Commissioning Week 2024 schedule is out ⚓️

Nice.
Any idea what the color parade 645 am on Tuesday is? Guessing practice for the Thursday one...
 
justme said:
Nice.
Any idea what the color parade 645 am on Tuesday is? Guessing practice for the Thursday one...
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Probably. My older son was gone early in the AM most days for practices, briefs and what nots (he stayed with us).

It’s quite comical (and very impressive!!), those early morning activities for them after their late night (*ahem* early morning actually) parties and activities.
 
justdoit19 said:
It’s quite comical (and very impressive!!), those early morning activities for them after their late night (*ahem* early morning actually) parties and activities.
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I'm guessing the early morning activities are designed to temper the late night activities. Some of the Commissioning Week stories from the days of old were epic. Most graduating First Class were smart enough to avoid trouble, but there were plenty of underclass, including 4th class , with more liberty and freedom than they are used to keep the conduct system busy.
 
I definitly recommend a Lunch or Brunch at the Naval Academy Club. Great Venue and good food. Also the Naval Academy Museum. The Bone Ships are incredible along with the story behind them as they were constructed with amazing detail by British prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars.
 
AF6872 said:
I definitly recommend a Lunch or Brunch at the Naval Academy Club. Great Venue and good food. Also the Naval Academy Museum. The Bone Ships are incredible along with the story behind them as they were constructed with amazing detail by British prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Museum is one of my favorite places. I always find something new. The Bone Ships are a must see.

It’s also air conditioned and has nice bathrooms.
 
... events:

* 12 April 1600. Brigade formal parade

** 26 April 1600. Dedication parade

*** 22 May. Blue Angels

**** 23 May 1100. Color Parade

***** 24 May. Blue Angels

(notes. Across the Severn... near the NEX/Commissary, one can find "private" picnic areas to watch the Blue Angels.)
 
Kierkegaard said:
Wow, I remember doing their I-Day as a detailer four years ago. They grow up so fast 🥲. BZ ‘24!
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Care to reminisce? That had to be challenging in their Covid environment. My own was in iso (alone, no roomie or interaction, felt really isolated and forgotten) for about a month. Missed most of plebe summer. And then couldn’t participate when he got out.

What a weird time. I bet it was weird for detailers, too.
 
justdoit19 said:
Care to reminisce? That had to be challenging in their Covid environment. My own was in iso (alone, no roomie or interaction, felt really isolated and forgotten) for about a month. Missed most of plebe summer. And then couldn’t participate when he got out.

What a weird time. I bet it was weird for detailers, too.
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Speaking of...

Plebes Dropping Already

I’m on summer break and have some work going on in the house which dangerously allows me time to ponder a couple things. Upon learning that a couple or handful or maybe more plebes have dropped/left before plebe summer even starts, I wonder what life back home is like for both the kid who thus...
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justme said:
Speaking of...

Plebes Dropping Already

I’m on summer break and have some work going on in the house which dangerously allows me time to ponder a couple things. Upon learning that a couple or handful or maybe more plebes have dropped/left before plebe summer even starts, I wonder what life back home is like for both the kid who thus...
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Wow what a throwback!!
 
justdoit19 said:
Care to reminisce? That had to be challenging in their Covid environment. My own was in iso (alone, no roomie or interaction, felt really isolated and forgotten) for about a month. Missed most of plebe summer. And then couldn’t participate when he got out.

What a weird time. I bet it was weird for detailers, too.
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Weird times indeed. I’d been home since spring break and came back to the yard in early June. Detailers had to ROM just like the plebes did in a separate part of Bancroft. King Hall was still figuring out how to work take-out, and the meals were gross. Mask mandates had just become a thing, which was gross in the Annapolis summer’s humidity. I think they even came up with drill commands for the plebe’s to put their masks on to (Don….MASKS).

