<p>Our son applied for a passport, however it has not yet arrived.</p>
<p>If by chance it does not get here by I-Day, is this something we should bring down with us at PPW? Is youngster the first time they actually need it?
Thanks!</p>
<p>we will probably need them before that. Spring break international style!</p>
<p>The first time that we'll need it will be summer cruise next year...even then we might not need it if we only do a West coast or Hawaii cruise.</p>
<p>usna09mom: Did your daughter need one for her cruise?</p>
<p>Unless things changed post-9/11, active-duty personnel can travel with just their military ID and their orders. No passport necessary.</p>
<p>That said, I wouldn't go overseas without mine. Not only is it easier, but I still remember a certain Navy Diver being singled out aboard a certain plane in the ME during the 80's.</p>
<p>Hell, I took my passport with me into Mexico each day while I worked there, and all you need to get back in is a driver's license.</p>
<p>I sent my son his passport when he needed it. Some clubs do travel overseas and will need it then. Off course there is always spring break.</p>
<p>Zaphod -- it must have changed because it specified in our Permit to Report packets that unless you have a passport, your opportunity for international summer cruises would be curtailed.</p>
<p>Jeez, but they ARE expensive aren't they? Like $90!! At least they last 10 years...</p>
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it must have changed because it specified in our Permit to Report packets that unless you have a passport, your opportunity for international summer cruises would be curtailed.
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<p>Well, if that's what it said, then definitely go the safe route. :)</p>
<p>Post 1991! Woo-hoo! :D</p>
<p>Youth passports issued prior to age 18 expire after five years. We are vagabonds and my mids first passport was issued when she was four months old. (She has no recollection of Tuscany that summer!) The passport must have been issued within the past two years if candidates are using a passport in lieu of a certified copy of their birth certificate. We sent a certified copy of her birth certificate (which USNA never returned), so she only needed a passport for international travel, not as documentation of US citizenship. My daughter renewed her passport for the fourth time just before she left for I-day last year so she wouldnt have to deal with it during her years at USNA. Her current passport is valid for ten years.
Plebes can get passports during leave in December if they dont have them by I-day. I would not recommend taking a passport on I-day because it might get lost. However, its a good idea for all mids to have current passports, even plebes. This past year the womens glee club spent spring break in Italy and England, and some VOST (Varsity Offshore Sailing Team) members participated in international races.
DMeix,
My mids cruise this summer was between Pearl Harbor and Alaska so she didnt need her passport, but she may have taken it anyway just in case (semper Gumby). For example, her ship was due in Pearl Harbor today but they were diverted to medevac a sick fisherman somewhere in the eastern Pacific. One less day to spend money in Hawaii! ;)</p>
<p>Good Luck to the Great Class of 2010!
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