<p>I am fairly new to the idea of USMMA....</p>
<p>After indoc freshman year is there any other summer commiments in the following year?</p>
<p>you can be a Drill Instructor or EMT for indoc if you like.</p>
<p>if you are B split you will be at sea</p>
<p>And if you are A split, you will be at school</p>
<p>Summers aren't true summers at Kings Point, they are only a couple weeks long at best. Not the usual three months that most think of. The rest of the time is either spent at sea or at school in class as mentioned above. If you mean military type commitments, then the answer would be no.</p>
<p>so if a midshipman decides to join one of the active duty branches when does he have to do his training?</p>
<p>Just to back up alittle bit to Drumnrun's question, I think most people unfamiliar with Kings Point don't know that the academy runs on tri-mesters (average 17 to 19 credit hours per tri-mester) & the school year is about 11 months long. This school year will end on June 19 officially with almost 1/2 the student body assigned to sea (or returning). Mids are going to have over 50 credit hours in a year + daily regimental duties & thats why you'll read here & there all the talk about the "challenges". :P</p>
<p>LFWBDad & KP2001 can answer about the military training aspect better than I but as I see it the training goes on year round. Sea Year is large part of that structure with Military Sealift & the internships that can be done with the branches of service not to mention the Ops programs on week-ends that many of the kids are in. As far as summer duties, for instance: Midshipmen come back for Indoc to be drill instructors which takes about a month of training. And hey. Lets not forget the sports teams. They also do alot during the short breaks. So, truly, not much of a summer break. Three days maybe. Breaks are strange things. The wrestling team cuts short it's winter holiday breaks to go back for practices. And we know that due to their efforts, we're gonna beat Coast Guard this year. Badly. </p>
<p>By many points. Sweeping the floor with their heads. On their knees. Begging mercy. Dragging their bloodied beat up bodies, out the door...... </p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>JT</p>
<p>KP is a military academy, so you get training all the time. If you are going active in the Navy, you have the same naval science class room type taining as a graduate of the Naval Academy, so you will be on an equal footing with any other newly commissioned Ensign. If you are going surface warfare, you will be well ahead of the others because you will have actually had to manage a bridge and work instead of following around an officer on a short summer cruise.</p>
<p>If you want to go Army, or Marines, there are programs you will complete that will qualify you to be as Hooah as any soldier or as Oorah as any Marine. If you go Coast Guard, NOAA Corps or Air Force, you're pretty good to go.</p>
<p>How does the choice of service work? For instance, if my son wants to go active duty Coast Guard upon graduation does he compete for a commision slot? Is it the same with Navy?</p>
<p>I think you just select to go Coast Guard. I know there is no competition to get in, but there may be some for specific communities within the Coast Guard. </p>
<p>If you get a chance to go to the orientation for parents and accepted candidates, you should and you can ask those questions to the Coast Guard folks there.</p>
<p>When do they announce the date of the orientation? Or is that during parent's weekend? Will we get something in the mail once he sends back his acceptance of the appointment? Thanks........I'm new to all this!!</p>
<p>It has always been around the middle of April. They will send everyone they have accpeted an invite, even if they haven't made up their mind.</p>
<p>I remember sitting next to a parent from a kid from Maine at lunch at the orientation and said his son hadn't made up his mind but he was pretty sure he would go to Maine Maritime instead of KP because that was what he was thinking when he got there. </p>
<p>I saw him again at I Day and he told me that the day at KP really turned him around.</p>
<p>good luck</p>