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<p>Nope. Should never have mentioned it in my post this AM. Thie below listed quote is great advice:</p>
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<p>Most of the nomination sources do not fill their quotas. There are probably 80 or so MOC unfilled appointments, the President normally only fills 80 or so per year, and the SecNav probably around half of his fixed allowance. It probably depends on the Supt, but my experience is that they only fill 30 or so of theirs. All active duty enlisted and NAPS “civilians” are required to attempt nominations through their local MOCs. Very very few reserves take advantage of the opportunity. Therefore probably only around a half of the SecNavs 170 are utilitzed. The 150/200 US Code Title 10 quote by JAM is just to ensure the 50 which are the Supts are in the top 200 of the selected alternates. After that, the SecNav can continue to fill the class until the 1200 or so are reached (the last code was written when the Brigade strength was 4000. It is now 4400). I have seen numbers all over the board for the quantity of qualified alternates selected. My best guess is that it is around a third of the class.</p>