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re: Touring West Point today as my boy considers here and Annapolis
Posted on 1/19/19 at 10:35 pm to TopFlightSecurity
Posted on 1/19/19 at 10:35 pm to TopFlightSecurity
You're right, ROTC is the only way to get a full ride. 
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Posted on 1/19/19 at 10:37 pm to armytiger96
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I was a year ahead of you but I was in H1. Are you from Houma and went to Tulane? If so, I remember you.
That's not me, but I know who you're talking about.
Posted on 1/19/19 at 10:39 pm to Korin
I remember the ROTC honor societies making their new members do pushups in the Quad and nary a word being said about hazing...
Posted on 2/11/19 at 4:12 pm to Ag Zwin
Update: Just got a call from our Congressman. Officially offered appointment to Annapolis. West Point probably in a few days.
Now to sweat out what we hear from the traditional schools he applied to and talk that out.
Now to sweat out what we hear from the traditional schools he applied to and talk that out.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 4:12 pm to Ag Zwin
Wonderful news, proud dad, I get it.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 4:59 pm to Ag Zwin
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Update: Just got a call from our Congressman. Officially offered appointment to Annapolis. West Point probably in a few days.
Now to sweat out what we hear from the traditional schools he applied to and talk that out.
Congrats OP!
This post was edited on 2/11/19 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 4/1/19 at 5:55 pm to Ag Zwin
UPDATE: Surprising to me, but looking like West Point is going to get the nod.
Got his appointments for both, and Annapolis has been the more "connected" (overnight stay, connection with a department head that was also a 2-star and chaplain at USNA, local BGO is an industry colleague with me).
West Point speaks more to the "brotherhood" thing that got him looking at academies in the first place. He also said the classes felt more intimate and engaged than at Annapolis.
It was a surprise to me, and Mrs. Zwin is not taking it all that well. I think the relative safety of a ship (compared to infantry) has her spooked. She'll come around.
No downside to either choice, but I was looking forward to weekends in Annapolis. The area around WP is considerably less charming and entertaining. Not what he's going for, though, and this is his decision.
Got his appointments for both, and Annapolis has been the more "connected" (overnight stay, connection with a department head that was also a 2-star and chaplain at USNA, local BGO is an industry colleague with me).
West Point speaks more to the "brotherhood" thing that got him looking at academies in the first place. He also said the classes felt more intimate and engaged than at Annapolis.
It was a surprise to me, and Mrs. Zwin is not taking it all that well. I think the relative safety of a ship (compared to infantry) has her spooked. She'll come around.
No downside to either choice, but I was looking forward to weekends in Annapolis. The area around WP is considerably less charming and entertaining. Not what he's going for, though, and this is his decision.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 6:18 pm to Ag Zwin
Congrats to your young man and you.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 6:19 pm to Ag Zwin
Most WP grads I know are itching to get the hell out of the Army
Congrats to your son though. I still think traditional/ROTC is the best way to go.
Congrats to your son though. I still think traditional/ROTC is the best way to go.
This post was edited on 4/1/19 at 6:20 pm
Posted on 4/1/19 at 6:25 pm to Ag Zwin
Man, congratulations to you and your family...this is quite an honor! Now the hard part starts.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 6:37 pm to Ag Zwin
Congratulations to you and your son. That would be a dream come true for me and my son. The military academies, in my opinion, set you up for life much better than a standard Ivy League...
Plus no debt and an immediate occupation for at least the next 6 years. At 24, he will have accomplished more than many do in a lifetime.
Plus no debt and an immediate occupation for at least the next 6 years. At 24, he will have accomplished more than many do in a lifetime.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 6:41 pm to Ag Zwin
Congrats, if you don't mind me asking what traditional schools was he looking at?
Posted on 4/1/19 at 6:49 pm to GREENHEAD22
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This post was edited on 5/27/19 at 9:10 am
Posted on 4/1/19 at 6:50 pm to Mo Jeaux
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How you get the connections?
Pay off the right people with "donations" anything is possible.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 6:56 pm to Ag Zwin
Can't go wrong!!!!
Posted on 4/1/19 at 7:00 pm to Ag Zwin
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Connections?
Probably meant the LOA, there are lots of qualified candidates and also candidates with political pull, a needed demographic quality or do something special with a ball.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 7:13 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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get showered in poon
Umm, son of an Aggie. Does not compute.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 8:31 pm to GREENHEAD22
Not sure I recall all of them. Stanford, Yale, Duke, Vandy, Northwestern, Chicago, USCw.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 11:32 pm to Carville
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Umm, son of an Aggie. Does not compute.
Well, LOL, but all I ever needed was Mrs. Zwin.
Posted on 4/1/19 at 11:40 pm to Ag Zwin
frick WestPoint... They allow racists women and commie POS to actually graduate the academy. How do they NOT recognize that?
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