A Plebe Year in Review : Parent

weski
Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:30:16 +0000

I go away for a couple days and I miss nude beaches and Bill ■■■■■■■■ Fire Island! The Parents forum becomes a LI travel list for my son at KP! Must send him links as he is stuck on watch over the weekend too. Not sure if he should read the whole thing here as he almost went to Colorado School of Mines so he could ski with his engineering…now he is down in engine rooms and rebuilding engines.

Point of information: At USMMA there is a memorial point overlooking NYC where the school watched the twin towers on fire – and then went to work shuttling rescue workers for several weeks from Kings Point to the World Trade Center area by boat as that was the most efficient way to get there. The memory is well-remembered in NY. We live in the DC area and I watched the Pentagon burning and was fearful that the White House (near my office) or Capitol was next - thanks to the brave passengers who downed the plane in PA, that was not the case.

All our midshipmen and cadets applied to the academies AFTER 9/11. I am proud of all the young men and women who willingly serve our country and will be trained as leaders. We need the best and the brightest in all areas of public service.