<p>This thread is for all acceptees of NAPS and those who think they are on the NAPS track, and to answer questions about NAPS. If that makes any sense.</p>
<p>Rosa</p>
<p>What platoon are you in, shipmate?</p>
<p>I was in 2-2, 1986-1987.</p>
<p>I wonder if they still have the dartboard?</p>
<p>I really have no clue about a dartboard, and I don't know what platoon i'm in yet. I just sent back about 500 sheets of paperwork (obvious overstatement) saying yes, i do want to go. What's interesting is that everyone who wrote me a nomination recommendation went to NAPS. the omen. . . . </p>
<p>Rosa</p>
<p>Zaphod now they have video games...dart board is so last century.</p>
<p>HA!</p>
<p>We didn't PLAY the dartboard, we pinned DOZENS of pictures to it and hid it in the overhead, along with all the pictures left by classes before us.</p>
<p>Video games? What the hell? Are we Air Farce or something? ;-)</p>
<p>We barely had computers. :-/</p>
<p>Ah...The things kids do for a little entertainment. Hey Boss, did you notice nice clean cork boards at your son's campus during your visit? I did during our visit. Notes with menus, notes for chores for the day, ect. Then I was sent a photo of my kid standing near it again a week later and the photos covering the thing burnt my eyes out! HA! Lots & lots of skin with no official looking documents to be found.
Rosa- Great luck to you at Naps! Its an awesome awesome place. Look for that dart board when you get there!</p>
<p>Napsters, foundation students, and priors have a clear advantage during plebe summer and also with pro knowledge in the fall. Be a leader at NAPS. Congratulations!</p>
<p>thanks, i'll look it up. I see a strange trend though, all of the people who wrote me reccomendations went to NAPS, then the Academy, and then USMC. Well, i'm going to NAPS. . . I haven't thought much about USMC.</p>
<p>Rosa</p>
<p>Looking back NAPS was awesome. Weekends are great. Get really high grades, I'm talking 3.5+ and a B on the PRT because you can get unlimited overnights.</p>
<p>Car, Friends, Friends with car
New York City
Boston
$350 2x a month</p>
<p>Naps didn't help me with pro knowledge and not too many rates. It depends on the person. Some just have photographic memories.</p>
<p>Awesome, i might have a car there, but that's up to my parents. Is there much to do there? My dad will be teaching some at the Naval Chaplaincy School over there, but I've only been there once, during his JOT.<br>
Thanks for the advice,</p>
<p>Aaron</p>
<p>Newport, no
It depends what kind of person you are I guess. I didn't care for partying or clubbing so I didn't mind walking around downtown or just going to the mall in Providence. Most like to clubbing in Providence or meet up with some girls at a college party, esp Salve Regina. But still, work hard play hard. At NAPS you will feel like a kid having people telling what you can or can not do. The big thing is paying for someone else's mistakes. Just make it a good year and you'll have something to remember.</p>
<p>I am of the same opinion. What day is usually NAPS I-day? I cannot find that anywhere online. I also heard that NAPS indoc is tougher than Plebe indoc, is that true?</p>
<p>Aaron</p>
<p>"I also heard that NAPS indoc is tougher than Plebe indoc, is that true?"</p>
<p>If it's anything like what it was in 1986, then HELL YEAH!</p>
<p>Again, assuming all is the same (it isn't, but I don't know what they do there now), if you can pass NAPS, you can SMOKE Plebe Summer and Plebe Year. Doesn't make it easy, but you'll have it a hell of a lot easier than the poor pukes coming straight out of high school which were too smart to take the long way around like us NAPS dolts.</p>
<p>In my experience, Plebe Summer was a cakewalk, while NAPS Indoc was a living nightmare. I could tell you stories, but since the times have changed I think all I'd do is scare you unnecessarily.</p>
<p>I've said it before and I'll say it again. Hundreds of kids (yes, KIDS) go through NAPS every year and graduate. Hundreds more do Plebe Year every year and survive. It CAN be done. Hell, dozens of candidates get through BUDS every year. All it takes is commitment. Period. No more, no less.</p>
<p>Hang in there, and refuse to quit. I swore my first day that the only way they'd get me out of there was on a stretcher covered by a white sheet. Yep, I had my doubts on the way, and on one occaision was stopped from DOR-ing simply because I ran into a caring classmate on the way down the hall to quit. If I can do it, you can.</p>
<p>Now go DO it!</p>
<p>Someone asked me what to do/bring or NOT do/bring for NAPS Indoc. Here was my answer:</p>
<p>Don't show up wearing a T-Shirt with a big marijuana leaf on it! (Yes, one of my classmates did that!)</p>
