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Hi, I received an offer to NAPS in mid January and accepted it the same day. It has been almost two months, and I haven’t received any further information. Has anyone else who received an offer gotten details about the report date, or any next steps?

Thank you so much for all the answers
 
Tummeng said:
Hi, I received an offer to NAPS in mid January and accepted it the same day. It has been almost two months, and I haven’t received any further information. Has anyone else who received an offer gotten details about the report date, or any next steps?

Thank you so much for all the answers
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Well done on the NAPS spot.

Keep an eye on this link. It will be updated for your class (NAPS 2026) May-ish. Right now it has the current NAPS class info. Browse through it all, especially the link and the Student Information Guide. Much does not change year to year. Dates will, a little bit.

www.usna.edu

Important Information for the NAPS Class of 2026

NAPS Information page for Admissions at USNA.edu. Updated Mon Jun 02 20:14:22 EDT 2025.
www.usna.edu
 
Tummeng said:
Hi, I received an offer to NAPS in mid January and accepted it the same day. It has been almost two months, and I haven’t received any further information. Has anyone else who received an offer gotten details about the report date, or any next steps?

Thank you so much for all the answers
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Congrats on getting the Golden Ticket

My DD attended NAPS c/o 2024. As the Captain stated it will be around mid-May before you get any correspondence from USNA/NAPS. One thing you can do in the meantime is find the local Navy recruiter who can handle your enlistment into the Navy. NAPS requires you to enlist as an E-1 in order to pay you. So for the 10 months at NAPS you are an enlisted sailor. Don't worry - you report to the Academy two days prior to Induction day to be mustered out of the Navy. Then on Induction day you take the oath again and are back in the Navy as a USNA midshipman.

The office must have an officer assigned in order to give you the oath - many only have Chiefs and they cannot administer the oath. Other options are current or retired officers from any service (Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, etc.). If you go that route make sure they know your induction date at the recruitment office. You will need the letter from USNA/NAPS and filled out documents to enlist - also you must bring in your HS Diploma - so enlistment is after graduation for most. I bring this up as my daughter had a hard time finding a local recruitment office that would accept her - as a NAPS recruit does not add to the Chief's quota they don't care to spend the time and most do not know about NAPS - even though it is in their recruitment book.
 
you will get a packet to print and complete

pay particular attention to the enlistment aspects, you will need to go to a recruiters office, however, you will HAVE to be sworn in by a Commissioned officer that day. Most enlisted recruiters have zero clue of the procedures, or have even heard of NAPS to begin with, which will need to be done, lots of paperwork they don't get any credit for. Best to find a regional office which does in fact have an active duty officer. It can get stressful if in a remote area

we had to drive 3 hrs to the closest recruiter
 
Alchemist said:
Congrats on getting the Golden Ticket

My DD attended NAPS c/o 2024. As the Captain stated it will be around mid-May before you get any correspondence from USNA/NAPS. One thing you can do in the meantime is find the local Navy recruiter who can handle your enlistment into the Navy. NAPS requires you to enlist as an E-1 in order to pay you. So for the 10 months at NAPS you are an enlisted sailor. Don't worry - you report to the Academy two days prior to Induction day to be mustered out of the Navy. Then on Induction day you take the oath again and are back in the Navy as a USNA midshipman.

The office must have an officer assigned in order to give you the oath - many only have Chiefs and they cannot administer the oath. Other options are current or retired officers from any service (Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, etc.). If you go that route make sure they know your induction date at the recruitment office. You will need the letter from USNA/NAPS and filled out documents to enlist - also you must bring in your HS Diploma - so enlistment is after graduation for most. I bring this up as my daughter had a hard time finding a local recruitment office that would accept her - as a NAPS recruit does not add to the Chief's quota they don't care to spend the time and most do not know about NAPS - even though it is in their recruitment book.
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Good info!

One other source for an officer is your closest NROTC unit.
 
