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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At the end of the day, a lot of people — dare I even say most — just aren’t aware of them or their existence.[/quote]
PP with kid who is currently applying to service academies.
I agree with this statement. There was an earlier thread on DCUM where I expressed this, and my comment was met with incredulity. But the start of my DC's desire to apply came from our experience doing a two year stint in NoVA while DC was in elementary school. The military moms/dads in uniform, picking up their kids, made a huge impression on DC.  MD, VA and Washington, D.C. have such a military presence that it's sort of a given that civilians know about stuff like this.

Conversely, in our city, there is zero military presence. I didn't know the term "service academy" and also didn't know really basic things, like West Point = United States Military Academy = Army, for example, or how the Marines or Space Force fit in with service academies.  I also didn't understand the difference between the service academies, ROTC, and the officer training after college....vs. enlisted.  DC's school is a college-prep school, but they don't have much experience with their students applying. My DC is the only one, I think, in DC's class.  And while one part of the application process is similar to a typical college app process but with emphasis on leadership and athletics, the other parts (physical, medical, nomination) are totally different. So this has been a whole education for me.[/quote]

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