<p>Looks like all should be off to session 1 today. All the very best to the ones who left, the ones to follow and the parents that wait for them to return.</p>
<p>There are a ton of photos up on Facebook, it looks like they are having a good time so far!</p>
<p>Hi CE527M…Can you point me to those pictures? The only ones I can find on the USNA facebook page are mostly graduation…I am sure I am looking in the wrong place! Thanks.</p>
<p>Justamum–sure, no problem! 
The Naval Academy Admissions page is posting it, not the USNA page, so that’s why you can’t find them: <a href=“https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.521284897934655.1073741824.379096892153457&type=3/[/url]”>https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.521284897934655.1073741824.379096892153457&type=3/</a>.</p>
<p>Great pictures! My daughter is attending session 3 and I hope they post a lot of pictures as well. This will be the first time she goes away without us. I’m sure she’ll have a lot of fun though.</p>
<p>Thanks…great photos!</p>
<p>Had to dig through and examine closely, but I saw my DS’14! Thanks for posting the link CE527M!</p>
<p>bonggito,</p>
<p>My DS will also be attending session 3, he will actually be there for two weeks because of a sports camp.</p>
<p>No problem, glad to help you all out! :)</p>
<p>DS had a blast at Session 1! He met some great men and women. Currently on the road visiting a few other schools before heading back out west. Tough for the other schools to compare to a week at Annapolis.</p>
<p>Nice…good times!!</p>
<p>Our plan was flip flop from yours. We visited a bunch of other schoos first. The day we went to the Academy it took our DS all of about 20 steps through the front gate. He stopped and said “Dad, this is where I need to be.” We were there for the entire day. I thought we would only be a few hours like all the other schools. </p>
<p>He has been on a mission ever since. The drive has even been a plus for his grades, his GPA and class standing have imporoved upward. His guidance told him he jumped over a few class mates in rank.</p>
<p>Thank you for getting back and posting. Our DS has packed his hockey bag and is ready to go. Funny thing, hockey bags are massive, his is near empty. He want to be sure he has room for the clothing they give to you.</p>
<p>Quick check on items to bring…</p>
<p>Should we increase the underware, sock, and towel count? He is also taking 3 pair of running shoes. </p>
<p>The one thing on his mind is running, he got himself up to a 4.5 / 40 min. mile run a day and a 6:10 / 6 flat timed mile. Do you know if this is okay or not? </p>
<p>His basket ball toss is right around 80’, he is small. Sit-up’s and push-up’s will be a non-issue, he can crank them out all day, pull-up’s, still at 4 to 5, not much upper body strength. Shuttle runs, quick he does them in soccer all the time.</p>
<p>My D said lots of socks. Note sure about the fitness stuff. I recall her mentioning 6min mile or under was good. Lots of girls and guys maxed out on push ups and sit ups. Have no idea about pull ups for boys but lots of girls did the flexed arm hang and that alone was a killer for them. Bball throw D thought was easy (but the mile, for instance, was not for her). There are a TON of cross country runners who can run all day and don’t tire. Others are having to walk some or getting sick at times…but so long as they keep trying they are encouraged.</p>
<p>Also, some boys announced how ‘easy’ the CFE was and how they could do it again and again. This was not received well. They were made to run…and run…and run. Worse than that, they were viewed as show offs and arrogant (by the midshipmen). On the other hand, most of her group were encouraging of one another and excited. Lots of kids did well, some finished but did not do too well, some failed to participate in all aspects of the CFE. All but the last group were well received.</p>
<p>A friend told me two very fit boys (young men I should say) were great to a very bright but fairly ‘weak’ boy in their unit…they encouraged him and went back for him on a morning run to help him finish after her threw up (yep, it does happen) and was not sure he could make it. She said the young men in her group also tended to be either friendly, comfortable and respectful to the girls in their group or dismissive or flirting a lot. The girls hear the female midshipmen speaking of watching this dynamic and all midshipmen talking about attitudes.</p>
<p>Sounds like your son is USNA bound 3Units. He will love NASS!!!</p>
<p>T</p>
<p>DS said the mile run was challenging in that it was on a 200M indoor track with nearly a hundred runners at once - tough to get a good time unless your squad started in the front of the pack. he said the “sea trials” were the highlight of the week.</p>