Plebe duty assignments?

GoNavyXC
Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:47:26 +0000

I’ll take my adjutant corporal duties to paint a better picture.

On I-day, plebes begin standing Company Mate of the Deck (CMOD) during plebe summer. CMOD is stood by youngsters and plebes throughout the academic year, too. The amount of watch stood by youngsters is determined by the youngsters in charge of the watchbills. Sometimes the plebes end up standing a whole lot more watch than the youngsters, but with the change of 8 section duty, the amount stood between the two classes is about even.

Going with 8 section duty, all midshipmen will have 2 duty weekends per semester with the other 14 of them being free of duty. Normally, plebes have 0 weekends but can get them through special request, Football games, or company commander discretion. Know that your plebe will be free of duty 89% of the time, but will have very little overnights or weekends throughout the year. The eight section duty was one positive change of the new administration and you can thank ENS Warshaw (former brigade adjutant) for that change.

Leave:

Your plebe will probably have something like this (much more leave than the fleet)

-Plebe Parent’s Weekend (2.5 days) Try to get to Annapolis for this.
-Thanksgiving starting after last class on Wednesday and off until Sunday.
-Christmas (about 3 weeks until 2nd or 3rd of Janaury)
-Spring Break (9 days total with two weekends)
-Intercessionals (anywhere from 4-7 days off after last exam)
-If block one training, you’ll have an extra week off
-Summer Leave Block (Roughly 30 days)

In all, from the start of plebe year until the start of youngster year, a normal midshipman will probably have about 70-80 days off, which is better than the fleet ratio (2.5 days per month).