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Weekends- can a plebe leave the school grounds at all if we were to visit? Thought I heard maybe on Sundays?
 
Short answer is no. Not at all until parents weekend where plebes can usually leave campus from Saturday afternoon through Sunday evening (or Monday evening if a three day weekend). Get used to not seeing your plebe except during regular leave times. During plebe year your plebe's best chance to get off campus is via team movements. In rare cases they can get special liberty on a case by case basis, but don't count on it. And seeing your parents is not going to be an approved reason for special liberty. Enjoy your remaining time with your plebe candidate. Things will never be the same.
 
There is a document titled Midshipmen Regulations that discusses leave/liberty policy on page 15. The document is however 15 years old which predates Covid but I suspect that much if not all of the requirements for liberty and/or leave remain the same today.
 
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KpWarriors03 said:
Weekends- can a plebe leave the school grounds at all if we were to visit? Thought I heard maybe on Sundays?
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Make plans now for Parents Weekend this year over Labor Day. Schedule starts early Friday morning with colors. There will likely be opportunity to see the plebes swearing-in ceremony, chance to go to classes with your mid (as space available), lots of merchandise for sale by the parent groups and meet others. On Friday night, there is a Women's Soccer game that will be mandatory for mids and plebes to attend. Saturday will have a March On in the morning of the regiment. Be prepared to see a changed person in your plebe in only a couple of short months.
 
KpWarriors03 said:
Weekends- can a plebe leave the school grounds at all if we were to visit? Thought I heard maybe on Sundays?
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Not sure how it is now but I remember seeing my parents on parents weekend and then not seeing them again till Thanksgiving. That was in the 80's. Might be a little more lax now. You can even send birthday cakes to Delano Hall for your kids birthday.
 
KPEngnr90 said:
Not sure how it is now but I remember seeing my parents on parents weekend and then not seeing them again till Thanksgiving. That was in the 80's. Might be a little more lax now. You can even send birthday cakes to Delano Hall for your kids birthday.
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I only ever saw my parents over most Christmases (missed one when I was out at sea) and between ships in the summer, but they lived thousands of miles away. Sending a birthday cake to Delano may be nice, but it will certainly draw attention, maybe unwarranted. I have always felt that the forces isolation was training for a life at sea. Back in the 70s and 80s, we were not well connected at all, and I rarely contacted any loved ones at sea, except for the rare off hour international phone call. Was a bit easier when running coastwise.
 
cmakin said:
I only ever saw my parents over most Christmases (missed one when I was out at sea) and between ships in the summer, but they lived thousands of miles away. Sending a birthday cake to Delano may be nice, but it will certainly draw attention, maybe unwarranted. I have always felt that the forces isolation was training for a life at sea. Back in the 70s and 80s, we were not well connected at all, and I rarely contacted any loved ones at sea, except for the rare off hour international phone call. Was a bit easier when running coastwise.
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The concept of not drawing attention to your family member, is that mostly when they are a Plebe? Can they get a birthday cake/care package when they are upper classmen?
 
cmakin said:
Sending a birthday cake to Delano may be nice, but it will certainly draw attention, maybe unwarranted.
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I would not make that assumption. The culture is different now than it once was
 
You can send a birthday cake as a plebe, literally no one cares. Training staff aren't allowed to torture you because it's your birthday. It's not the sixties anymore. If anything, I appreciate the plebes more when they get me cake; It's a break from the slop they serve us everyday.
 
Actually, there is a trimester break just after Halloween, so they were home for a week then and then Thanksgiving and then Christmas. Fall leave ended on Friday for the USMMA vs. USCGA football game. I didn't think Parents' Weekend to fall break was that bad, nor did my son.

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