Class of 25 to scramble???

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JCSDVM1

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DS heard recently that Class of 25 may not scramble. Anyone have some inside skinny?? If they do anyone have some idea when they will be told??
 
We had dinner with our Yuk and one of his buddies on Friday. They confirmed that they have been told they are not scrambling this year. However, that does not mean that they couldn't scramble at the end of Cow year. Anything is possible. But it will not happen for this year.
 
Just curious what the reasons are for not scrambling. I will be going to USMA this fall for semester exchange and I want to know the atmosphere there.
 
foxtail1027 said:
Just curious what the reasons are for not scrambling. I will be going to USMA this fall for semester exchange and I want to know the atmosphere there.
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It's usually a comm decision I believe, maybe a supe decision? Either way many classes never scrambled like 2022 and others scramble at different times or multiple times. I don't feel like as a fall semester exchange cadet that it will affect the atmosphere one way or the other.
 
Can someone please help us newbies understand this conversation? I can't find the definition of "scramble" outside of the context of "scrambling the jets" or other military aviation situations. Thanks!
 
Monikat said:
Can someone please help us newbies understand this conversation? I can't find the definition of "scramble" outside of the context of "scrambling the jets" or other military aviation situations. Thanks!
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I think it means they all switch squadrons and/or Roommates ???
 
..."First, let’s define what shotgunning actually is. You may hear two terms – shotgun and scramble. Scrambling is when a company’s group of Plebes, Youngsters, etc. are moved together, as a unit, to a new company. Shotgunning – refers to scattering the all of the companies’ groups of Plebes, etc. and sending them individually to all different companies – just like firing a shotgun where all of the pellets go in different directions. Hence the name."...

^^ excerpt from an article on a midmom support site. If you search for "what is the deal with shotgunning?" and include "USNA", you will find the entire article.
 
DTT!FSA! said:
..."First, let’s define what shotgunning actually is. You may hear two terms – shotgun and scramble. Scrambling is when a company’s group of Plebes, Youngsters, etc. are moved together, as a unit, to a new company. Shotgunning – refers to scattering the all of the companies’ groups of Plebes, etc. and sending them individually to all different companies – just like firing a shotgun where all of the pellets go in different directions. Hence the name."...

^^ excerpt from an article on a midmom support site. If you search for "what is the deal with shotgunning?" and include "USNA", you will find the entire article.
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Scrambling at USMA = Shotgunning at USNA. Scrambling at USNA is when by Company, a class at USNA goes together to a new Company. I am unfamiliar with any similar event at USMA.
 
They told us that they are not scrambling the yuks because they want to focus on unit cohesion within companies. They’re following up on this by having the yuks be beast cadre for their actual companies, so the new cadets will have experience with the cows/firsties who are their beast cadre and have some familiar faces going into the AY. Myself and most people I know really love this idea, I think the benefits outweigh the cons in this scenario. Yuks that wish to scramble and join a new company still have the opportunity to, they just need to let their TAC know that they want to scramble.
 
USMA2026Cadet said:
They told us that they are not scrambling the yuks because they want to focus on unit cohesion within companies. They’re following up on this by having the yuks be beast cadre for their actual companies, so the new cadets will have experience with the cows/firsties who are their beast cadre and have some familiar faces going into the AY. Myself and most people I know really love this idea, I think the benefits outweigh the cons in this scenario. Yuks that wish to scramble and join a new company still have the opportunity to, they just need to let their TAC know that they want to scramble.
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So they are actually assigning upper class cadets as cadre to the companies where their new cadets will be entering after Beast? Our son didn't actually mention that goal being shared by Academy leadership. Not sure how I feel about that decision. It certainly is an interesting concept. I also have opinions about not scrambling (I am an "old grad" after all).
 
My DS is class of 2023. They scrambled after their YUK/Yearling year. Every cadet was assigned to a new company (2 from each company remained with their previous companies). At first, he and his classmates were dreading it. They didn't want to leave their battle buddies from BEAST. Now, he said it is the best thing that could have happened. He still has all of his old friends, plus a whole new group of friends. I'm sure some don't think of it like this, but my DS is very happy they scrambled.
 
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