Late VP Nomination

[BigNick]

The same laws (Title 10) that cover the MOC nominations are the same for the VP. The VP can nominate up to 10 people for each of his open slots in a given year (could be 2 slots some years) and let WP decide who gets the offer. Or - just as the MOCs - he can nominate one principle with or without ranked alternates. How these VP nominations are handled can vary from year to year as the VPs and/or their assistants that handle nominations change. There are no definite statements that you can make that will always be correct. However, I know for a fact that all VP nominations do not get offers just as all MOC nominations do not get offers.

 

[AJM7680]

The same laws (Title 10) that cover the MOC nominations are the same for the VP. The VP can nominate up to 10 people for each of his open slots in a given year (could be 2 slots some years) and let WP decide who gets the offer. Or - just as the MOCs - he can nominate one principle with or without ranked alternates. How these VP nominations are handled can vary from year to year as the VPs and/or their assistants that handle nominations change. There are no definite statements that you can make that will always be correct. However, I know for a fact that all VP nominations do not get offers just as all MOC nominations do not get offers.

Not the US Code, Title 10, Chapter 403, Section 4342 that I am reading. As Luigi has pointed out, 10 alternates are redundant for a VP appointment since the academy is doing the selection. Where are you getting your info?

Each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, including
the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, is entitled to nominate 10 persons for each vacancy that is available to him under this section. Nominees may be submitted without ranking or with a principal candidate and 9 ranked or unranked alternates. Qualified
nominees not selected for appointment under this subsection shall be considered qualified alternates for the purposes of selection under other provisions of this chapter.

There is no mention, rightfully so, of the VP selecting alternates.

 

[GoArmyBeatNavy]

Not the US Code, Title 10, Chapter 403, Section 4342 that I am reading. As Luigi has pointed out, 10 alternates are redundant for a VP appointment since the academy is doing the selection. Where are you getting your info?



There is no mention, rightfully so, of the VP selecting alternates.

(2) Five cadets nominated at large by the Vice President or, if there is no Vice President, by the President pro tempore of the Senate.
(3) Ten cadets from each State, five of whom are nominated by each Senator from that State.
(4) Five cadets from each congressional district, nominated by the Representative from the district.
(5) Five cadets from the District of Columbia, nominated by the Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia.
lands, nominated by the Delegate in Congress from the commonwealth.
...

Each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, including the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, is entitled to nominate 10 persons for each vacancy that is available to him under this section. Nominees may be submitted without ranking or with a principal candidate and 9 ranked or unranked alternates. Qualified nominees not selected for appointment under this subsection shall be considered qualified alternates for the purposes of selection under other provisions of this chapter.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/4342

I believe, maybe, that it is implied that the vice-president is a member of the Senate? The last paragraph is the only mention of types of "nominating processes."

 

[Hoffy600]

I believe, maybe, that it is implied that the vice-president is a member of the Senate? The last paragraph is the only mention of types of "nominating processes."

Vice President is "president of the senate" , I thought. He's just treated as a normal MOC.

 

[BigNick]

The Class is full but----
There will be a very small number of nominees who lose their offers in the next 2-3 weeks due to injuries, bad behavior, etc
There will possibly be a very few people who get a last-minute offer.
These events are unusual but they happen.