<p>Don't wear anything you're too attached to. If it's anything like what I went through, you'll ruin it doing pushups and such. Believe it or not, I still have the track suit and polo shirt I was wearing that day, stored in the briefcase I was carrying!</p>
<p>Don't carry anything you won't need for the first three weeks or which your parents can't mail you later. The more you bring, the more you'll have to lug. If they still follow the same model, they'll issue you all your uniforms and underclothes, so bring, at most, two sets of civilian clothes. That plus what you're wearing (if it survives) will be enough. Don't bother with music, books, or anything like that. Same with any sports equipment. I still remember doing pushups on my knuckles while holding my roommate's lacrosse stick.</p>
<p>Besides that, you will be entirely at the mercy of the NAPS detail. Just bring a sense of humor (don't show it, but bring it) and roll with whatever comes your way.</p>
<p>I've been asked to share some stories from my NAPS Indoc experience.</p>
<p>Let me preface what I'm going to type my stressing that this was almost 20 years ago, and I'd be willing to bet some big bucks that it's nowhere near this bad anymore, so don't freak out. Every single story I post is the absolute truth.</p>
<p>We began I-Day by being taken through the "bilges" of Nimitz Hall (where NAPS is located). We stood, stacked on top of one another, in pitch-black darkness for about five minutes after they slammed the door shut behind us. The bilges are where all the utility equipment of the building is, and it's HOT and HUMID.</p>
<p>A door creaked open, and silouhetted before us stood a towering Midshipman, who read us the riot act in typical Full Metal Jacket (without any restrictions on profanity). They marched us forward, and the fun began. Pushups, situps, mountain climbers, leg lifts. It went on for about 30 minutes. We ruined whatever we were wearing.</p>
<p>After that, we went upstairs, turned in our paperwork, went to our rooms, and dropped our stuff. Off to NEX to pick up our stuff (uniforms, etc.) All sorts of fun. (NOT!)</p>
<p>Lots of ass-chewing. LOTS of it. BAD.</p>
<p>PT began at 0455 the next morning. Running is a big deal. All kinds of people falling out (including me). People violently sick. People who didn't pay attention and didn't hydrate properly (with WATER, not soda, milk, or juice) and ended up in the hospital.</p>
<p>One odd thing I remember about those weeks were some of the most STUNNING sunsets and skies I've ever seen to this day. Go figure.</p>
<p>At night, the Wolfpack came out. They were sent the day's troublemakers. What they did falls under any description of "hazing" you can find. One friend of mine (who later was dropped from USNA for academics) was quite literally sent into shock and came within a foot of his life. Bad things happened to the folks who did that. He was a hyper-fit wrestler, so anyone else would have dropped long before.</p>
<p>The rest of Indoc is a blur of running, sweating, pushups, rates, and missing my girlfriend (I know it's heartless, but unless you seriously think she's going to wait for five years and marry you upon graduation, get rid of her now and rely on your classmates and parents for support. One less PITA do deal with.)</p>
<p>One thing that came out of that became the mantra of our class: "WE ARE A TEAM! WE THINK AND ACT AS ONE!" NAPSters are an incredibly tight bunch, even among USNA graduates and Mids. </p>
<p>Again, tons of others do it. You can, too.</p>
<p>WOW,sounds like fun. not. I wonder what it's like now. . . . . </p>
<p>Rosa</p>
<p>do you have to memorize rates?</p>
<p>rosa</p>
<p>It's probably still pretty tough, but not nearly as "outlaw" as it was.</p>
<p>As for rates, yes, but not as many as during Plebe Year (unless things have changed). You have to know all the midshipmen on the Detail, the names and home town of everyone in your platoon, and a few others.</p>
<p>Now Aaron, be nice...</p>
<p>what exactly did this "Wolfpack" do?</p>
<p>Well, in my friend's case they put him into two sets of sweats, the top of the second set turned backwards so the hoods covered his whole head. Thet turned on all the dryers in the laundry room and put a few of the hoses between the inner and outter set of sweats, closed the door, and had him start doing pushups.</p>
<p>This is in a (then) non-air-conditioned buidling with the temperature and humidity both in the 90's to begin with.</p>
<p>Granted, that was an extreme case, but even at their best they had the dryers on with the hoses disconnected (so they vented into the room), the guys in sweats, the door closed, and 2-3 mids per victim. You could hear them bellowing from down the passageway. It was very "Lords of Discipline"-esque.</p>
<p>Certainly convinced me not to attract the Detail's attention!</p>