<p>According to the academy website; I don’t have the presidential and vice-presidential info with me directly at this time; but the website says:</p>
<p>Presidential</p>
<p>We may have up to 100 appointments in the Presidential category. This category is reserved for children of career military personnel. To qualify, the parent must meet one of the following criteria:</p>
<pre><code>* Be on active duty and have served continuously on active duty for at least eight years, or
- Have retired with pay or have been granted retired or retainer pay, or
- Children of reservists may also be eligible (see Section 12733 Title 10 USC for details), or
- Have died after being retired with pay or being granted retired or retainer pay;
- For adopted children, proceedings must have begun before the child’s 15th birthday.
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<p>Now, it mentions reservists, but you would have to read the section of Title 10 of the US Code for the details. I would say at the very least, they would have to have equal active duty time of 8 years. That means enough reserve points to equal 8 years of active. Your best way to find out, is to contact the ALO in your area and ask him/her. They can find out. </p>
<p>Remember, you are applying for 1 of 100 available nominations. My son was fortunate to get one this year, but we had/have the VP, Senate, and Representative lined up in case they were needed. I say “HAVE”, even though my son already received an appointment, because our state gets very few applications a year. This year I think we have 19 for the Air Force Academy. So, one of our senators wants to still nominate my son. (Being it won’t take away from another state applicant). If he does, it doesn’t affect me son, but it could free up my son’s presidential nomination back to the academy to use for a worthy applicant who comes from a state with too many applicants and is having a difficult time getting a nomination. But that’s up to the academy and my senator. My son’s already been given the appointment offer and won’t lose that. Until he has 2 nominations on file, they won’t give away the presidential.</p>