think the links that she was plebegirlfriend was looking for was: https://picasaweb.google.com/109791830582583107036/MNAntonelliIndoctrinationClassOf2015Day4 and https://picasaweb.google.com/109791830582583107036/IndoctrinationClassOf2015TrainingDay4

To those that haven't seen their child's pics yet, be patient. Antonelli has some more posted that are not yet shown in the compilation links above. They show the plebes playing sport type games. I did not see my DS last year until the pics of them playing these games. Then, I found a whole bunch!!

I saw my son with a white band last year as a plebe and found out it was poison ivy. I guess the plant is along the trails they run. He is very susceptible to it and got treatment right away. He also picked up ring worm during the third tri when he was in the wrestling room working out a few...