<p>Saw Shogun's message on the "sleeping late" thread re: returning to WP. I'll be driving my son back in the next hour or so (we only live 50 miles south of WP). He's out doing errands and getting a haircut right now. It was a too long/too short holiday. My oldest from McGill just left this a.m. It's going to take a couple of weeks to get the house back in shape - my son's room looks like Katrina came through here before hitting NO. Ditto for my daughter's room. Son held court every night with 5 or 6 friends playing video games on his oversized TV. </p>
<p>House would be quiet if I hadn't made the mistake of buying a nice set of computer speakers for my 16-year old daughter. The subwoofer is shaking the house right now.</p>
<p>Question about wearing uniforms at break...do they travel in uniforms and if so which ones..also do they wear unifroms over the holiday? </p>
<p>Curious, I have a civil prep this year at NMMi, has nomination and other particulars in order.... I think my son would like to wear uniform -as much as possible</p>
<p>My daughter said they were told not to weat their uniforms while travelling. She did wear hers during the Holidays for All-Academy Ball, church, etc. I detected a strong desire on her part NOT to wear a uniform while on leave. She gets enough of it at the Academy :)</p>
<p>Shogun: Your "spidy sense", as usual, is on target. Our plebe son didn't bring any uniform home - much to my wife's chagrin. Like your daughter, our son says he gets his fill of wearing the uniform and "dressing up like dolls" for parades and other events.</p>
<p>When I met our son at the airport at the beginning of his leave, 2 other cadets were on the flight with him. They all took great pride in the fact that, except for the haircuts, nothing identified them as cadets. </p>
<p>As others have said before, it's quite a love/hate relationship between the cadets and West Point.</p>
<p>"I think my son would like to wear uniform -as much as possible." zxc123</p>
<p>Let us know how he feels about wearing uniforms 24/7 for months on end. I don't want to second guess you or your son, but the mids I know get into civies ASAP when they are on leave. Plebes at USNA don't rate civilian clothes in their dorm room closets or even at their sponsor's homes. USNA plebes must wear SDBs/summer whites when traveling to and from the Yard, even on five-hour plane rides home and back to Maryland. </p>
<p>My plebe daughter has been home nearly three weeks and she has only worn her uniform twice: to the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego, and to church (once). In fact, she's getting ready to return to school and we're having trouble remembering where the heck the uniform actually is! (just kidding!)</p>
<p>I'm laughing at the "dressing up like dolls" comment. My daughter and her friends were saying that sometimes they feel like toy soldiers in their uniforms. When I asked why she said that the soldiers in the field are the real soldiers who deserve respect. </p>
<p>I think it's a lot of fun to think about wearing uniforms while travelling until you are actually a cadet and wearing uniforms 24/7. Then it's more fun to think about wearing civilian clothes. Also, shogun is right. The cadets are asked not to wear uniforms when travelling on leave. It is for security reasons.</p>
<p>yeah you know, that was my comment not his ...I don't really know if he will want to wear it 'as much as possible' ....I suspect that I am the one who wants him to wear it, as I am proud of him and want everyone to know what good things he is doing, in the end it is 'him not me' that is important.... The uniform commentary from you all is a good early view of how things might be for next year</p>
<p>He is at civil prep this year at NMMI and at christmas did not wear uniform home. Did one of you have a child at NAPS last year?</p>
<p>Since I have so many of last years parents reading. I wanted to comment how useful the posts were last year. My son wanted to attend USMA (more than I realized) and was somewhat dissapointed in going civil prep first. I now see it is the best track for him. It was June before he received the civil prep spot ... There was a good community last year, hopefully the same is forming this year, soon we should start stressing over boots and the like...</p>
<p>spidermom,
from what older cadets say, being a yearling (one semester under the belt) isn't all that great...but i have to say, eating at rest, having my elbows on the table, walking on bricks (instead of on the far right side of everything), not having to square corners, and "popping to" for permission to do anything is pretty nice. truth is, as a prep, all i really care about is getting that 3.5+. oh, i can use the old cadet shower too yay!</p>
<p>they wear uniform on airplanes? we (army reserve) we told not to wear the uniform on airplanes, or anything that associates us with the army. they said we would be "targets." i know the not wearing uni's on commercial planes is pretty much a military wide thing. interesting.</p>
<p>Heres what I dont understand, plebes arent allowed to have civilian clothes, but at the same time they are expected to travel incogneto in civi clothes. Am i missing something?</p>