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Service Academies

Fall Academy Days in Georiga

Congressman Graves - North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega
Saturday, September 8, 10:00-12:00
Contact Tracey Bartley- (706) 226-5320

Congressman Broun - Athens Technical College Auditorium
Saturday, September 29, 10:00-12:00
Contact Matt Waldroup -(706) 244-6088

Congressman A. Scott - Warner Robins Museum of Aviation
Saturday, September, 29, 10:00-12:00
Contact Alice Johnson –(229) 396-5175

Congressman Barrow - Georgia Regents University (formerly Augusta State University) - Jaguar Center
Saturday, October 6, 10:00-12:00
Contact Kristin Fulford- (912) 354-7282

Academy Day Videos

The Nomination 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. As your U.S. Senator, Johnny may only nominate applicants who are legally domiciled within the boundaries of the State of Georgia.

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 contact Johnny's state office in Atlanta in the spring of their junior year in high school. Also, please note that it is extremely important that students also begin the application process with the academies themselves.

U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson
Attn: Nancy Brooks, Academy Director
One Overton Park
3625 Cumberland Boulevard
Suite 970
Atlanta, Georgia 30339

This year’s applicants must have submitted their completed application to the state office by 5 p.m. on Friday, October 12, 2012.

You may wish to verify delivery of your academy application package through your selected mail carrier via tracking number. Please ensure that you retain this important piece of information as no applications that are delivered after the deadline will be considered.

The finest students in the country apply for these intensely competitive opportunities and the screening process is rigorous. Students will be notified regarding their interview status in early November. The Military Academy Selection Board will hold interviews in November and nomination decisions will be made and announced before the end of the year. Service academies extend offers of appointment through May of the application year.

Academy Application Forms
Please click on the links below to download the U.S. Service Academy Application Forms.

• Academy Application
• Candidate Fitness Assignment
• Personal Recommendation Form
  
• Record of Attendance
  

Service Academies

There are five service academies: The United States Air Force (USAFA), Naval (USNA), Military (USMA), Merchant Marine (USMMA), and Coast Guard (USCGA) Academies. 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.

For the USAFA, USNA and USMA each eligible young person may apply to both United States Senators from their home state, his or her United States Representative, and the Vice President (if very highly qualified). The other nomination categories, such as Presidential, ROTC, active duty, reserve and National Guard soldiers are service affiliated. Please visit the academies’ web sites for further information and eligibility requirements.

Each Senator and each Representative may have a maximum of five persons at each service academy charged to his or her quota. There are three methods of nominating, and I use the competitive method. For each vacancy, ten nominations may be made on a strictly competitive basis. The competitive method provides that the nominees are equally competitive for final appointment determined by the admissions authorities. The admissions departments take into consideration a nominee’s academic record, extracurricular and athletic activities, physical aptitude, ACT and/or SAT scores, leadership ability and medical qualifications. These same facets of an applicant’s record are also considered during the nomination selection process. No person will be offered admission if he or she does not meet the physical standards of the academy unless awarded a medical waiver.

As competition for nomination and appointment is very keen, it is wise for all interested persons to apply through all sources for which they are eligible. An individual may be nominated by more than one nominating authority and/or to more than one academy.

With regard to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, the locality boundary for nomination by a Representative is the state in which the congressional district lies rather than just the congressional district itself. Each Representative and each Senator may nominate ten candidates each year to compete for admission.

Please visit the web sites listed below for each academy to determine entrance requirements. You may apply online to each academy in which you are interested. If you meet the minimum eligibility requirements the academies will send a candidate package to you. You should return all requested materials to the academies as soon as possible. If the academy considers you to be an “official candidate”, you will be scheduled for a medical examination by the Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board. You must also complete the Candidate Fitness Test and include a copy of this with your application to my office.

	United States Military Academy Admissions Office 606 Thayer Road West Point, NY 10996-1797 (845) 938-4041 http://www.usma.edu/		X		United States Naval Academy USNA Admissions Office 117 Decatur Road Annapolis , MD 21402-5019 (410) 293-4361 http://www.usna.edu/
	United States Air Force Academy Admissions Office HQ USAFA/RR 2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 2400 USAF Academy, CO 80840 (719) 333-2520 http://www.usafa.af.mil/				United States Coast Guard Academy Admissions Office 31 Mohegan Avenue New London , CT 06320-4195 (203) 444-8444 http://www.cga.edu/
			United States Merchant Marine Academy Admissions Office 300 Steamboat Road Kings Point , NY 11024-1699 (516) 773-5391 http://www.usmma.edu/

Academy Day

Each Year one of my duties as United States Senator is to nominate qualified candidates to the United States military academies. I along with members of the Georgia Congressional Delegation host an annual academy day to familiarize students with the application and nomination process and to expose them to military life. I hope you will enjoy the Academy Day presentations found here on my web site. If you have any questions regarding the academy process please do not hesitate to contact my office by calling my Academy Director, Nancy Brooks, at (770) 661-0999.

2012 Academy Day Speakers:

• Captain Stephen Latta, Naval Academy
• Colonel Carolyn Benyshek, Air Force Academy
• Lieutenant Daniel Lavinder, Coast Guard Academy
• Major Mark McClellan, Military Academy
• Jared Ogden, former Navy Seal
• Captain Robert Johnson, Merchant Marine Academy