Repeating a 2024 post for Situational Awareness:

Got a DM asking about NAPS thru the M/C's eyes. So here are the highlights:
  1. You report on the last Tuesday in July at a specified 30 min window. (Coasties report two weeks prior)
  2. You may bring a suitcase or duffle bag of personal items, however, there are very few times you will be allowed to wear civilian clothes at NAPS. You will be wearing cammies, track suit, t-shirt and shorts, or your Service Blues most of the time.
  3. You will sign up for a Navy Federal account for direct deposit. You get paid on the 1st and the 15th of each month. Your pay level is E-1.
  4. Unlike the USNA you may bring a car for personal use.
  5. NAPS starts with about 250 students and ends with about 200 after 10 mos. Most drops are due to alcohol use, some with grades.
  6. There are about 15 Coast Guard cadets along with 25 priors (currently enlisted sailors or marines) then the rest are recruited athletes and directs (directly from high school).
  7. You go to 4 tables/stations situated outside when you report and then into Ripley Hall, your dorm. Then the screaming starts.
  8. You will hand over your phone. Make sure it is off and bring a battery charging pack and turn it in too.
  9. There are detailers from the USNA and the USCGA for the next 3 weeks.
  10. You will be given socks, shorts, t-shirt and cap all with NAPS on them. Bring a good pair of broken in running shoes.
  11. You will have a room mate in a room with 2 beds. No bunk beds. You may not put anything on the walls.
  12. You most likely will change room mates after winter break and possibly change platoons, too. Up to the Captain's whims.
  13. Cont with Indoc: you will be assigned to one of 3 Companies, a platoon and a squad. This is your family.
  14. The yelling and screaming will continue.
  15. You will start marching in formation, badly at first, The detailers will remind you how bad you are-constantly.
  16. The oath ceremony is around 5pm or so. Your parents will be allowed back on base for this. After the ceremony you have 15 mins to say goodbyes and then form up, again. Get yelled at and run back to Ripley Hall.
  17. By the end of the first day 99% will be shell-shocked by all the screaming and commands. Remember not to take it personal and it really is a game, though a serious game. Also, you are not being graded on how well you do at InDoc, just do your best, take it seriously, try to improve and enjoy the humor when it appears.
  18. Lots of running, so start running as soon as you get your NAPS appointment. Run, run, run, and run some more.
  19. You will have 30 mins to call home on the next 3 Sundays. You will be standing on the football field in formation and the detailers will give you your phone back for the call. Make sure you turn off the phone when done before handing it back in for safe keeping. If you have phone problems the detailers will loan you theirs.
  20. A good percentage of M/Cs on the first call home will express doubts - this is normal. By the following week most doubts will have vanished and by the third call you will actually be having fun.
  21. The first 2 weeks of InDoc are the hardest and the detailers are doing their best to be like Marine Drill Instructors. By the third week they throttle back and start to talk to you normally (most of the time) and will have question and answer sessions about life at the Academy, sports, academics etc.
  22. At the end of 3 weeks the detailers leave and hand you off to the Marines assigned to NAPS. Next you take placement exams for physics, chemistry, math and writing. Based the your scores you can be placed in Advanced, Regular or Fundamental level of each class. By the 3rd day after Indoc you are in the classroom. You will be given a laptop and a NAPS email account.
  23. The WiFi in the dorm is somewhat sketchy and slow. My DD and her roommate split the cost of a private connection using the ViaSat WiFi service on the base ($60/mo split two ways) which was much better.
  24. The commissary (grocery store) and the Naval Exchange (Navy's version of Target) are a 5 min walk from Ripley Hall. Also, there is a Starbucks with good WiFi nearby.
  25. Sign up for a sponsor family - good for getting rides to and from the airports (Providence or Boston).
  26. Typically, the Battalion is required to attend all home sport events like football, lacrosse, and basketball.
  27. You will be tested on the PRT during InDoc and throughout the 10 mos. You must pass the final PRT as part of your admission to the USNA. So stay in shape and run, run, and run. The base has a modern and new fitness center - use it. It is a hike from Ripley but you can jog over or go with a friend who has a car.
