Plebe duty assignments?

2011USNAMom
Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:02:06 +0000

This is my first child to leave the ‘nest’, and I actually have been pretty surprised at the amount of time he has been able to have off the Yard. When he surprised me on Mother’s Day weekend by flying home on a Saturday morning, then back on a Sunday morning (23.5 hours in his hometown!) it was the greatest gift I’ve ever been given.

I am always mindful of other parents of 19-year-olds, whose children are in Iraq and Afghanistan and serving in the Persian Gulf. Every day I say a prayer to keep my midshipman son safe as he goes about his day at USNA. I also pray for all the sons and daughters who are so far away from friends and families, and who may not have an opportunity to see their loved ones for a very long time.