HopefulMomMarine
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What are the numbers per state that have slots to fill. I thought I saw something at one point in time
What are the numbers per state that have slots to fill.
Wishful, that is not correct. You cannot receive a nomination from any MOC. You can receive a nomination from any MOC in your state. The DOD schools require a nom from your senator, or your specific district MOC (as well as VP and Pres).
So I understand, if a state is allowed 4 slots and another state is allowed 2 slots and the state that is allowed 2 has more than two competitive candidates, can they take a seat from the state that has 4 slots but maybe not all 4 are competitive. This process is so damn confusing who they are filling these slots and the waiting is crazy.
BoCoMoRex--no offense taken, etc., we are all just trying to help those who need it. Coaches, at all the academies, often don't really understand how the system works. "nomination, appointment, whats the difference--get me my athlete......." unless they have been there a while, --i.e. someone like Toups who understands it, the nuances are sometimes lost. Even the DOD has that issue as well unfortunately.
And what about the case of a child that is a military dependent whose biological mother is a resident of one state, biological father a resident of another state (in which the child was born) and the child is in a third state due to step parent's orders?
Can that child get a nomination from any of those three states?
Anything like this for the USAFA?
My son is a military dependent. He applied for a nom through the address that is our military home of record and where we vote. He flew out there for his nomination interview.And what about the case of a child that is a military dependent whose biological mother is a resident of one state, biological father a resident of another state (in which the child was born) and the child is in a third state due to step parent's orders?
Can that child get a nomination from any of those three states?
When I attended in the low tech 70s and 80s, there was a US map on Zero Deck, near the Canteen. There was a pin for every midshipman and their home town. I can't remember if it was just for those attending at the time, or back a couple of years. What I DO recall is that Long Island was nearly covered with pins, largely because the school was (and still is) little known outside of the area. When I was waiting for my appointment, I received a letter, at first, that stated while I didn't receive an initial appointment, that I was in the top five alternates for California (they gave me a number, but I forget it now) and No. 20 or so on the National list. I did receive my appointment days later.
But that wall map with the pins will always stick in my mind. . . .VERY East Coast heavy with appointments. . .
When I attended in the low tech 70s and 80s, there was a US map on Zero Deck, near the Canteen. There was a pin for every midshipman and their home town. I can't remember if it was just for those attending at the time, or back a couple of years. What I DO recall is that Long Island was nearly covered with pins, largely because the school was (and still is) little known outside of the area. When I was waiting for my appointment, I received a letter, at first, that stated while I didn't receive an initial appointment, that I was in the top five alternates for California (they gave me a number, but I forget it now) and No. 20 or so on the National list. I did receive my appointment days later.
But that wall map with the pins will always stick in my mind. . . .VERY East Coast heavy with appointments. . .
When my brother went there from 83-87, there was no Illinois flag in Delano. I'm not sure if it's the same flag, but my parents bought the Academy an Illinois flag and they had a ceremony before they hung it there. Kinda neat flashback.
When I attended in the low tech 70s and 80s, there was a US map on Zero Deck, near the Canteen. There was a pin for every midshipman and their home town. I can't remember if it was just for those attending at the time, or back a couple of years. What I DO recall is that Long Island was nearly covered with pins, largely because the school was (and still is) little known outside of the area. When I was waiting for my appointment, I received a letter, at first, that stated while I didn't receive an initial appointment, that I was in the top five alternates for California (they gave me a number, but I forget it now) and No. 20 or so on the National list. I did receive my appointment days later.
But that wall map with the pins will always stick in my mind. . . .VERY East Coast heavy with appointments. . .
When my brother went there from 83-87, there was no Illinois flag in Delano. I'm not sure if it's the same flag, but my parents bought the Academy an Illinois flag and they had a ceremony before they hung it there. Kinda neat flashback.
Really. . .. hmm. Not saying that it wasn't there a few years earlier, but a few of my classmates were from IL and I don't recall them ever making a comment about that. . ..