The plebes had gotten a little more comfortable during ROM and it was definitely a rough adjustment to Plebe Summer. Those upperclass who took care of them during ROM did not want to be there. I also remember it was hard for the plebes adjusting to the heat and humidity after spending 2 weeks indoors. Safety is always paramount during Plebe Summer, but now we had to worry about covid transmission. Covid was still fairly new and people didn’t really know what to expect. The greatest fear on the OIC’s mind was if a plebe’s life would be jeopardized as a result of covid, heat cas, or anything else. There were a couple scary cases of heat related illness, but that happens and thankfully the Regiment was safe in the end.

The other fear was that training would need to shut down if covid made its way around the regiment. This was before everyone on earth came to terms with the fact that we’d eventually all get covid. Plebe Summer is always gross. Bancroft Hall is a petri dish with hallways. Before 2020 I never met a mid who didn’t get sick with a cold over Plebe Summer. What was weird though was because every company was a “bubble”—we “socially distanced” during PEP, chow, drill, etc. we avoided not only covid (for the most part. I think a couple companies got it towards the end) but also the usual number of common colds. That was a nice silver lining to the craziness. I was an exhausted detailer, but not a sick one!

Oh yeah, and Plebe Summer itself was around 5 weeks instead of 7 to account for ROM. But I think we still gave them a very real, properly challenging Plebe Summer. Looking back, I’m proud of the Plebe Summer we put on and proud of the Class of 2024’s performance. See you in the Fleet ‘24.
 
Kierkegaard said:
Weird times indeed. I’d been home since spring break and came back to the yard in early June. Detailers had to ROM just like the plebes did in a separate part of Bancroft. King Hall was still figuring out how to work take-out, and the meals were gross. Mask mandates had just become a thing, which was gross in the Annapolis summer’s humidity. I think they even came up with drill commands for the plebe’s to put their masks on to (Don….MASKS).

The plebes had gotten a little more comfortable during ROM and it was definitely a rough adjustment to Plebe Summer. Those upperclass who took care of them during ROM did not want to be there. I also remember it was hard for the plebes adjusting to the heat and humidity after spending 2 weeks indoors. Safety is always paramount during Plebe Summer, but now we had to worry about covid transmission. Covid was still fairly new and people didn’t really know what to expect. The greatest fear on the OIC’s mind was if a plebe’s life would be jeopardized as a result of covid, heat cas, or anything else. There were a couple scary cases of heat related illness, but that happens and thankfully the Regiment was safe in the end.

The other fear was that training would need to shut down if covid made its way around the regiment. This was before everyone on earth came to terms with the fact that we’d eventually all get covid. Plebe Summer is always gross. Bancroft Hall is a petri dish with hallways. Before 2020 I never met a mid who didn’t get sick with a cold over Plebe Summer. What was weird though was because every company was a “bubble”—we “socially distanced” during PEP, chow, drill, etc. we avoided not only covid (for the most part. I think a couple companies got it towards the end) but also the usual number of common colds. That was a nice silver lining to the craziness. I was an exhausted detailer, but not a sick one!

Oh yeah, and Plebe Summer itself was around 5 weeks instead of 7 to account for ROM. But I think we still gave them a very real, properly challenging Plebe Summer. Looking back, I’m proud of the Plebe Summer we put on and proud of the Class of 2024’s performance. See you in the Fleet ‘24.
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Brought a tear to my eye. What a summer. Thanks for the perspective. Seems like forever ago and yesterday all rolled up into one.
 
Kierkegaard said:
Weird times indeed. I’d been home since spring break and came back to the yard in early June. Detailers had to ROM just like the plebes did in a separate part of Bancroft. King Hall was still figuring out how to work take-out, and the meals were gross. Mask mandates had just become a thing, which was gross in the Annapolis summer’s humidity. I think they even came up with drill commands for the plebe’s to put their masks on to (Don….MASKS).

The plebes had gotten a little more comfortable during ROM and it was definitely a rough adjustment to Plebe Summer. Those upperclass who took care of them during ROM did not want to be there. I also remember it was hard for the plebes adjusting to the heat and humidity after spending 2 weeks indoors. Safety is always paramount during Plebe Summer, but now we had to worry about covid transmission. Covid was still fairly new and people didn’t really know what to expect. The greatest fear on the OIC’s mind was if a plebe’s life would be jeopardized as a result of covid, heat cas, or anything else. There were a couple scary cases of heat related illness, but that happens and thankfully the Regiment was safe in the end.

