Interesting.
Our DS went through this 4 yrs ago and with the AF. It wasn't that way. It actually had a page we could print that said submitted X date and Y time.
Like Packer stated once submitted the file closed and we could not ever view it again.
Maybe, we just kept saving it along the way. I don't know, just know we have a boat load of his paperwork from the start of the process. Still have the letters of rec.
One thing I will say to lurkers and future candidates, no offense to Bop28, never wait until the due date for a board. Get it in early because you want the ability to call and verify that they have it in hand.
Bullet was ADAF for 21 yrs. This is pounded into the craniums of AD members up for promotions. Check your records. They actually start sending out warning grams 6 months prior to a board. Things get lost, get inputted in correctly, it is your responsibility to verify. We have seen people passed over for O4 and 5 because they trusted the system. They had to go to an appeals board, and not one of them ever had the decision overturned. Only 1 made it above PZ.
I don't have an issue about waiting to have the best stats, and I do not want people to infer I am being antagonistic against Bop28, I am not. I am just illustrating that you need to find a balance.
Bop, it is out of your hands now. You did everything to get it in on time. The only way you will not be committed to an insane asylum as a parent of a military member is to believe in FATE and/or Destiny. If you start 2nd guessing everything, or worrying about the what ifs, you will not only go nuts, but your child will close down that communication line out of frustration.
You don't want that. I would be at least 50% of the posters here will get the TWE if you use all 3 ROTC branches. However, I would say that 80% are in ROTC now even without the scholarship.
They decided their fate was to find a way to pay for it, but their destiny is still the military.
When we say welcome to the roller coaster ride, we aren't being glib. This ride you are on now, as long as they stay in the military will just keep going until they get off.
Good luck.