My understanding is that VP noms are assigned by the academies. And there are only 5 a year. So they are used to get candidates in that for some reason or another did not get a nom from their state and the SA's want them.
My understanding is that VP noms are assigned by the academies. And there are only 5 a year. So they are used to get candidates in that for some reason or another did not get a nom from their state and the SA's want them.
I am still fuzzy on how appointments work. There are 435 congressional districts in the US, so assuming each one has a slate and adding in for Senators approximately 500 appointments come from these. Now add in 5 Vice Presidential, some presidential etc. it still is far less than the 1000-1200 appointments.
Where do the rest of the appointments come from? Are the remaining candidates placed in a national pool and picked, but not charged to their MOC's slate?
Sons and Daughters of Persons Awarded the Medal of Honor
Army Junior and Senior ROTC Programs and Honor ROTC Units of Other Services
Sons and Daughters of Deceased or Disabled Armed Forces Veterans
Regular Army and Reserve Components (Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard)
Sons and Daughters of "career military personnel" (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard)
The Vice President
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Delegates to the House of Representatives from Washington, D.C., Guam and the Virgin Islands
The Governors of American Samoa and Puerto Rico
The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
The Resident Commissioner of the Northern Mariana Islands
The Secretary of the Army
http://www.usma.edu/admissions/SitePages/Apply_Nominations.aspx
Congressional
1. Vice President - 5
2. Senate - 500 (100x 5)
3. House of Representatives - 2175 (435 x 5)
4. Virgin Islands - 2
5. Guam - 2
6. Puerto Rico - 6
7. Samoa - 1
Service Connected
1. President - 400
2. Regular Army/Reserve Components - 340/340
3. ROTC - 80
4. Medal of Honor - Unlimited
1. Qualified Alternates
2. Additional Appointees
(Rounds out the size of the Corps of Cadets to bring them up to the authorized strength of 4,400; West Point's authorized strength has been increased from 4,000 to 4,400, so these and other categories will be increased accordingly.)
http://www.west-point.org/academy/malo-wa/educators/noms.html
This info may be old, but it gives you an idea of numbers.
Another 150 congressional non-winners come off the wait list.
What nomination slate would these come from?
If Candidate A received a nomination from his congressman only (No other nomination source). The congressman gave 10 nominations for his one slate. Candidate B is given the appointment from this congressman's slate. Is there any way for candidate A to get an appointment since the congressman's slate is full?
so if I understand 18'er correctly, 150 candidates receive appointments but are not charged to their respective congressman's 5 cadet limit
I believe I have it clear now. I believe the 150 you talk about come from the below information from the Congressional Nomination Guide and are charged to the Service Secretary Slate....
Service Secretary Nominations:
One hundred-fifty qualified alternates who received ranked
congressional nominations but were not appointed.
I am curious, did anybody receive a VP nomination? If so, what do your credentials look like?