The other fear was that training would need to shut down if covid made its way around the regiment. This was before everyone on earth came to terms with the fact that we’d eventually all get covid. Plebe Summer is always gross. Bancroft Hall is a petri dish with hallways. Before 2020 I never met a mid who didn’t get sick with a cold over Plebe Summer. What was weird though was because every company was a “bubble”—we “socially distanced” during PEP, chow, drill, etc. we avoided not only covid (for the most part. I think a couple companies got it towards the end) but also the usual number of common colds. That was a nice silver lining to the craziness. I was an exhausted detailer, but not a sick one!

Oh yeah, and Plebe Summer itself was around 5 weeks instead of 7 to account for ROM. But I think we still gave them a very real, properly challenging Plebe Summer. Looking back, I’m proud of the Plebe Summer we put on and proud of the Class of 2024’s performance. See you in the Fleet ‘24.
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I appreciate your perspective. My 2024 spent so much time in quarantine and then ISO that he missed 85% of plebe summer. And the class portrait. Just like @justdoit’s kiddo missed milestones.

Clamshells for two semesters for three squares, spore filled oranges, months on crutches, backed up mailrooms, how you all handled navigating all of those things as young junior leaders is something you all should be proud of.
 
justdoit19 said:
Brought a tear to my eye. What a summer. Thanks for the perspective. Seems like forever ago and yesterday all rolled up into one.
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It does seem like yesterday. Here is the view many parents had when their child was dropped off at Main Gate 1. The seen was somber. It reminded me of the pier side goodbyes one sees when a ship goes on a long deployment. Soon to be plebes were easy to spot in DTA before they reported. Men were asked to report with their hair already cut. Small groups of men and women were escorted quietly to Alumni Hall by newly minted ensigns. No cadre. No fanfare. No onlookers. They were issued a laundry bag with essentials and again escorted to their assigned rooms for a two week lock down. The delayed oath of office was a masked two-part affair. Half of the class with companies 1-15, then 16-30. No meetings with parents and loved ones after the oath. Then the "welcome" by the detailers with lots of training to accomplish in a compressed timeframe. No Plebe Parent Weekend for these plebes. Lessons in flexibility were learned early on. They were masked on I-Day wondering how the summer would unfold. They will graduate unmasked and united as a class. Commissioning Week festivities should be fun.

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Crazy to me that this is less than 90 days away. Tickets bought, house reserved a year ago. Invites sent. Now for the fun stuff.
 
WT Door said:
It does seem like yesterday. Here is the view many parents had when their child was dropped off at Main Gate 1. The seen was somber. It reminded me of the pier side goodbyes one sees when a ship goes on a long deployment. Soon to be plebes were easy to spot in DTA before they reported. Men were asked to report with their hair already cut. Small groups of men and women were escorted quietly to Alumni Hall by newly minted ensigns. No cadre. No fanfare. No onlookers. They were issued a laundry bag with essentials and again escorted to their assigned rooms for a two week lock down. The delayed oath of office was a masked two-part affair. Half of the class with companies 1-15, then 16-30. No meetings with parents and loved ones after the oath. Then the "welcome" by the detailers with lots of training to accomplish in a compressed timeframe. No Plebe Parent Weekend for these plebes. Lessons in flexibility were learned early on. They were masked on I-Day wondering how the summer would unfold. They will graduate unmasked and united as a class. Commissioning Week festivities should be fun.

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I got a picture from our family friend. He picked up our Covid era 2024 kiddo at BWI. Next day he sent me a photo of our son walking through the turnstiles at Gate 1. So happy to see it. Yet so conflicted to not experience what we had pictured for IDay and parent weekend. I’m grateful for that masked photo of him and our friend sending him off at Gate. One (1).
 
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