Plebe duty assignments?

2011USNAMom
Sat, 31 May 2008 17:35:33 +0000

Hello 2012 Mom,

I cannot speak precisely to the beginnings of ‘standing watch’ - I do know, however, that my mid (we live 2,000 miles West of USNA) has definitely had more leave as the year progressed. He swapped his watch duties frequently with other plebes in his company so he could arrange his schedule to visit us whenever he could.

This time last year, I was really in the dark re: holiday travel. I really would have appreciated more details! So, looking back, to the best of my memory, here is what he did in 2007-2008. (this may/may not be the same or 2012 plebes!)

Since I-Day 2007, my plebe has had leave:

** Two days of “town liberty” during Plebe Parent Weekend in August 2007 (he had to sign the log at midnight on Saturday night, no overnight permitted). This was a big deal - first break from the Yard!

** Every Saturday from noonish - midnight he had “town liberty” and on Sundays he had “Yard liberty” unless he was standing watch. Since we live far away, he took a lot of weekend watches for his company members so they could go visit their families/significant others.

** One extra day of “town liberty” after Navy beat Notre Dame in November 2007 (I happened to be visiting that weekend, it was a treat!)

**From 15 Dec - 2 Jan 08 for the holidays,

**One week, with two weekends, for Spring Break,

**One overnight on a weekend (where he totally surprised me) from Sat-Sun for Mother’s Day,

**Four days in between his last final exam and Herndon,

**Six days in between Graduation and his first Summer Block (again, another happy surprise for us!)

Hope this helps!

2011 Mom