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Womack Congratulates 2014 U.S. Service Academy Appointees

Washington, D.C., June 5, 2014

Each year, members of Congress have the privilege of making nominations to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (USMA), the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAF), and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA). The honor of attending a Service Academy comes with the obligation to serve in the military for a minimum of five years upon graduation.

Today, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) announced the appointment of nine students from the Third District of Arkansas to our nation’s prestigious Service Academies:

USMA:	Ty Galyean, Rogers High School John Larabee, Farmington High School Benjamin Parmer, Homeschooled (Springdale)
USNA:	James "Trey" Tate III, Bentonville High School
USAF:	John Coleman “JC” Everett, Siloam Springs High School Nathan Whitlow, Van Buren High School Corbin Zachary, Russellville High School
USMMA:	Daniel Viera, Maumelle High School Samuel Wimberly, Haas Hall Academy

Following the announcement, Congressman Womack released the following statement congratulating the class of 2018 appointees:

"The patriotism and desire to serve our country of these outstanding young men is humbling, and I have no doubt that they will represent Arkansas’s Third District with honor at our prestigious U.S. Service Academies. I am proud to have them do so,” said Womack. “My sincerest congratulations and best wishes to our appointees!”

Congressman Womack’s office is accepting applications for Service Academy class of 2019 nominations through November 1, 2015. For more information, please visit: /constituentservices/servicefaqs.htm.

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