  28. You will be on the base from I-day until Parents weekend. This is usu the third weekend in September. For most this will be your first time off the base if your family visits. You will have Friday afternoon til 9:30 off, then 12 noonish through Sunday, back by 4:30pm.
  29. Have your family make reservations for Parent Weekend ASAP. NAPS seems to have this event the same weekend as Newport Internatinal Boat show and it is very hard to get a hotel room if one waits until September.
  30. Then back to the base until after the first marking period and if the Captain thinks you earned it you may get Town Liberty on the weekend, starting beginning of November. Town Liberty varies and don't expect it and don't expect it to be every weekend, either.
  31. When on Liberty you must wear your Navy Service Blues uniform. Exception, leaving for holidays, then in civies.
  32. Rules of Town Liberty: starts after 12 noon on Saturday, back on base by 10pm. If Sunday back by 5pm. 50 mile radius. Sometimes, both days, sometimes one day. Many hit Newport area or Providence.
  33. If you get in trouble or have poor grades you will go on restriction and no liberty for you.
  34. Exception to leaving the base are the Sport Teams (ex football or Cross Country). Members do leave the base for offsite events.
  35. If the Battalion is doing well the Captain can give overnight Liberty, starting 12 noon Saturday back by 5pm Sunday. These are less .
  36. You get 5 days off for Thanksgiving. Typically you will be released no sooner than 12 noon on the Tuesday before so make your plane reservations with that in mind.
  37. You get 2 weeks off for Christmas. Again released at 12 noon.
  38. If you have a Member of Congress nomination interview you will do it remotely from NAPS on your laptop. If you not get a MOC nomination the Secretary of the Navy will give you a nomination.
  39. In November you will all go to visit Annapolis. Leave on Wednesday on buses and back on Sunday. You will be assigned MIDS to stay with in Bancroft hall and you can shadow them. Also, there are presentations by former NAPSters to tell you about being at the academy. You will then go to the football game on Saturday and sit together in back of the Plebes. After the game you have Town Liberty and if your family is there they can take you out to eat and see the sights. Back at Bancroft by 9pm on Saturday.
  40. Most years you get to go to the Army Navy game - last year it was in Maryland so an 8 hour ride for the Battalion. For 2025 it is in Baltimore MD, so don't know if they will spring the cost to send you there.
  41. There are regular "field trips" related to the military in the region.
  42. Returning after Christmas you may have a new roommate and be assigned to a new Company, Platoon and squad.
  43. There is a BMI requirement for admission to the USNA. Those who are affected will need to eat healthier and increase their workouts to make the cut by the final PRT in April.
  44. Winters in Newport are cold, windy and gloomy. It is the dark ages. It does snow but not much. Lots of rain.
  45. Spring break is 5 days in March, again you are released on a Tues at noon and back by 5pm the following Monday.
  46. Your final PRT physical test is beginning of April - required for admission to USNA.
  47. Come the end of April are finals followed by review board (only if borderline, then your last chance to make your case, but if you have done what is expected of you then you will not need the board).
  48. First week in May you should get the appointment notice on the USNA's portal. Click Accept!
  49. There is a graduation Ball on a Thursday followed by graduation the next day. For 2024 graduation was May 10 and it starts at 1pm and ends at 3pm. When it ends you are free to leave.
  50. You have about 45 days before reporting to Annapolis. Do not get injured, don't do drugs or alcohol, and stay out of trouble. Repeat, don't get injured. Do lots of running. I mean alot!
  51. You will be getting the Permit To Report packet with lots of forms to fill out - just like last year for NAPS except no enlistment forms. Your medical information should be handled by DoDMERB since you are coming from NAPS. Don't worry about Medical forms.
  52. Continue running, have two new pairs of running shoes broken in by the time you report to the Academy.
  53. As a NAPSter you will report the Tuesday before the official I-day that is on the last Thursday of June. This is so you can muster out of the Naval Reserve and the Academy can you use the 200 or so NAPSters for a dress rehearsal.
 
