<p>its been awhile...im sorry i havent been able to get on and answer some questions in quite awhile. but in response to parents doing some crazy antics for their new plebes....PLEASE STOP! my classmates are the ones running plebe summer this year, so i know how...unforgiving... they can be. stop babying your kids..i know that is hard for some parents to take...after all they are your little boy and your little girl...but you must remember that all of them are at least 17 years old, and although you may think that is young and they are still your "baby" we have men and women the same age over in iraq laying down their lives and taking care of multi-million dollar equipment. the united states of america would have never made the age to join the military 17 years old if they felt it was not an age that can handle this type of situation. my next point is plebe summer is not iraq. they are not going to die. they wont even get close to dying. they will be pushed physically and yelled at a bit but honestly thats it when you break it down. there are no bullets whizzing past their heads, no IEDs, no terrorists, no sleeping in fox holes, no MREs. They get adequate sleep, physical activity, and three square meals a day. thats more than we can say for those in the combat zone. its necessary to take a step back and reevaluate. your kids are not gone forever. they are going to school, not going to war quite yet. and if they graduate from the academy and make it to the fleet, i guarantee plebe summer WILL NOT be the hardest thing they do. when i look back at plebe summer i laugh, i have so many good memories, i dont hardly remember the hard times. its was period of transition from a "dirty civilian" to a midshipman and you do it with 40 of your closest brothers and sisters. so dont worry. i promise they will be fine without you calling main office every day asking about them. i promise they will be fine if you dont send them the perfect care package (or even one at all). i promise they will be fine and you will see them on plebe parents weekend. i even promise they will be fine if you dont see them until christmas. i hope everyone had a great july 4th. i am actually half way around the world on summer training so im not sure how often i will be able to reply to this but i will try! parents of 2011, have no fear, 2008 is a great class (im partial) and your kids are in good hands and you will be shocked by the change in maturity your kids will have when you see them again. god bless the USA!!</p>
<p>Well said imatNAVY.... :)</p>