Just out of curiosity... does USNA (or any other academy) pay for flights and other transportation to/from the Academy? I believe the first flight to I-Day is paid for, but what about flights home at the end of the school year or flights for other midshipmen besides plebes?
Transportation to/from Academy?
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1. 1st flight from home for I-day
2. Other flights when on training as a MID
3. Other flights when going as part of the team to participate in a game.
DD has personal experience with 1,3.
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2. Other flights when on training as a MID
3. Other flights when going as part of the team to participate in a game.
DD has personal experience with 1,3.
#2 soon to come soon in next few months.
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When midshipmen, and military members in general, are traveling for personal reasons or while on leave, they pay for their own travel.
If a military member is traveling on orders/official business, the military pays.
Reporting to “the place from whence induction into the military occurs” is indeed paid for. I had a set of orders and a ticket voucher to fly from Jacksonville, FL, to Providence, RI for Navy OCS.
One variant is if a member is outside the U.S. on official duty, and has to go back to the U.S. for a family emergency, the military gets them to a U.S. air port of entry, and the member then pays to go wherever they want. Similar to this is if stationed overseas for a certain number of years, the member gets one funded RT to nearest U.S. air port of entry. I forget all the nuances.
At USNA, mids will get official travel to go to various events, training, cruises. Home on leave? No.