<p>HAHAHAHAHA! I remember that story! That was truly the best of the funny stuff from last year. Wild times! Everyone get ready. This stuff really happens!</p>
<p>navy2010,</p>
<p>Somehow I missed that story from summer. Hysterical! Especially when you think of all the preparation we all seem to go through. While I'm chuckling over it, I'm also wondering if the Thorpedo is finding the incident amusing yet. If not, I'm sure he will some day.</p>
<p>JM burning the midnight oil...or maybe drinking it? :D</p>
<p>Navy2010-</p>
<p>That story sounds like it should happen to me; my luck. I'm not Irish.</p>
<p>atrmom-</p>
<p>Running over logs, through the forest stuff. The khaki T-shirts w/BDU stuff. I'm not sure what they do, so I lumped it under "stuff."</p>
<p>Let me start a new "controversy":moms buy your sons plenty of tighty-wities...ha ha ha :D</p>
<p>When I buy them white, my children don't maintain their "white-ness." Additionally, I don't do their laundry for them anymore (thank God!), and they haven't met my good friend, chlorine bleach.</p>
<p>If your kids go to an Academy and then come home with laundry, their "undies" have a distinct blue color from being washed with their other clothes. :D</p>
<p>Boss, you crack me up.</p>
<p>Navy 2010, I hooted all through that story. Spider would've done the very same thing down to the dirty look at mom! We will make sure to have the GPS locator on the tennie runners.</p>
<p>As long as they're clean!</p>
<p>With respect to the running shoes, they have to be white in background but they can have other colors in the shoe. Also if they are running at list 15 miles a week make sure the shoes are only a few months old at best. About the whitie tights boxer briefs are fully acceptable and much more comfortable for your plebe. As far as exercising, running 2-3 miles a day will have your plebe in good shape. My son said that what helped him the most was doing 100 pushups, situps and flutter kicks a day. He did this everyday for 6 months before I day and it truly paid off.</p>
<p>HA! That story cracked me up! And it is always mom's fault isnt it! Or so they think.</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing it!</p>
<p>Navy2010-</p>
<p>A moment of silence for the MIA flip flops.</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>^^^^</p>
<p>LOL!!!</p>
<p>Actually, a pic of him and his flip-flops made the first page in his scrapbook that we are putting together... along with his hair that also remains MIA...</p>
<p>too funny....</p>
<p>Hey y'all. My son is a runner, as well. And, for him, the shoes won't be able to even be a month old, as he runs 7-10 miles/day. (distance runner). We've been stressing about the shoes, as there is one brand that has served him well and kept him from the dreaded shin splints over these past 8 years he's been a runner. We found an all-white version of his shoe, but his fav is a mesh shoe, and the all-whites are full leather (weighs a bit more, and not sure it's all that breathable). His fav is an Asics Gel Kayano (new version is the #13), but the "logo" for Asics is fairly flashy and bright. I'm not remembering who from page one of this thread has the mid who's a runner (mind is refusing to click today), but if you know the Gel Kyano 13, do you believe it would pass muster. Will save us a load of grief, as he truly relies on this shoe... (thanks.)</p>
<p>(it was Profmom2...that's who it was).<br>
And, mine, since he runs a lot anyway, isn't doing any extra running. And, he doesn't seem to be too concerned about weight (gaining) at the moment. When nordic ski season ends (around first of March) he is going to head to the Y 3-4x/week and swim, and probably work out on the weight machines there. Our high school, thankfully, has a great weight room with excellent trainers, so we're blessed in that. Since I have 2 pretty hard core athletes, we have medicine balls, etc at home, and we all do some time with them. My next child up is a varsity rower for Univ Vermont, and she works out on an "erg" machine, and is probably one of the most fit persons I've ever seen. So...I am hopeful that an erg machine (by Concept 2) is in our near future. Will help us all...
I was told on good advice that, other than for the intense mortification it would cause him, and perhaps the immediate nickname of "Buck" or something grotesque, my S could arrive at the doors naked and with nothing in hand but his report papers and USNA would clothe him/make sure he has everything they want him to have. (He might face immediate separate for exposure, however...) All the rest is icing on the cake.
