New Student Indoctrination (Summer 2019)

Yes, location is at Great Lakes. Plan is for two different sessions this year as all scholarship recipients will be required to attend. Ballpark dates: 3-24 July and 25 Jul - 15 August. Your DS will likely be sssigned a session vice having a choice.
The dates my son was given were July 2-22 or July 23 - August 13.
I am trying to figure out travel- does anyone have confirmation on the dates?
 
@militarylife I believe the unit would arrange travel. This would be how they handle it for summer training. However they may plan on doing it by leaving it to the new midshipman and reimburse later. Your DS should call the unit to confirm how travel is handled.
 
Yes, location is at Great Lakes. Plan is for two different sessions this year as all scholarship recipients will be required to attend. Ballpark dates: 3-24 July and 25 Jul - 15 August. Your DS will likely be sssigned a session vice having a choice.
The dates my son was given were July 2-22 or July 23 - August 13.
I am trying to figure out travel- does anyone have confirmation on the dates?
My DS unit was given the dates of 7/23-8/13. They sent him paperwork asking if we were dropping him off or if he would require a flight. They also asked for a bank account routing # for travel reimbursement (or travel voucher? I can’t remember-I don’t have it in front of me). We had sent an email asking if we could drop him off and then he can fly home and the person sent back that once all of our paperwork is in, the travel person will coordinate all of that with our DS, so I’m assuming they handle it all and we just get an intinerary after all paperwork is turned in.
 
Yes, location is at Great Lakes. Plan is for two different sessions this year as all scholarship recipients will be required to attend. Ballpark dates: 3-24 July and 25 Jul - 15 August. Your DS will likely be sssigned a session vice having a choice.
The dates my son was given were July 2-22 or July 23 - August 13.
I am trying to figure out travel- does anyone have confirmation on the dates?
My DS unit was given the dates of 7/23-8/13. They sent him paperwork asking if we were dropping him off or if he would require a flight. They also asked for a bank account routing # for travel reimbursement (or travel voucher? I can’t remember-I don’t have it in front of me). We had sent an email asking if we could drop him off and then he can fly home and the person sent back that once all of our paperwork is in, the travel person will coordinate all of that with our DS, so I’m assuming they handle it all and we just get an intinerary after all paperwork is turned in.

Yes, those are the dates for session 1 and session 2. As indicated by kinnem, air travel will be coordinated by the unit. expect some growing pains with the process as this is the first year of full NSI - last year was the pilot and ~70 attended, while this year will be all class of 2023 scholarship winners, minus the SMCs, plus some college programmers (won't be all).
 
Are parents planning on going to both I day and graduation?
I don't have a kid attending, jst wanted to pass along my opinion. If you're in driving distance I might go, otherwise not. If I could only attend one, I would attend graduation. Are they even having a graduation ceremony? I'd save the trips for college, commissioning, and if your child is a Marine Option, OCS and TBS graduations. They will be much more meaningful. Just my opinion, YMMV
 
Are parents planning on going to both I day and graduation?
I don't have a kid attending, jst wanted to pass along my opinion. If you're in driving distance I might go, otherwise not. If I could only attend one, I would attend graduation. Are they even having a graduation ceremony? I'd save the trips for college, commissioning, and if your child is a Marine Option, OCS and TBS graduations. They will be much more meaningful. Just my opinion, YMMV
They are having both I Day and graduation and the form asks if and how many will be attending.

We are going to I Day and driving back to TX and DS grandparents and aunt and uncle (CG Officer) will be attending graduation.
 
The graduation was nothing special. Just a bunch of hurry up and wait and eventually a handshake from the Admiral. To all the parents, unless you are driving to pick your kid up from Great Lakes, don’t waste the time or money
 
DS is going to Norwich and was told by NETC personnel that he does not have to attend NSI
 
"Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) will contact you with details and will determine which NSI cycle you will attend". Anyone received their cycle date already?
 
"Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) will contact you with details and will determine which NSI cycle you will attend". Anyone received their cycle date already?
My unit requested I be with the rest of the unit, so obviously the rest of my unit was assigned... Haven't gotten anything official yet.
 
looks like the two cycle options are mostly true per https://www.public.navy.mil/netc/ns...- 2019 NROTC MIDN Summer Training Program.pdf

d. OIC, NSI I shall be established on or about 30 June 2019 at NS Great Lakes
e. OIC, NSI II shall be established on or about 22 July 2019 at NS Great Lakes

Based on the information reported in this thread, it sounds like each unit will establish its choice of cycle for all incoming freshmen, which should / could be communicated to students after May 1st with all decision and transfer settled.
 
"Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) will contact you with details and will determine which NSI cycle you will attend". Anyone received their cycle date already?

DS received an email for first session but that was before he transferred his scholarship to Norwich. They replied that he doesn't have to attend now that he is going to Norwich.
 
We visited our unit last week and the LT in charge of incoming freshmen was able to access the NSI cycle info and tell us which cycle we were scheduled to attend.
 
Does anyone know the logistics for those who fly in? The Welcome letter says candidates traveling by air can expect to travel the day prior to the start of NSI. Does the Navy coordinate the overnight stay and transportation after landing at O'Hare or do the candidates manage that on their own?
 
Not sure how they will do it for this, but summer training for DS usually involved reporting to the USO lounge at the airport and being bused from there when they has a bus load. I'm guessing they'll stay on base that night. Treat this as being worth what you paid for it, but that's my surmise, based on little to no evidence. In any case I'm sure you'll be informed at the appropriate time.
 
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