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    Commencement Advice

    Thank you all for the advice. We received the graduation packet yesterday in the mail. It is still a little surreal....where did the last four years go?
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    Commencement Advice

    I cannot believe how quickly the last four years flew by, and now we are looking forward to commencement in May. Does anyone have advice concerning the "don't miss this" events, "what to do/what not to do" the day of commencement, etc....? We have rented a house for the week and plan to be in...
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    Anyone Wanting To Be/Have A Mid Should Watch The SWO Show Tomorrow

    Ship selection was a lot of fun to watch, but I really felt bad for the parents who didn't get to see their mid because they kept cutting away from the selection to do interviews.
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    What does the security clearance entail?

    If you google SF86 you will find a link where you can download the form. Your mid will be doing summer training at various military bases and could be on submarines, surface warfare ships, aircraft carriers, etc. I believe they hold a low level security clearance while at the academy. Of...
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    Noon Meal Formation -- Location of Company?

    Vista123 and other plebe parents - DS is class of 2015 and I remember that "IDay look" on his face as if it were yesterday. It was the look that made me want to take him with us when we left that day. It was the look that said, "What have I gotten myself into?" He looked absolutely worn out...
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    I Day

    "In the event of inclement weather, Midshipmen will be dismissed from the Main Arena of Alumni Hall. Each Midshipman will walk up the stairs to the Concourse level to meethis or her parent(s) at the section with the first letter of the Midshipman's last name. Late arrivals may leave a message...
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    Summer Training

    Just spoke with him, and he has now been assigned a second training block.
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    Summer Training

    Yes, we have discussed this. He was in the running for some special training opportunities but was told that most of these have been canceled due to sequestration. It's possible that they haven't reassigned this group of mids to a second training block yet.
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    Summer Training

    For those of you with current mids, how many training blocks has your mid been assigned for this summer? Mine is currently only assigned PROTRAMID training. Isn't he supposed to have two training blocks? Or has the other training been cancelled due to the sequester?
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    Struggling Girlfriend

    Ditto what onee said. It sounds exactly like the scenario between DS and his GF. We handled I-Day, plebe summer letters and calls, and PPW in the same manner. DS had asked his host mid at CVW how he handled it and was lucky to have an upper classman in his company in the same situation who...
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    They caught the book thief

    From what I hear, the academy was "actively" trying to catch this mid, and she fell for the bait. She was escorted out of Bancroft immediately, and I think my DS said she had been arrested. I'll be interested in seeing how this plays out because we are talking about upwards of $40,000 in theft.
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    They caught the book thief

    DS and both of his roommates had technical books stolen from their room first semester. They finally apprehended the thief, a 1/C, and estimate that she had stolen close to 400 books. If your mid was one of her recent victims, they recovered nearly 70 books from her car. If the theft was not...
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    Early Select for Subs

    Congratulations! Our son is contemplating early select next year.
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    Blue and Gold officer question

    op=original poster Good luck to you! And, I know a family that had 5 siblings earn service academy appointments (they had no ties to BGOs or the equivalents at the other academies). My son's current roommate is the third sibling in his family to earn an appointment. It is likely that the...
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    Blue and Gold officer question

    Please don't forget that the BGO's child was awarded an LOA. The academy awards LOAs, not the MOC. It sounds as though this candidate was attractive to the academy, and it is not surprising that the MOC gave him/her a nomination. The MOC probably had more than one name on the nomination list...
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    Struggling Girlfriend

    Sent you a private message.
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    Sequestration

    I was just talking to my DS, who is at USNA, about this yesterday. The civilian teachers have been told they may not be coming back in the fall, and the mids were told that summer training could be cancelled and replaced by summer school.
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    Military Status while attending USNA

    DS always uses the military discount on the super shuttle and has occasionally used it for a lower flight price on SWA. It never hurts to inquire....
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    Sandy

    The facebook page said there is a possibility they will get 10" of rain by the morning. Classes have already been cancelled for tomorrow.
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    Nomination "hierarchy"

    I don't want to turn this into a Texas nomination thread, but it is possible to receive more than one MOC nom in Texas. DS received all three (both senators and his congressman) before he "turned one down" so someone else could have it.
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