Alchemist said:
That is what it was in 2023-2024 - Priors did not lose pay and had more in their pockets than Directs on the first of each month.
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okay thank you. That makes sense. Priors getting yelled at, especially Marine priors, now that would be humorous to watch. It was humorous enough to have 2/c attempting to haze us at USNA. I was a corporal most of the time at NAPS. Got promoted to sergeant about a month before we graduated.
 
Tummeng said:
Hi, I received an offer to NAPS in mid January and accepted it the same day. It has been almost two months, and I haven’t received any further information. Has anyone else who received an offer gotten details about the report date, or any next steps?

Thank you so much for all the answers
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There is also a c/o 26 Naps FB page up and running for PARENTS and Guardians only. We provide information all year from firsthand experience. I can't post the link here or it will be removed. Email proof of acceptance to napsparentgroup@gmail.com. Have your parents to search NAPS Class of 2026 Parents ONLY to send request. Information is loading already.


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Aksel2028 said:
Repeating a 2024 post for Situational Awareness:

Got a DM asking about NAPS thru the M/C's eyes. So here are the highlights:
  1. You report on the last Tuesday in July at a specified 30 min window. (Coasties report two weeks prior)
  2. You may bring a suitcase or duffle bag of personal items, however, there are very few times you will be allowed to wear civilian clothes at NAPS. You will be wearing cammies, track suit, t-shirt and shorts, or your Service Blues most of the time.
  3. You will sign up for a Navy Federal account for direct deposit. You get paid on the 1st and the 15th of each month. Your pay level is E-1.
  4. Unlike the USNA you may bring a car for personal use.
  5. NAPS starts with about 250 students and ends with about 200 after 10 mos. Most drops are due to alcohol use, some with grades.
  6. There are about 15 Coast Guard cadets along with 25 priors (currently enlisted sailors or marines) then the rest are recruited athletes and directs (directly from high school).
  7. You go to 4 tables/stations situated outside when you report and then into Ripley Hall, your dorm. Then the screaming starts.
  8. You will hand over your phone. Make sure it is off and bring a battery charging pack and turn it in too.
  9. There are detailers from the USNA and the USCGA for the next 3 weeks.
  10. You will be given socks, shorts, t-shirt and cap all with NAPS on them. Bring a good pair of broken in running shoes.
  11. You will have a room mate in a room with 2 beds. No bunk beds. You may not put anything on the walls.
  12. You most likely will change room mates after winter break and possibly change platoons, too. Up to the Captain's whims.
  13. Cont with Indoc: you will be assigned to one of 3 Companies, a platoon and a squad. This is your family.
  14. The yelling and screaming will continue.
  15. You will start marching in formation, badly at first, The detailers will remind you how bad you are-constantly.
  16. The oath ceremony is around 5pm or so. Your parents will be allowed back on base for this. After the ceremony you have 15 mins to say goodbyes and then form up, again. Get yelled at and run back to Ripley Hall.
  17. By the end of the first day 99% will be shell-shocked by all the screaming and commands. Remember not to take it personal and it really is a game, though a serious game. Also, you are not being graded on how well you do at InDoc, just do your best, take it seriously, try to improve and enjoy the humor when it appears.
  18. Lots of running, so start running as soon as you get your NAPS appointment. Run, run, run, and run some more.
  19. You will have 30 mins to call home on the next 3 Sundays. You will be standing on the football field in formation and the detailers will give you your phone back for the call. Make sure you turn off the phone when done before handing it back in for safe keeping. If you have phone problems the detailers will loan you theirs.
  20. A good percentage of M/Cs on the first call home will express doubts - this is normal. By the following week most doubts will have vanished and by the third call you will actually be having fun.
  21. The first 2 weeks of InDoc are the hardest and the detailers are doing their best to be like Marine Drill Instructors. By the third week they throttle back and start to talk to you normally (most of the time) and will have question and answer sessions about life at the Academy, sports, academics etc.
  22. At the end of 3 weeks the detailers leave and hand you off to the Marines assigned to NAPS. Next you take placement exams for physics, chemistry, math and writing. Based the your scores you can be placed in Advanced, Regular or Fundamental level of each class. By the 3rd day after Indoc you are in the classroom. You will be given a laptop and a NAPS email account.
  23. The WiFi in the dorm is somewhat sketchy and slow. My DD and her roommate split the cost of a private connection using the ViaSat WiFi service on the base ($60/mo split two ways) which was much better.
  24. The commissary (grocery store) and the Naval Exchange (Navy's version of Target) are a 5 min walk from Ripley Hall. Also, there is a Starbucks with good WiFi nearby.
