<p>I never had a top rack, fortunately.</p>
<p>Oh, I thought all the rooms had racks over desks. There are other configuratations?</p>
<p>Rooms were different in my day.</p>
<p>From what I've seen and heard, the current "fad" is to make your rack up as tight as you can and then...sleep in your sleeping bag!!</p>
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<p>only partially correct... no time to bother with the sleeping bag when a simple blanket will do!</p>
<p>its true- most make their racks up tight, and sleep on top...
the upperclass take it a step further (from what we have heard), using duck tape to ensure the rack stays tight.... plebes, of course, don't rate duck tape....</p>
<p>our son even goes to sleep with his socks on 'cause it "saves 10 seconds" in the morning, and every second of sleep counts!!!!</p>
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<p>Some things never change. During my time at the academy, everybody slept on top of their racks with the blanket that was left folded on top of the bedspread. We were only forced to actually sleep between the sheets during plebe summer so we could sweat all over them (there was no air conditioning back then) and have to spend time in the morning making our racks. Regardless of this time saving measure, we all had to strip our beds and send the linens out on laudry day.</p>
<p>Speaking of laundry, how does laundry work at the academy or at naps? do you do it yourself or is there a place you send it to?</p>
<p>The Naval Academy has it's own laundry and dry cleaning facilities. All of your whites go into a white mesh bag while your black socks go into a black mesh bag. These mesh bags are the same type as the ones used in the fleet. Fortunately, the whites do not turn gray like they do from a ship's laundry. White shirts, white uniforms, and linens are placed loose in a laundry bag along with the mesh bags. The laundry is delivered to your company area within a week. A flat-rate monthly service charge is collected from your midshipman account for these services.</p>
<p>Unless they've changed things (a definite possibility since they moved from Nimits to Perry Hall), NAPSters do their own laundry.</p>
<p>Dry-cleaning companies (Del Niro was one) drove their trucks right up to the back of Nimitz to pick up and drop off uniforms. No idea if that is allowed after 9/11.</p>
<p>Son @ NAPS does his own laundry and sleeps on top of his rack w/ a quilt. He uses the base dry cleaner, though I don't know if they pick up.</p>
<p>funny laundry story- only this one from the yard...</p>
<p>seems the thorpedo put all his blue rims, sized x-large, into the laundry bag as instructed... and when they came back a few days later, they were extra-small...</p>
<p>mind you, this is not a shrinking issue...
it was a "who's girls blue rims do I have now" issue....</p>
<p>after 2 weeks of this he had no blue rims left that fit....
and when in Rome...</p>
<p>so off he goes to his morning PEP, looking like a walking advertisement for muscle magazine.... </p>
<p>female cadre: Mr Thorpedo... what is the problem with your shirt."
"Mamm, I'll find out Mamm."</p>
<p>"You call this a uniform?"
"Mamm, no mamm."</p>
<p>"What is the reason for this Mr Thorpedo?"
"Mamm, no excuse Mamm."</p>
<p>"You lax guys are all the same. You will not be the same, now will you, Mr. Thorpedo?"
"Mamm, no mamm"</p>
<p>"Now go and get another shirt and report back."
"Mamm, yes mamm."</p>
<p>(thorpedo returns several minutes later)</p>
<p>"I told you to put on another shirt, Mr. Thorpedo."
"Mam, yes mamm."</p>
<p>"Did you do as I instructed?"
"Mamm, yes mamm."</p>
<p>"And why, exactly, does it look the same?"
"Mamm, I'll find out, Mamm."</p>
<p>"Mr. Thorpedo, you are a miserable excuse for a plebe."
"Mamm, yes Mamm. No excuse Mamm."</p>
<p>"you Lax players are all alike."
"Mamm, yes mamm. Hooraah."</p>
<p>Same thing happened with our sweatgear. Went out as XL, returned as M.</p>
<p>And its REALLY weird when you find a bra in YOUR CLOSED undies bag. :confused:</p>
<p>guess what?! i'm in NAPS. i found out yesterday morning! score!</p>
<p>Congratulations, navy_clarinet! One of our son's roommates is a Napster and is a wonderful guy! I'm sure you'll do a great job!</p>
<p>Congratulations, Navy_Clarinet! It's quite a trip! Are you excited?</p>
<p>Latest update: no more NAPS for me guys- I recevied word from my congressman's aide that USNA is sending out my appointment packet this comming Tuesday, March 6th. YAY!</p>
<p>lol, or this could be a mixed blessing- I may really do need NAPS, but I looked on the USNA website concerning plebe classes and if I test horribly during Plebe Summer, I can still wind up in Pre-Cal which wouldn't be so bad (I'm lacking in the math and science department, but my SAT scores weren't so bad 630CR and 670M)</p>
<p>Hey, congratulations, Spectrez! Great news. I haven't heard of this (NAPS switched to USNA admit) happening before -- maybe you're making history!</p>
<p>spectrez589 CONGRATULATIONS!!! GO NAVY!!!
