I-Day Packing
Our packing list specifies that we are to bring 12 pairs of white boxer0briefs and 8 white v-necks, and specifies what footwear we are allowed to bring. However it does not specify what socks we are...
View ArticleFalcon Foundation prep schools - is there a ranking or profile of all of them?
Fortunate enough to receive an email this am stating acceptance for a Falcon Foundation scholarship. I understand 60 of them are given out each year. A few Questions Please: 1) Is there a ranking or...
View ArticleUSMA Class of 2020 Appointment Thread
USAFA has their thread up and running, so I guess it is time....Congratulations to all who have received appointments so far. Copy and paste and then add your own appointment to the list. Keep working...
View ArticleCGA Drug Tests
Im looking to go to the Coast Guard Academy. I have personally never done any drugs, but my friend who also is going to the CGA has somewhat recently. I was wondering what the policy is on drugs and...
View ArticleNorthwestern Prep????
I'm trying to find out more information about this civilian prep, but there is next to no resources. So I have a several questions. 1) How long is the program? 2) What is the acceptance rate of those...
View ArticleLEAD Program Questions and Advice
Hello, I'll be enlisting some time within the next two months, and ultimately have an ambition to attend the Air Force Academy through the LEAD Program. I have some general questions, but would also...
View ArticleWojtek WWII Polish Bear
Polish or not, this is an awesome story. Oh pardon me for all the LINKS. That's just for all the jerks-they know who they are....
View ArticleAsk Me Anything - Perspective from a Current Plebe
Please feel free to ask me any questions you may have about what life is like during plebe summer or at the Academy! I am currently a member of the class of 2019, and am willing to share tips and...
View ArticleBrag Sheet/Resume?
I've seen different places require submitting a Brag Sheet and other places require a Resume. Are a Brag Sheet and Resume really just the same thing or is one formatted differently? Does anybody have...
View ArticleRowing at the USAFA
I am a very competitive rower and I really am looking into going to the USAFA as a first choice and Naval as a second. I am aware that the USAFA does not have a rowing program or team and rowing is...
View ArticleFlight Physical, Inhaler Question
I had a really bad cough after coming back from Field Training and went to the local Walgreens outpatient center. They thought I had bronchitis/pneumonia and prescribed me some meds, one of which was...
View ArticleSMP Time in Service Question
So, I have a question. If a cadet enlists in the NG prior to starting school, then starts school and ROTC and graduates and commissions as a SMP, how many of the NG years count for TIS in regard to...
View ArticleAsk Us (current cadets) Anything
This is a thread where appointees (and others) are free to ask current cadets questions about life at the Academy. There are a few of us on here so I'm sure we'll be able to field most questions. That...
View ArticleClass of 2020 USNA Appointment Thread
Letsdothis/DS/Jan 20th Appointment and Acceptance/VA-07 Congressional Nom
View ArticleDoes this make sense to people who have experience with life in the Air Force?
My DS has been doing research about life in the AF and possible career paths. He's also gearing up for his ALO and MOC interviews later in the year. He said he would like to be a bomber pilot instead...
View ArticleContracted army cadet transfer schools?
Has anyone here been an army national-scholarship winner and contracted cadet who transferred schools? How did the process go for you?
View Article3 Face Expulsion in Coast Guard Academy Cheating Probe
This looks messy. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...BiGZBuMXJOG7ydgBQ&sig2=LtRdpO5t8MkAmEop-RWvkA
View ArticleUSAFA Prep Class of 2017 Thread
Good Morning Ladies/Gents, I did a search and didn't find a thread for USAFAPS c/o 2017 entering this coming July- so I thought I'd go ahead and start one, since I've seen several people that have been...
View ArticleBlue and Gold Officers make a difference
So at my house we are getting excited about launching DS into his "life less ordinary" at USNA on June 30th but there is a big thank you I need to get out there before that happens because without the...
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