<p>The BGO should make the presentation, as Bill has pointed out.</p>
<p>It is correctly stated that it is in the manual.</p>
<p>If WP demands a page number, he can go through BGO training and find it. </p>
<p>For the rest of you, the responsibility falls to the BGO, for many of the reasons noted. They are charged with counseling, guiding, interviewing, and recommending candidates to USNA. All the BGOs I know take that job very seriously. Included in that job is presenting the appointment.</p>
<p>I not only present appointments to my own successful candidates, but I also cover for other BGOs in my area to present theirs when necessary, as sometimes happens when there are 2, 3 and even 4 awards nights on any given night. If I am unable to attend, I will make sure there is a USNA representative to present the award, and it would be lack of decorum to bypass your BGO in this process. </p>
<p>If you receive your appointment in the mail, it will be accompanied by a letter pertaining to presentation of the appointment. Read it. And after you read it, contact your BGO as directed. </p>
<p>Now you have advice from 3 BGOs.</p>
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<p>If you need a page number for that one, no manual in the world will help you.
I would further suggest that therein lies the very reason why WP is not a Blue and Gold Officer. </p>
<p>A wise candidate will heed the words of THEIR BGOs who have guided them to this point. Appointments do not happen in isolation.</p>