Love the flip-flop story. So, question: when <em>do</em> they get to see the contents of their duffle bag again? And, when do they get back the clothes they walk in wearing? What about a wristwatch? Any thoughts there?</p>
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<p>Everything they arrive with on I-Day will be packed away for plebe summer-...it will magically appear back in their company areas just prior to PPW, at which time they will pawn it off to visiting parents and visitors...unpacked, untouched, and unused. Save yourself (and your plebe) the trouble and bring nothing but the clothes on your back and a starter pack of toileties... (by that I mean, small bottle of all-in-one shampoo/conditioner, one bar of soap, deoderant, toothbrush and paste), and said pair of running shoes. Nothing else....STRESS.... NOTHING ELSE.</p>
<p>No watch. Plebes have no need to know the time. They will be told where to go and when. Some companies (stress, SOME) will allow plebes the privilage of knowing "time" towards the end of plebe summer.... the thorpedo earned the privilage on PPW... some companies will ban watches until the academic year starts... if and when your plebe is allowed to have a watch, it is simple enough to have them request it, and then just send in the next care package.</p>
<p>As for hair care, forget the fancy shampoos and conditioners that need to work their miracles for 3 minutes or so.... the plebes will be lucky to get 3 minutes to shower...thats from turn-water-on-to-turn-water-off-three-minutes time... so using combo shampoo/conditioner products, at least for plebe summer, is a better way to go.</p>
<p>Running shoes: again, get a relatively new pair before reporting, but do have them broken in... will save a lot of blister agony... they will be issued running shoes, and everything else they need for that matter. Over time, they can use their preferred shoes "on their own time"... or if they are on a sports team, they get more leeway using their own equipment, at least till the start of the season (many sports get sponsored, so using sponsored equipment only might come into play).</p>
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<p>LOL!!! Daughter rowed for 9 years...5 in HS, 4 in D-1 program... erg is definately in your future!!! Be careful what you wish for however....they take up lots of room, so make sure you have lots of room for it! (Did anyone tell you the shell comes next for off-season training???? At 28 feet, the storage of that really becomes a challenge!!!! ;) )</p>
<p>Yeah...she's already talking about getting a shell. I said "hey...your money"... But <em>I</em> want that erg machine. Crew is "club" at UVM, but the freshman parent cohort is working to have it recognized as Varsity sport. It was just a might intimidating at one of the head races this fall when Bowdoin pulled in beside UVM with their all matching bags, entire set of clothing, snazzy tent, coolers that matched their school colors, etc. All I could hear was ca-ching and see $$$$ floating by. But, our girls whopped 'em, anyway... (she was novice stroke at that race). We'll see where it heads. Her coach is whispering "Olympic quality", and while we've heard that before with her and her running in early years, we'll see where her drive takes her. </p>
<p>Thanks for the advice on what to pack/not. Just eases up the whole deal. So, they really can arrive naked?? Just with a nice full tummy from a hearty breakfast, as they maybe won't eat again until dinner?</p>
<p>Mine actually forgot her clothes for Iday. In all the hussle to leave home just left the suitcase in the dining room. Realized it the morning of Iday. We had another of the "I cant go Mom" scenes as described earlier and I glared. She ended up wearing her clothes from the day before, travel weary and still damp from the rain the previous evening. No one noticed. However when I got her clothes back PPW, they had laid wet in the backpack for weeks and mildewed. No fun, but a funny reminder. She doesnt like to talk about that incident :)</p>
<p>I'm gagging! :p</p>
<p>The really don't even need to bring toiletries, my son said they were issued everything they need. Later on in the summer, they might request different brands etc.</p>
<p>When they say Plebes can walk in with the clothes on their backs and a smile, they mean it! The only thing they should bring is a copy of all their paper work, even if you mailed it to the academy. Things get lost and it's a good idea to have the duplicates in hand along with your permit-to-report letter. We also gave our son a copy ( or the original, I can't recall) of his shot record. That also includes their cell phones, chargers and calculators</p>