Barracks Life and Laundry

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I found this interesting article on doing laundry at USMMA:
https://www.usmma.edu/academy-life/barracks-life. Can someone comment on "Keep in mind, this being the military, everything is stenciled, making identifying the owner of ...". Since each pleb is to bring white underwear and white socks when they report or they supposed to have them stenciled with their name? Is this something the Academy does? Also we pay every year for Laundry Service; what does it cover? Are the uniforms washed by each plebe in the washing machines in their company barracks? Is there dry cleaning service available or is it even needed?
 
kpdad2023 said:
I found this interesting article on doing laundry at USMMA:
https://www.usmma.edu/academy-life/barracks-life. Can someone comment on "Keep in mind, this being the military, everything is stenciled, making identifying the owner of ...". Since each pleb is to bring white underwear and white socks when they report or they supposed to have them stenciled with their name? Is this something the Academy does? Also we pay every year for Laundry Service; what does it cover? Are the uniforms washed by each plebe in the washing machines in their company barracks? Is there dry cleaning service available or is it even needed?
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One of the first orders of business during INDOC is all the plebe candidates stenciling their clothes. Laundry service covers everything. Some mids/Plebes prefer to do their own laundry, but it is not necessary.
 
kpdad2023 said:
I found this interesting article on doing laundry at USMMA:
https://www.usmma.edu/academy-life/barracks-life. Can someone comment on "Keep in mind, this being the military, everything is stenciled, making identifying the owner of ...". Since each pleb is to bring white underwear and white socks when they report or they supposed to have them stenciled with their name? Is this something the Academy does? Also we pay every year for Laundry Service; what does it cover? Are the uniforms washed by each plebe in the washing machines in their company barracks? Is there dry cleaning service available or is it even needed?
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Laundry service is a fluff and fold. There is a dry cleaning service, but it's an upper class rate. Your son will not use the dry cleaning until he is recognized as a midshipman. You can put uniforms in the fluff and fold or wash them separately and iron them.
 
kpdad2023 said:
I found this interesting article on doing laundry at USMMA:
https://www.usmma.edu/academy-life/barracks-life. Can someone comment on "Keep in mind, this being the military, everything is stenciled, making identifying the owner of ...". Since each pleb is to bring white underwear and white socks when they report or they supposed to have them stenciled with their name? Is this something the Academy does? Also we pay every year for Laundry Service; what does it cover? Are the uniforms washed by each plebe in the washing machines in their company barracks? Is there dry cleaning service available or is it even needed?
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You know, it's funny. . . I barely remember how we did laundry back in the olden days there. . (not so long ago that there were washboards or stones, though). I remember the laundry room in Zero Deck. . . such a mundane routine task. . . but I do recall stenciling all of my clothes. Used the same stencil kit on my books, too. And I even still have some of those books. . .
 
Laundry Service ... Pffffft !!!

It used to be if you walked away from your laundry it was a crap shoot what you would find when you came back. If it was in the wash, some did not feel any obligation to put it in the dryer for you and would just pile up all your wet clothes on a table. Most did not feel any obligation to fold your dry clothes so you might find your laundry sack stuffed with extremely wrinkled uniforms. I've heard of disappearing laundry but never experienced that myself. If you do your own laundry, bring a book and wait for it.

I don't know how the laundry/dry cleaning is with uniforms today, but I always chose to do my own because I had NO, emphasis on NO confidence in the laundry personnel to execute proper creases.

Tidbit on washing your own Khakis ... don't put them through the dryer, hang them up wet and let them air dry. It is the dryer and not the washer that removes the creases. You can go months without having to iron new creases into your uniforms if you let them air dry. This does not apply to the cotton wash/working khakis.
 
After reading the link I have several other issues with page. I wonder who wrote it because it sucks. Didn't anyone proof this before posting it on the internet ?!?!?!?

1. Its not a "military academy", its a service academy or a "military-style" academy.
2. "ridged ness", I think you meant "rigidness"
3. I am guessing things haven't changed that much that doing the laundry remains exactly the opposite of the "epitome of teamwork and camaraderie"
4. The removal of laundry from the washing machine by another midshipman is not the same as "The transference of your laundry to the dryer". One likely happens all the time, one does not.
5. "do to time constraints" should be "due to time constraints"
6. "Keep in mind, this being the military," again ... no it isn't.
7. "So, what started out as a monotonous and frustrating task turns into not only a great teamwork building exercise." But what? I think you forgot half of your point.
8. Significant overuse of commas.

I am sure this was written by a midshipmen. Lesson for you all ... don't blow off English class. There are still valuable lessons to be learned.
 
KPEngineer said:
After reading the link I have several other issues with page. I wonder who wrote it because it sucks. Didn't anyone proof this before posting it on the internet ?!?!?!?

1. Its not a "military academy", its a service academy or a "military-style" academy.
2. "ridged ness", I think you meant "rigidness"
3. I am guessing things haven't changed that much that doing the laundry remains exactly the opposite of the "epitome of teamwork and camaraderie"
4. The removal of laundry from the washing machine by another midshipman is not the same as "The transference of your laundry to the dryer". One likely happens all the time, one does not.
5. "do to time constraints" should be "due to time constraints"
6. "Keep in mind, this being the military," again ... no it isn't.
7. "So, what started out as a monotonous and frustrating task turns into not only a great teamwork building exercise." But what? I think you forgot half of your point.
8. Significant overuse of commas.

I am sure this was written by a midshipmen. Lesson for you all ... don't blow off English class. There are still valuable lessons to be learned.
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Oh, where oh where is Percy?
 
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