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    Summer Seminars - Did you teen do more than one?

    Our son was 100% USAFA, thus my handle on here, mostly because of a very important mentor to him and his JROTC experience in high school( I know, I know, the latter is a TERRIBLE reason to base a lifetime decision upon.) He did the visit to Colorado Springs and at the last minute asked if he...
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    Army-Navy Game in 1983 at the Rose Bowl and would it ever be held away from the Northeast again?

    Despite my handle, my DS is USMA '17. On a sports board on which I participate, we were discussing the announcement of the future sites of the next 5 installments of America's Game; it came up that it would be cool to move the game around to Chicago/ Dallas/ Seattle/ ETC. I disagreed because of...
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    Your Son/Daughter is Going Where?? Round 2

    I have been surprised through the years when I mention that our son went to West Point, and the other person asks, "so will he have to go in the military?" It's like asking if the Yankees play baseball of if Ford makes cars. I just try to hide my laughter and roll with it.
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    Visit to West Point

    Warning: Consider my handle on here that I never changed. My son was AF JROTC and visited USAFA first. Then he did his summer session at West Point and there was nowhere else he wanted to be. It happens...
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    Parent Question About JROTC Drill Team and Rifle Team

    The post directly above mine didn't say it explicitly, but it's there...
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    Parent Question About JROTC Drill Team and Rifle Team

    To be fair, my complaint is NOT that the activity didn't count towards DS' whole candidate score, but rather that it is excluded from 'sports.' Again, there is a PFT for demonstrating physical fitness. After that, it's about practice, execution, teamwork, and competition. Sorry for beating a...
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    Parent Question About JROTC Drill Team and Rifle Team

    Drill team with rifles is every bit as athletic as golf ever thought of being. Tennis too. Is it as rigorous as the Big 3? Of course not. My biggest beef with the evaluation of the activity overall was that the candidates take a physical fitness assessment, so if the other characteristics of...
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    Parent Question About JROTC Drill Team and Rifle Team

    My DS did Drill team in JROTC, and ended up also doing it at WP, commanding during his Firstie year. He loved it. He worked countless hours on it both in high school and at WP. To the point of the thread, it did NOT count as athletics in his application to West Point. He did not play varsity...
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    PLC - DS signed up for DEP/Poolee

    For the record, if he changes his mind, he can back out of any 'obligation' while in the DEP. If it's not what he felt was discussed/ agreed upon, that'd certainly be an option. Or, if that's the path he wants to follow, he should do so, just knowing it is...um...slightly different from what...
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    Your Son/Daughter is Going Where?? Round 2

    I hated the movie at first because a Marine leader would not have lost his bearing so easily. I gradually grew to accept that the message wasn't an anti-Marine one, but rather a commentary on leadership, and the ability to adapt by said leaders. I still like Jessup's character, and Markenson...
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    Your Son/Daughter is Going Where?? Round 2

    DS was USMA'17 I have few from both ends of the spectrum. The group that I hated the most, "Mom and Dad must sure be proud(True!) That's awesome that he gets a free education. Will he go in the Army afterwards?" Then at work, back in the olden days when we had in-person meetings, when doing...
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    Looking for input on NMMI

    Is elevation honestly a consideration? I have never heard that, at all; in deciding between two schools. My DS attended Marion and had a close friend attend USAFA afterwords. We are still friends with his parents and that never came up as an obstacle of any kind. Pick the one you like the most...
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    The "Politics" of Nomination... (A good read)

    I'll just say we have ZE-freaking-RO connections of the political nature or wealth & influence. Son received multiple nominations. While on one hand, it's easy to say that nominations are possibly given to some who don't have quite the qualifications or resume, and that it might have been due...
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    Where to stay for R day

    newburgh/ Fishkill is not a bad commute at all. make sure you make time for Prima's Pizza in West Cornwall. It'll help your emotions
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    I've stopped telling others about my kid's plans...

    If it was free, then there wouldn't be any obligations...(short version)
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    USAFA Drill Team

    My DS was on the WP Drill Team for all 4 years. He has a good friend who was in AF Drill Team( pardon the nomenclature, if incorrect.) Each academy has their own culture, but their Drill Team experiences were pretty similar. It is a time commitment in addition to an already challenging...
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    Enlisted Opinions of SAs and SMCs

    This enlisted Marine told his WP graduate son just to make sure he had WP stickers all over his $60k truck when he first reported for duty and to make sure everyone knew where he had gone to school... In true son fashion he took the low key approach and followed my other (serious) advice to let...
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    I've stopped telling others about my kid's plans...

    LOlz. Would have gone to town on the comment. Heck, even my friends get an earful when they innocently mention the 'free' notion. People condescending would get the proverbial foot up the keister.
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    Headlines on Yahoo: Sex Assault reports by cadets at SAs

    While the expectation should always be ZERO, I wonder what that rate is versus other colleges. What is it versus Ivy League schools/ Stanford/ MIT/ETC? Did the rate of reporting increase across the country? Nah leave all of that out. Let's roll with the salacious headlines...
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    Why Money Alone Can't Keep Our Star Talent

    We always emphasized to our boys, the proving is to yourself. You'll never control what others think. It is when you look in the mirror each day and think about what you have going on in life; whether or not YOU can live with it that matters.
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