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Representative Mike Kelly Accepting Applications for Military Academy Nominations

May 27, 2011

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Julia Thornton

May 25, 2011

202-525-0182

 

Representative Mike Kelly Accepting Applications for Military Academy Nominations

 

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) is accepting applications from residents of the Third Congressional District interested in being nominated for admission to a military academy. Each year, Members of Congress are able to nominate a limited number of people to four of the five service academies, including: the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York; the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland; the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs; and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. It is not necessary to seek a nomination to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut, because the Academy accepts candidates based on their own testing criteria.

 

To be eligible for a nomination from Representative Kelly, applicants must:

 

  • Be a citizen of the United States by the time you enter a military academy
  • Be a legal resident of Pennsylvania’s Third Congressional District
  • Be 17 years old, but not yet past your 23rdbirthday on July 1stof the year you enter a military academy
  • Have earned an above average academic record
  • Have achieved competitive standardized test scores (ACT/SAT)
  • Have scored near or above the published averages on the Candidate Fitness Assessment
  • Be medically qualified as determined by the Department of Defense Medical Evaluation and Review Board
  • Have unquestionable strong moral character and display uncompromising integrity
  • Be unmarried, not pregnant, and without legal obligation to support children or other dependants

 

To request a nomination packet, please contact Melanie Brewer at (814) 454-8190 or visit Representative Kelly’s website at www.kelly.house.gov.

 

Applications should be completed and returned by close of business onFriday, September 30, 2011.

 

 

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