:) :) :)</p>
<p>How's everyone doin? ok, well I am currently at NAPS, I'm willing to offer advice, stories, pretty much, what NAPS is really like. If you want a second opinion, talk to NAPS06.. (Im still wondering why his name is NAPS06, when he's graduating in 07, but whatever)</p>
<p>ok.. so let me clear up some things that have been said about NAPS that aren't true... </p>
<p>First of all... It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to have a car at NAPS... the only reason the command might not encourage it as much as I do, is partially due to the fact, that parking spaces are running dry. Despite that, I still think you should have a car. And they say the NEX (the on base wal-mart, except more expensive) is a 5-10 minute walk away from our barracks. However, the walk is not as exciting when it is -10 degrees outside, with a 20 mph wind chill, I KID YOU NOT! Also, having a car will allow you to get off base! which at times is a great opportunity. Also, having a car will get you lots of friends, in which you can charge them for gas, and other values that might come in handy in the future. So overall, a car=very very very good. </p>
<p>Next on the list... our barracks.. We live in Ripley Hall, it is named after Colonel Ripley, who in Vietnam, crawled hand over hand under a bridge countless times to place nearly 500 lbs of exlposive charges. All done under fire. With the bridge blown up, the Vietcong were incapable of advancing and a major offensive was thwarted. Anyway, the building is 3 stories tall, and has 2 wings on each floor. The 3 companies make up the 3 decks, and the platoons make up the wings on each deck. Each platoon has their own laundry room with 4 washers and 8 dryers. Plus 2 confrence rooms. We do formation every morning at 0720 between Ripley and Perry(class rooms). For next years NAPSters... might I inform that the walls are made out of card board, or something very similar to it. No seriously, the walls are very limber and are easily capable of being punctured with massive holes. Just be careful, you never know when you could "trip" and fall into a wall. enough said.</p>
<p>INDOC, oh indoc, my my... well I came to NAPS assuming that INDOC was going to be hell. INDOC however, was hellishly annoying. What was thought to be a plebe summer, was reduced to a summer camp. If you thought summer semminar was hard, boy are you in for a treat. Personally, I felt that Summer Semminar was alot harder. During INDOC we woke up at 0530, did pep with our gunney, then went on to lots and lots of briefings.. and chow! Don't get me wrong, the hardest thing about INDOC was when the staff got mad at us, and figured the only way to correct us was by putting the entire batallion in a pushup position. FINALLY! we got close to something like plebe summer! Our cadre were not firsties from the academy, rather, they were newly commissioned ensigns waiting in limbo for flight training at Pensacola, Fla. Some Cadre during were even nice enough to offer that "plebe summer experience" however, once that experience was over with, our cadre got yelled at because they "took it too far." Will NAPS indoc next year be like what I experienced? Honestly, I don't know. Hopefully, you will get something closer to plebe summer. Either way, you will be challenged mentally, and possibly physically. Im sure there will be times when you will be physically challenged at NAPS, but do not expect for that happen too often. Im not trying to shed a bad light on NAPS, i'm rather telling what life is really like at NAPS. I am very fortunate to attend NAPS and I feel like that I will be more than prepared to take on plebe summer this coming June. and when it comes to academics, nothing can prepare you more for the academy than NAPS. The prof's here, try to match the academic rigors that we will experience at USNA so that we will be ready to handle whatever comes our way. </p>
<p>I have alot more to share about NAPS, but I must go to chow. If you have any questions or concerns, please email me, or simply post a question.</p>
<p>Well someone asked me a question about medical test and academics, so i figure i would just post something so that everyone can see...</p>
<p>Once you come to INDOC, they will "process" you, which means you go through medical, its alot of waiting and standing in line, you'll get use to it eventually... at medical, they will go through all of you shot records, they check to see if you have any tattoos, they do a **** test. There was a girl in my platoon who got kicked out, because they found out she was pregnant. So be careful, and don't do anything that might kick you out... like get pregnant or do drugs, because they will know. Also during Indoc, you'll get your shots... thats a great day... they pass you through like cattle, and they stick ya. If your afraid of shots, your going to have a hard time. Pretty much, the corpsman (medics) throw the needle into like a dart. You'll probably end up getting 4 shots in a period of 5 minutes.</p>
<p>When it comes to academics at Naps. We have 5 classes, Chem, Physics, English, and Math. Each are separated into three catagories, foundation, intermediate, and advanced. You get 2 extra points if your in intermediate, and 5 extra points on your GPA if you're in advance. Your placement is determined on a placement exam you will take during Indoc. The next class we have is General Military Training, or GMT, pretty much you company officers and chiefs will take you aside and talk to you about general military stuff. My Company officer is an intel officer in the Marine Corps, so we usually get in topics such as the possibility of war with Iran. Alot of your officers and chiefs will bring alot to the table once you get there, you just have to get it out them sometimes. At Naps and at the academy, the academics will always be hard, its just a matter of how much effort you put in. Math seemed to trouble alot of people here. So really try to focus on your Math. Physics and Chem are both difficult. If your in intermediate or advanced, or foundation, your going to be challenged. Again what counts the most is the effort you put in. For english, you will write alot. So be prepared for that.
The biggest key is to manage your academic study with your military duties. Its alot of time management. Some already know it pretty well, and some will have learn it the hard way. The good thing about NAPS is that it will give you the chance to find that sweet spot in your time management where you can manage both with a breeze. </p>
<p>Any more ?'s</p>