Hi all!
Okay...ALO's not responding "promptly" is a frustrating situation but many times its not what it appears.
Mike has described "our" situation/lives as ALO's pretty accurately so I won't bother to reiterate his comments. I will say this: it's FAR better to call your ALO than it is to e-mail, for the initial contact. Yes, I like e-mail, but...I may NOT receive your e-mail, it may go to the SPAM bucket, etc...etc...etc...
A phone call, I will ALWAYS get. And in the candidate package you will have the ALO's name, address, phone, etc. So I always tell candidates and prospective candidates: call the ALO.
That being said...if you've called, and e-mailed, and STILL have no contact, then drop me a note at:
flieger83@cox.net and tell me who your ALO is, your school, etc., and I'll check the ALO master roster. Sometimes ALO's move and it takes USAFA a bit of time to get the information updated in the system. This happened about 10 days ago for one young man on this board! I was able to track down his ALO at his new address and we all had a good laugh!
If you've had no success and have done all of the above, then I would contact your counselor at USAFA and explain the situation and ask if you should contact another ALO. Most likely they will have you contact the LOD (Liaison Officer Director) who's the "commander" of the ALO's in your state or region. The LOD will determine what's going on and will decide whether or not you should be "reassigned" to another ALO.
Hang in there! We're out here...but there's not as many of us as you might think. In the ENTIRE ALO force, there are approximately 1700 of us worldwide. And we handle EVERYONE. That's a bunch of folks.
BUT...we are here and we WANT to help! SO keep after us!!!
Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83