Naval Academy Principal Nomination

mombee
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:58:04 +0000

It depends. It is not necessarily the number of nominations you have but the quality of them. Unless the Academy is able to appoint you with a nomination, it is worthless. Any nomination must be one to which a legal appointment can be granted. I have been accused, probably rightfully so, for being confusing but it is a complex issue which requires lengthy explanations. But here goes an attempt with examples. Suppose your Senator nominates first and your package is not of sufficient strength for you to be considered competitive in the national pool. Unless you are awarded the principal nomination from this slate, your nomination is worthless. When the usually less competitive Representative nominations come out and, and only if, you are the top candidate on this slate, you will be awarded an appointment. So in this case a second nomination was beneficial. However, starting all over and going back to the Senatorial nomination, had you been the principal candidate or if you were national pool eligible, no other nominations are necessary. Just to confuse things a bit with this scenario, suppose you did not receive the principal but, again, were national pool eligible and later when the representative’s slate comes out, you are the principal nominee, since principals are announced prior to pool appointments, you would most likely find out about your appointment sooner. Nice but not mandatory.