usna1985
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One of the difficulties in selecting a number is whether to include the "training" component, such as summer training, YP or sailing, pistol and rifle, etc. Those things all cost money and yet people at a regular college probably wouldn't even want to do that stuff. So, do you end up mixing apples and oranges?
Payback for those who are forced out for honor/conduct or quit voluntarily after signing the 2 for 7 document is about $150k for 4 yrs. I believe that basically covers the "educational" aspects.
The numbers game also tends to create its own issues. I've related before the story of one year at an awards ceremony when the ALO (who went first) gave a number of $300,000 for a USAFA education. USNA had given us something like $230k. So, I stood up, gave our number, and added: "That's the Navy -- always doing more with less." Got a huge laugh.
So, most BGOs/ALOs/MALOs like to use some version of the general language cited above -- it gets the point across without getting into the mess that raw numbers can create.
Payback for those who are forced out for honor/conduct or quit voluntarily after signing the 2 for 7 document is about $150k for 4 yrs. I believe that basically covers the "educational" aspects.
The numbers game also tends to create its own issues. I've related before the story of one year at an awards ceremony when the ALO (who went first) gave a number of $300,000 for a USAFA education. USNA had given us something like $230k. So, I stood up, gave our number, and added: "That's the Navy -- always doing more with less." Got a huge laugh.
So, most BGOs/ALOs/MALOs like to use some version of the general language cited above -- it gets the point across without getting into the mess that raw numbers can create.