<p>My son goes to HS about 20 miles away and will be graduating this year. Should he not get into the Academy this year, who would be his ALO next year. A new one based on his zip code or the same ALO as this year?</p>
<p>The ALO is for a region so the ALO shouldn't change. Having said that, my cadet went through 3 ALOs due to retirements and moves.</p>
<p>In my sons case, if he were to go to the high school for his district, he'd have a different ALO than his has now with the HS 20 miles away. So, which would he have if not accepted this year?</p>
<p>Okay...official answer (at least for AZ).</p>
<p>ALO's are assigned by their Liaison Officer Director's to schools normally. So if your DS/DD went to HS XXXX and had ALO "Y" it might change if they went to a community college, university, etc., depending upon who is assigned that school.</p>
<p>HOWEVER...it "probably" wouldn't as the previous ALO would know the candidate and would be the best person to work/help them through the process again. </p>
<p>At least that's how we do it in Arizona and I'm told by other LOD's that our system is "typcal" of others.</p>
<p>Steve
USAFA ALO</p>
<p>i pre-applied my senior year in h.s. and then actually applied three years later. in my applications, i put down my home town and my ALO was the same both times (he lived in the same city).
I'm sure if I had put down my college address, they would have assigned me the ALO for that area, maybe an ROTC commander...
you *should *get the same one unless they officially retire.</p>