Important Information:
To: Regiment of Cadets, All Students
From: Commandant of Cadets, CDR Pinero
CC: Commandant’s Department
CAPT McCarey, Vice President for Student Services/Dean of Students
Date: 13 August 2025
Subj: Fall 2025 Semester Check-in
Fall check-in is Tuesday, September 2, 2025. You will not be permitted to check in before your scheduled time below:
- 1000 3/C
- 1200 2/C
- 1400 1/C
- 1500 4/C
Action items:
- Ensure you are registered for classes.
- Ensure you are financially clear with Student Financial Services.
- Return with a proper haircut and in Buc gear.
- Cadets will be able to drive behind the dormitory complex, park for 10 minutes while unloading their belongings, and then relocate their vehicle to their designated lot.
Updates:
- CDR Pinero is the new Commandant of Cadets.
- LCDR Medeiros is the new Deputy Commandant of Cadets.
- 6th Company was renovated over the summer.
- No cadet parking on campus for the entire year. If you park on campus, you will be towed without notice.
- Parking permits are issued by Campus Police, prioritizing cadet rank and class year, based on available space. For more details on space availability, please visit Parking MMA.
Regiment of Cadets
The Commonwealth's Leadership University
The Academy experience is unique and transformational. Drawing inspiration from the United States Military and Merchant Marine, the Regiment of Cadets instills discipline, knowledge, and leadership in all. Those who commit to joining the ranks of the Regiment strive to embrace being a part of something bigger than themselves.
Built on a model of followership, then leadership, cadets develop self-discipline, professionalism, confidence, honor, and pride in themselves and their shipmates. Guided by motivated cadet leaders, freshmen (or “youngies”) are immediately encouraged to embrace teamwork to overcome adversity during Orientation: a 2-week, intense training program designed to acclimate cadet candidates to the Academy and prepare them for success. Upon graduating from Orientation, cadet candidates begin their academic journey while attending formations and ceremonies, preparing for uniform and room inspections, participating in extracurricular activities, and developing robust learning habits during dedicated study hours. Cadet leaders are valuable mentors to youngies, cultivating a culture of time-management, attention to detail, personal accountability, and service.
As cadets advance, they are encouraged to embrace leadership opportunities within the Regiment. The Regiment reinforces that status at the Academy is not an entitlement based on gender, race, or socio-economic class; it is earned through hard work, honor, and integrity. Those who excel into leadership roles learn the intricacies of leadership in fast-paced environments and develop skills unique to cadets of the Academy. Though we are structured as a regimented academy designed to grow effective leaders, only cadets who volunteer for commissioning programs have military obligations during and after their time at the Academy.
Discipline
“Discipline,” not only in the sense of the regimental environment of the Academy, but also in the greater sense of the self-discipline exhibited by all cadets to stay the course, weather the storms, graduate, obtain their licenses, commissions, and career positions and the continued self-discipline to succeed in all of their endeavors, both personal and professional.
Knowledge
“Knowledge,” representing the academic courses and the hands-on diverse training providing the competencies to apply such knowledge for the benefit, safety, and well-being of others, and for the desire and drive to continue the accumulation of knowledge throughout life. Cadet leaders’ primary responsibility is to teach.
Leadership
“Leadership,” whether studied, absorbed, or gained through adversity or hardship, is bestowed upon all cadets. The Academy’s “Leadership Laboratory” prepares graduates to lead communities, companies, sailors, and military units post-graduation.
