Academy Nominations

It is a pleasure to know that there are so many young people who aspire to academy training, and who will go on to become leaders in our Nation's military. Attending any of the United States Service Academies is a great honor and a great responsibility. Continuing your education at one of the academies allows you to serve our Nation, a true challenge and privilege.

To be considered for an appointment to one of the U.S. Service Academies, an applicant must have a nomination from his or her Representative, Senator, or the Vice President of the United States. As the Representative for Illinois' 15th District, I can nominate 10 qualified applicants for each "slot" open at each academy. By law, I can only have 5 "charged" students attending each academy at any one time and the applicants must reside within the boundaries of the 15th Congressional District.

To be eligible for a nomination, the student must be at least 17 years old, but not have passed their 22nd birthday as of July 1 of the year of admission. Applicants must also be unmarried, not pregnant, have no legal obligation to support children or other dependents, and be a U.S. citizen.

Interested students should contact my Champaign office the second semester of their junior year in high school to request an Academy Nomination package. It will include an Academy Nomination Application Form and cards that can be used to open files at the various academies. So that I can meet the deadlines for submitting nominations to the academies, I request that the completed application along with the requested information be returned to my Champaign office no later than November 15th.

I have chosen to use the competitive method of nomination. With this method, I submit to each academy an unranked slate of the ten most qualified applicants for each vacancy in my allotment. In other words, I nominate and the academy selects the most qualified candidate to fill the vacancy.

If you reside in the 15th Congressional District of Illinois and are interested in a congressional nomination, please feel free to contact my Champaign office.

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Phone: 217-403-4690
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