I'm not really sure how the Cadets can be ROPed further than whatever Covid measures they're on already!
Gated for the whole course. Only let out for exercises.
Some of the internationals will have 15 months of that separation from their families, including the ones whose families are in conflict zones.
A small vignette from this morning - a OCdt speaking to his family through the fence about 5 yards apart. We all (Cadet, parents and siblings and I) agreed it was like an open prison. Then a second OCdt turned up to meet a parent.
I'd say they are coping remarkably well and last week's shenanigans shouldn't haven't happened, but it is understandable. I certainly wouldn't be too harsh about a bit of a blow out. Almost all of us will have done similar in the days before social media plastered it all round the globe.