It’s more like months. The Marine Shop and Exchange both come to USNA to review the officer uniform package, make your choice, get fitted several times and have them all before graduation. Not sure how ROTC does it now, but usually most of them get their blues for graduation while at OCS and graduate in them and then get the rest at TBS. Some who were located closer to DC area would go get fitted for the entire sea bag, but not required. TBS has plenty of time in the schedule for fittings and all this stuff. The USNA Marines are there when the tailors come to ensure fit and make recommendations.
Shooting Range at USNA
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What does a USNA Marine do with all that Navy stuff?
Sell it to their buddies, trade it for more cammies or hand me down the USNA specific Mid uniforms to underclass. Mids lose uniform items, out grow them, etc and will trade around to Get those missing items before graduation.
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Wow, this thread certainly morphed from the OP question. I had plenty of classmates who never handled a firearm before Plebe summer shoot expert, and others who grew up with guns who didn't do as well. There is no need to go out an train before Plebe summer -- that "E" really doesn't mean anything in the Navy. (It is more or less expected for Marines, but as noted, they qualify at Quantico (and probably a more difficult qualification). If you are going to do anything , going out to a range just to get comfortable with the "bang" might help, but you run risks of developing bad habits in your trigger squeeze .
In response to the OP, perhaps a more recent Midshipman can respond, but aside from formal programs like qualification, Combat Arms or Rifle/Pistol teams, I wouldn't expect there is much opportunity to just go out an shoot. Midshipmen can't keep personal firearms, and frankly, they have plenty of other things to keep them busy. On the other hand, as upperclassman I would expect one could drive to a local range (if there is such a thing in Maryland).
Even the Navy guys (and gals) uniforms that don't get used in the Fleet . Alot of them end up in parent's basement, and shrinks considerably over the years !
A few years ago, we found my P-rade jacket (I don't recall what that uniform is called anymore) in my in-laws attic. I had abandoned it after my June Week swim in the Severn, but my mother-in-law saved it, cleaned it, and kept it all these years. It's amazing how bad the Severn water shrank that jacket !
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as i recall,
FDB - Full Dress Blues are SDBs with the addition of medals and white gloves. Same as Service Dress Whites and Full Dress Whites.
I think the parade uniform at USNA is technically called Infantry Dress , Infantry Dress Foxtrot is blue over blue, Golf is blue over white, Hotel is working blues with gloves and belt
FDB - Full Dress Blues are SDBs with the addition of medals and white gloves. Same as Service Dress Whites and Full Dress Whites.
I think the parade uniform at USNA is technically called Infantry Dress , Infantry Dress Foxtrot is blue over blue, Golf is blue over white, Hotel is working blues with gloves and belt
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When I was at USNA, the short blue jacket o' many buttons was called "Full Dress Blue" and when I look at it now, it is amazingly small.
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One of my roommates went USMC and distributed all of his "stuff" through the company when he graduated.
Funny thing happened though. He went USMC NFO and was a backseater in F4's. Eventually he transitioned to the USMCR and soon thereafter, when the Corps sunsetted the F4's, he was told that since the USMCR had no further need for him as an NFO that he was now invited to be an infantry officer. He was not really enamored of that option and ended up re-entering the Navy as a LCDR NFO which apparently went smoothly. What was not so smooth was that he contacted several of us to check if we still had any of his uniforms. Being a good friend and roommate, I searched my "stuff" for his alpha code and ended up sending him one (1) white dress sock complete with hole. I believe that is the only uniform item that was returned to him.