I've seen the question asked several times, so I declined to. But this has been nagging me for some time now, our MOC has this text on their web site..."I am pleased to have nominated the following Cadets and Midshipmen for the Class of 2013. Each of these Plebes will soon attend the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, NY, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY, the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Co., or one of our nation’s esteemed military preparatory academies."
I've considered it to be perhaps a typo of some sort. They have 13 names listed (no problem with the math there), of these, there are 4 USAFA nominations, 4 USNA nominations, 3 USMA nominations, 1 USMMA nomination, and 1 USMA Prep School nomination. I'm okay with the nomination numbers (although I think they had many more nomination slots left unfilled) but something seems amiss about the fact that "each of these plebes will attend".
I guess it could occur that all five (or any number up to five) slots could possibly open at any academy in a single year, kind of like a galactic alignment of sorts, for this MOC. I'm a getting that right?