REP. NORM DICKS ANNOUNCES 2006 ACADEMY NOMINATIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fifteen students from area high schools will receive nominations from U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks to U.S. military academies for the upcoming academic year.
The students nominated this year are from high schools in Bremerton, University Place, Gig Harbor, Tacoma, Sequim, Shelton, Fox Island and Belfair.
Each year Rep. Dicks recommends talented students for admission to the four academies based upon academic performance, personal motivation and their expression of genuine interest in a military career. The congressman serves as a senior member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee in the House of Representatives, and he has consistently encouraged young people to consider the advantages of an academy education.
It is the mission of the academies attract the best and brightest members of the next generation into the leadership cadre of the U.S. armed forces, Rep. Dicks said. "It's a great opportunity for these highly-motivated students who, in return for a first-class college education, continue on to become the leadership talent that sustains the world's most capable military force," he said.
The nominees for the classes entering the academies in the summer of 2006 are as follows (note that some students are nominated for more than one academy, and that hometown of record is listed):
NOMINEES TO THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY (WEST POINT)
