Service Academy Nominations

Deadline for applications is October 30, 2008

Please have your completed application submitted to my District Office by close of business on this date

 

Attending a United States Service Academy is one of the most admirable ways a young person can serve his or her country. I strongly encourage interested high school students in the Third Congressional District to explore the application process.

To be considered for an appointment to a service academy, an applicant must meet the eligibility requirements established by law and be nominated from an authorized person including a Member of the United States Senate or the House of Representatives. I may nominate applicants who are legally domiciled within the boundaries of the Third Congressional District of Nevada. Each Representative may have a maximum of five cadets or midshipmen at each service academy at one time. Also, a Member of Congress may nominate up to ten candidates for each vacancy.

There are five Service Academies:

• Air Force Academy
• US Coast Guard Academy
• Merchant Marine Academy
• US Naval Academy
• US Military Academy

Nominations are required for all but the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, to which appointments are made on the basis of an annual nationwide competition.

Who Is Eligible?

An applicant for a nomination must meet the following eligibility requirements as of July 1 of the year of admission to a service academy:

He or she must be at least 17 years old, but not have passed the 23rd birthday, must be a United States citizen, and must be unmarried, not pregnant, and have no legal obligation to support children or other dependents.

Applying to My Office for a Nomination

Students interested in a nomination should fill out an application and submit to my Henderson office.