Claire has the privilege of nominating a select group of Missouri high school graduates for appointment to the U.S. service academies (Army, Navy, Air Force and Merchant Marine). Candidates must be citizens of the U.S., legal residents of the state of Missouri, unmarried and have no children, and must be at least 17 years of age, but not past their 23rd birthday on July 1 of the year of admission. For the Merchant Marine Academy, the upper age limit is 25. The Coast Guard Academy no longer requires a nomination.

All other applicants should wait to apply during the summer of their senior year in high school and refer to the links below regarding the different service academies.

HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
If you are a high school senior and would like to apply for a nomination to a U.S. Service Academy for entry this Fall (2011), please start an application by clicking the “Apply” link below.  Applications will be accepted from May 15, 2010 through October 15, 2010.

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Contact the academies about how to prepare for the competitive admissions process.

• U.S. Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs, Colorado
• U.S. Coast Guard Academy - New London, Connecticut
• U.S. Merchant Marine Academy - Kings Point, New York
• U.S. Military Academy - West Point, New York
• U.S. Naval Academy - Annapolis, Maryland

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August 30 - Claire has the privilege of nominating a select group of Missouri high school graduates for appointment to the U.S. service academies. If you or someone you know is a high school senior and would like to apply for a nomination to a U.S. Service Academy, please start the application process by clicking the "Apply" link above. All applicants to all Service academies are required to obtain a congressional or Presidential nomination - applications will be accepted through October 15, 2010.

August 30 - Admission to any Service Academy means no student loans – while a student at the academies, all Cadets and Midshipmen enjoy free room and board, pay no tuition and receive stipends that can be used to pay for textbooks and uniforms. Click below for links to and more information about the Army, Navy, Air Force, Merchant Marine and Coast academies.

August 31 - Did you know? West Point has been rated as the best public liberal arts college by US News & World Report and the Best Public College or University in the U.S. for undergraduate education by Forbes. It graduates 80% of its students in four years. It is fourth in winners of Rhodes scholarships since 1923 (ahead of Stanford), sixth in Marshalls since 1982 (ahead of Columbia and Cornell) and fourth in Trumans since 1992 (ahead of Princeton and Duke).

August 31 - Alumni at West Point are often referred to as "The Long Gray Line," and famous members include former U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ulysses S. Grant, former U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur, U.S. Army General David Petraeus and AOL co-founder Jim Kimsey. Since its founding over two centuries ago, West Point has developed cadets in four critical areas: intellectual, physical, military, and moral-ethical - a four-year process called the "West Point Experience."

September 1 - By an Act of Congress passed in 1903, two appointments for Midshipmen are allowed for each senator. Hundreds of noted scholars in a variety of academic fields are Academy graduates, including 45 Rhodes Scholars, two Nobel Prize recipients, 73 Medal of Honor recipients, former President Jimmy Carter, and Claire’s Senate colleague, Jim Webb of Virginia

September 1 - Bancroft Hall, pictured below, houses the entire brigade of 4,000 Midshipmen at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. It's the largest dormitory facility in the world and even has its own ZIP code (21412).

September 2 - The U.S. Coast Guard Academy is considered one of the most selective colleges in the country, accepting 385 of 2,223 applicants last year (17.3%). Also, it is the only Service Academy that does not require a congressional nomination. For more information about the U.S. Coast Guard academy or to apply, visit their website: http://www.uscga.edu/

September 3 - Forbes Magazine recently ranked the Air Force Academy the #2 public college in the United States and the #7 college overall in its "America's Best Colleges 2009" publication. Tuition - along with room and board - are paid for by the U.S. Government, and cadets study engineering, humanities, social sciences, basic sciences, military studies and physical education. Each part of the program is intended to give cadets the skills and knowledge that they will need for success as officers.