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Agenda

• Before Induction “I”- Day

• “I”- Day– 2 July – USNA

– 29 July – NAPS

• Plebe Summer

• Parents’ Club of Texas Gulf Coast

• Questions

Before I Day• ““MUST DO” SUGGESTIONS MUST DO” SUGGESTIONS from previous classes to the GREATGREAT

Class of 2012MUST things that will make your life easier during Plebe Summer, especially the first two.

• Be able to do 65 pushups (women 35).• Be able to run 3 miles. • Memorize the first three orders of the General Orders of a Sentry*.• Know the Mission of the Naval Academy*.• Know the five proper responses, especially the “Sir Sandwich”. The very first

thing that will be said to each Plebe as he/she enters Alumni Hall is: “From now on, the first and last words out of your mouth will be ‘sir’ or ‘ma’am’. Is that understood?” Inevitably, the Plebe, nervous and overwhelmed with what is before him/her responds “Yes, Sir”. (“Yes, Ma’am.”) This answer is of course, wrong – and it will be a bad start to the long day. The proper response is “Sir, yes sir”. (“Ma’am, yes ma’am.”)

• Memorize your ALPHA NUMBER as soon as it is given to you.

Before I -Day• Plebe Parent Survival Guide, NAPS

Parents’ Page, Brief Points• Encourage your son or daughter to

follow suggestions from others• Read and follow directions from

Academy’s booklet Permit to Report Package for Class of 2012

• Passport for son or daughter• Make travel arrangements via BWI

Baltimore Washington Airport (BWI) to USNA = 24 miles = 33 minutes

Things To Do On I-Day• Drydock Restaurant open 6am – 9pm

– Watch Plebes being processed on TV

• Midshipmen Store open 7am – 5:30pm– Go ahead and go nuts … we all do.

• Tours of USNA – 7am – 10am– Free starting outside Alumni Hall

• Picnic (free) 10:45am – 12:30pm– on Worden (parade) Field

• Band Concert – outside Alumni 7:30-8am– Inside Alumni Hall 1:45-2:30pm

“Must Do” On I-Day• Candidate Report to North West Entrance (Melville)

of Alumni Hall at Scheduled Time

• Parent’s Briefing by Dant & Sup – Inside Alumni Hall 2:30 – 3:45

• Oath of Office Ceremony at T-Court - 6pm

• Mid’s meet family along Stribling Walk (20 min)– Or Personal Swearing-in – Smoke Hall

• Mids Form Up for March to Evening Meal– Stribling Walk 7:30pm

LAST MOMENTS AS A CIVILIAN

Losing Excess Weight

Getting Shots

All Spare Moments Are Used to Study

“REEF POINTS”

Learning to wear the “Dixie Cup” just right

Learning to Salute the Navy

Way

Upper Classman “Cadre”

Note Red Nametag

Shop Till You Drop at Mid Store, Museum Gift Shop & Visitor’s Center

Cadre taking their Oath

Saluting during the National Anthem

Affirming their Oath of Office

Singing Blue and Gold for

the first time as a Midshipmen

Moms Always Get First Hugs

USNA MUSNA MISSIONISSION

“To develop midshipmen morally, mentally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order to provide graduates who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for future development in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government.”USNA is a military service academy. Your child is on active duty from Induction Day until he or she is discharged from military service. Training & development towards a naval commission in the Navy is USNA’s mission. This mission takes place over all academics, athletics, and all other areas.

Command GovernmentCitizenship

• Morally – Character– Honor/Personal

Integrity– Highest Ethical

Standards• Mentally - Academics

– Solid Fundamentals– Intellectual Curiosity

• Physically - Athletics– Determination– Teamwork– Physical Toughness

Building Character……Combat Leaders

AACHIEVING CHIEVING OOUR UR MMISSIONISSION

PPLEBE LEBE SSUMMERUMMER PEP SPORTS PERIOD E-COURSE O-COURSE TARZAN ASSAULT COURSE INTRAMURALS MARTIAL ARTS/SWIMMING SAILING WALK-ON/TRY-OUTS FOR SPORTS

