<p>As a potential future parent of 2013 this thread has been somewhat informative yet a bit tiresome as indicated by the circular logic and the obvious agendas. I’m not miltary but for 10 years I worked for the feds in a stuctured COC and dealt with environmental and safety disasters in an emergency response mode. Dealt with some nasty stuff. Worked with the USCG alot (great organization and people). At times our COC was great, but more often than not the press and public only wanted to know if we did something wrong. But since they were taxpayers they were always right (especially the press). </p>
<p>But now as a parent it becomes personal. Whether it ends up being State U or USNA its still a new organization with a COC that we need to learn how to deal with. If it ends up being USNA I want nothing more than to stay out of COC. So does my wife. We are certainly not parachute parents. But we want to understand what the options are if something really bad happens or it looks like its on its way to happening. As far we are concerned everything is between our son and the USNA and I’ll remind him if he calls and complains that he is the first step in the COC. But I will listen to him.</p>