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I am not sure what the evidence would be to support such a statement as this. If the MOC slate mirrored exactly the Academy’s rankings, would the assumption be that they are working together or could it possibly be that the MOC was doing a stellar job in the selection process and just coincidentially picking the same selections? It would seem to me that the only visible evidence in this discussion might be if the MOC left an LOA off their slate to the expense of obviously inferior candidates which would refute your assumption. And there are not enough LOAs awarded annually to formulate a trend with an individual MOC. The one common thread between MOCs seems to be that LOAs and even regular candidates are often intentionally excluded from all but one MOC slate. This is not in the best interest of the Academy and most often not even in the best interest of the MOC and their state even though they think it is.</p>
<p>Over the years I have been involved with eleven different MOC’s offices. Ten have expressed indications that they wish to maintain seperate processes. The CGO mirrors their desires.</p>
<p>Furthermore, as navy2010 points out, for a candidate to assume a working relationship might prove deadly if it caused that candidate to exert an other than total effort in obtaining a nomination. Pursue all nominations available.</p>