There is no way to prepare for the abrupt and shocking change in direction, no matter if they have made Yard visits, attended NASS, talked to midshipmen. They are in the military now. They are adults. It is real. Their natural resilience will sustain them, as well as their equally shocked classmates to their right, left, front and back. Those impossibly confident, squared-away and competent detailers were plebes themselves not so long ago. Many of these plebes have never failed before or been at the bottom of the performance food chain. They will learn to fail, recover, persevere, succeed. All of this has a purpose, to bring out inner grit. It just isn’t very clear when you’re in the middle of it…