+1 Pima! I echo your thanks to the wonderful sponsor parents, they are an amazing support system and a home away from home. Thanks for all you do MDDad!
Pima, every time I read about how mean you were to your son, I chuckle, and think he would have felt like he was on vacation at a SA after living through that lol!
My son was very very homesick his first year at USNA. He threatened to quit many times. We did not make it easy for him. We knew it was from being homesick and not the fact that the military wasn't for him, because he grew up in a military home with two SA grads as parents, He always loved the military way of life, and he knew what he was getting in to. We told him if he was going to leave he had to have something he was running to, not just running away from USNA. He couldn't just come home without a plan. We also kept telling him to stick it out one more month, or week, or day, or meal. Eventually that one more meal turned into two years, and he happily and without reservation signed his 2 for 7. He graduated last May and is now at Pilot training in Milton FL, and has thanked us over and over and over for not making it easy for him to leave.
That said, both my mid kids have told of their friends that just don't want that lifestyle and know immediately an SA is not for them. I applaud the OP for recognizing this and taking positive steps to move forward with future endeavors. I hope you get through the process efficiently and get the answers you need. Good luck!