<p>Summer leave starts generally after graduation (end of May) and the brigade reforms after plebe summer (mid August), but I would not count on being able to schedule your own summer. Mids are assigned to blocks of summer training that often prevent them from participating in anything outside of the academy. The luckiest ones may get as much as 6 weeks at home during a summer, but that is not guaranteed. Most are happy if they get 3 weeks off at one time. The scheduling is not up to the desires of the mid, but the needs of the Navy. You will hear that phrase often.</p>
<p>Understand that the summer is when mids are able to experience “life in the fleet”. They spend weeks aboard surface ships, with the Marines, on subs, and with aviation squadrons. There are also leadership opportunities available on the Yard: plebe summer detailer, summer seminar squad leader, STEM camp instructor…the list goes on…There may also be a need to attend summer school.</p>
<p>Sorry to sound negative, but the chance of you having a specific block of time off is pretty remote.</p>