TEAMS

PHYSICALLY…PHYSICALLY…

PLEBE SUMMERMENTALLY…MENTALLY…

Validation and Placement Examinations

Academic Program Indoctrination

Academic Counseling

MORALLY…MORALLY…

HONOR TRAINING CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT SPEAKERS

– HONOR, COURAGE, COMMITMENT, COMBAT LEADERSHIP

VISIT SIGNIFICANT WASHINGTON D.C. MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS

BALTIMORE VISIT– FORT MC HENRY, USS CONSTELLATION

PPLEBE LEBE SSUMMERUMMER

PPLEBE LEBE SSUMMERUMMER

BASIC MILITARY TRAININGFUNDAMENTAL

UNDERSTANDING OF THE NAVAL SERVICE

BUILD BASIC MARITIME AND LAND WARFARE SKILLS

PPLEBE LEBE SSUMMERUMMER MMAJOR AJOR EEVENTSVENTS

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT SPEAKERS WASHINGTON, DC VISIT/HOLOCAUST MUSEUM/

MONUMENTS YP/MARITIME TRAINING TO BALTIMORE MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING SAILING TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION 8TH & I PARADE PLEBE SUMMER CULMINATING EVENT PARENTS WEEKEND/RE-AFFIRMATION: AUG 2008

PPLEBE LEBE SSUMMERUMMER TTYPICAL YPICAL DDAYAY

0545: REVEILLE0600-0730: PEP0730-0900: ROOM CLEANUP/BREAKFAST0900-1200: PROFESSIONAL TRAINING1200-1300: LUNCH1300-1600: PROFESSIONAL TRAINING1600-1800: SPORTS PERIOD1800-1900: DINNER1900-2100: DRILL OR TRAINING BRIEFS2100-2130: PERSONAL TIME2130-2145: BLUE AND GOLD2145: LIGHTS OUT

Addressing Mail to Plebes

MIDN First and Last NameClass of 2012, “PS Company-Platoon”P.O. Box XXXXAnnapolis, MD 21412-XXXX

(last four of zip code are the same P.O. Box)

Example

MIDN John/Jane DoeClass of 2012, “L-21”P.O. Box 1234Annapolis, MD 21412-1234

(last four of zip code are the same P.O. Box)

and they learn to sail !

Midshipmen run a lot during Plebe Summer

A “Rack” in Bancroft

(note flag)

Plebe Choir is a good way to escape the

“Cadre”

Largest Rock Climbing Wall on East Coast in Halsey

Field House

Rope Climbing in Macdonough Hall

at 6 am on Rip Miller Field

PEP-Physical Education Training

Chin Ups on Farragut Field Watching the Boats Go By

Qualifying on Safety Procedures Used in the Fleet

Midshipmen must master various swim and dive techniques

in Lejeune Hall.

Pistol & Rifle Training and Qualification

At Naval Station

Conditioning for Combat

Endurance “E” Course

Marine Obstacle

“O” Course

Tarzan Assault Course

PPLEBE LEBE SSUMMERUMMER KKEEP IN EEP IN CCONTACTONTACT

PHONE CALLS: ONLY THREE SCHEDULED CALLS FROM YOUR PLEBE – 3 MINUTES – Expect a wide range of emotions from your Plebe.

EMAIL WHEN BRIGADE RETURNS AND COMPUTERS ARE ISSUED

CELL PHONES, Calling Cards, 800 Number WHO CAN YOU CONTACT?

– Company Officers, Senior Enlisted Leaders– Chaplains

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: WWW.USNA.EDU PARENTS’ CLUB, LIST SERVE, THORNTON SITE

Plebe Parents WeekendAugust

PLAN NOW TO GO!!

USNA Parent Club of the Texas Gulf Coast

Our Texas Gulf Coast Parent’s Club

encompasses the southeast region of

Texas as defined by the Blue and Gold Organization.

NEXT MEETING: Sunday, 20 July, @ 1:30 PM

Upcoming Functions

• Meetings 1:30 PM Sundays July 15

September 9November 4

• Joint Service Academies Ball, December 26, The Woodlands Marriott

GO NAVY!BEAT ARMY!