Interesting article which presents a pretty accurate picture of much of KP life. Be advised that the Maritime Operations and Technology major, commonly known as "Shopper," is no longer available. It gave both 3rd Mate License and Qualified Member of the Engineering Department (QMED) Certification to successful graduates. It was dropped after class of 2013 because it became impossible to get the required deck and engine days in that were required for licensing.
Window fans at KP were my first lesson in a Naturally Aspirated engine. One fan blowing in and one blowing out would actually get a pretty decent air exchange going.
Thank you for clarifying for the uninitiated here ... "Plebe Beats" don't involve actual beating of plebes.
One advantage of being a plebe during indoc is wearing shorts in that heat (assuming they still do that). It also had the added bonus that you never had to look up and make eye contact with any non-plebe around you. you could pick out the DIs and Officers in your peripheral vision because they were the only ones in long pants.
How did you make the transition to law? Was it a difficult process to change course so to speak?
no more difficult than transitioning from any other industry I would imagine. I have several classmates who have done it, some are partners in their firms. Some stay with their maritime roots and practice maritime law, others have gone into other areas of law and some have been to law school and don't practice, one went back to sea.