  25. Sign up for a sponsor family - good for getting rides to and from the airports (Providence or Boston).
  26. Typically, the Battalion is required to attend all home sport events like football, lacrosse, and basketball.
  27. You will be tested on the PRT during InDoc and throughout the 10 mos. You must pass the final PRT as part of your admission to the USNA. So stay in shape and run, run, and run. The base has a modern and new fitness center - use it. It is a hike from Ripley but you can jog over or go with a friend who has a car.
  28. You will be on the base from I-day until Parents weekend. This is usu the third weekend in September. For most this will be your first time off the base if your family visits. You will have Friday afternoon til 9:30 off, then 12 noonish through Sunday, back by 4:30pm.
  29. Have your family make reservations for Parent Weekend ASAP. NAPS seems to have this event the same weekend as Newport Internatinal Boat show and it is very hard to get a hotel room if one waits until September.
  30. Then back to the base until after the first marking period and if the Captain thinks you earned it you may get Town Liberty on the weekend, starting beginning of November. Town Liberty varies and don't expect it and don't expect it to be every weekend, either.
  31. When on Liberty you must wear your Navy Service Blues uniform. Exception, leaving for holidays, then in civies.
  32. Rules of Town Liberty: starts after 12 noon on Saturday, back on base by 10pm. If Sunday back by 5pm. 50 mile radius. Sometimes, both days, sometimes one day. Many hit Newport area or Providence.
  33. If you get in trouble or have poor grades you will go on restriction and no liberty for you.
  34. Exception to leaving the base are the Sport Teams (ex football or Cross Country). Members do leave the base for offsite events.
  35. If the Battalion is doing well the Captain can give overnight Liberty, starting 12 noon Saturday back by 5pm Sunday. These are less .
  36. You get 5 days off for Thanksgiving. Typically you will be released no sooner than 12 noon on the Tuesday before so make your plane reservations with that in mind.
  37. You get 2 weeks off for Christmas. Again released at 12 noon.
  38. If you have a Member of Congress nomination interview you will do it remotely from NAPS on your laptop. If you not get a MOC nomination the Secretary of the Navy will give you a nomination.
  39. In November you will all go to visit Annapolis. Leave on Wednesday on buses and back on Sunday. You will be assigned MIDS to stay with in Bancroft hall and you can shadow them. Also, there are presentations by former NAPSters to tell you about being at the academy. You will then go to the football game on Saturday and sit together in back of the Plebes. After the game you have Town Liberty and if your family is there they can take you out to eat and see the sights. Back at Bancroft by 9pm on Saturday.
  40. Most years you get to go to the Army Navy game - last year it was in Maryland so an 8 hour ride for the Battalion. For 2025 it is in Baltimore MD, so don't know if they will spring the cost to send you there.
  41. There are regular "field trips" related to the military in the region.
  42. Returning after Christmas you may have a new roommate and be assigned to a new Company, Platoon and squad.
  43. There is a BMI requirement for admission to the USNA. Those who are affected will need to eat healthier and increase their workouts to make the cut by the final PRT in April.
  44. Winters in Newport are cold, windy and gloomy. It is the dark ages. It does snow but not much. Lots of rain.
  45. Spring break is 5 days in March, again you are released on a Tues at noon and back by 5pm the following Monday.
  46. Your final PRT physical test is beginning of April - required for admission to USNA.
  47. Come the end of April are finals followed by review board (only if borderline, then your last chance to make your case, but if you have done what is expected of you then you will not need the board).
  48. First week in May you should get the appointment notice on the USNA's portal. Click Accept!
  49. There is a graduation Ball on a Thursday followed by graduation the next day. For 2024 graduation was May 10 and it starts at 1pm and ends at 3pm. When it ends you are free to leave.
  50. You have about 45 days before reporting to Annapolis. Do not get injured, don't do drugs or alcohol, and stay out of trouble. Repeat, don't get injured. Do lots of running. I mean alot!
  51. You will be getting the Permit To Report packet with lots of forms to fill out - just like last year for NAPS except no enlistment forms. Your medical information should be handled by DoDMERB since you are coming from NAPS. Don't worry about Medical forms.
  52. Continue running, have two new pairs of running shoes broken in by the time you report to the Academy.
  53. As a NAPSter you will report the Tuesday before the official I-day that is on the last Thursday of June. This is so you can muster out of the Naval Reserve and the Academy can you use the 200 or so NAPSters for a dress rehearsal.
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Thank you so much. I am an under-prepared mom in this situation. I'm always over-prepared but not currently...will jump on the learning curve.
 
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