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Womack Elected to Eighth Term as Chairman of West Point Board of Visitors
Washington,
July 11, 2025
WEST POINT, N.Y. — July 11, 2025… Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) was reelected today to serve as the Chairman of the West Point Board of Visitors (BOV). The United States Military Academy at West Point BOV is charged with providing independent advice and recommendations on institutional matters, including morale and discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods, and other issues. Congressman Womack said, “It is an honor and privilege to be elected to my eighth term as Chairman of the West Point Board of Visitors—a continued opportunity to help ensure the Academy’s success while preparing future Army officers to lead, enhance U.S. military readiness, and support our allies and partners around the world. The cadets at West Point, including the outstanding individuals from Arkansas’s Third District I nominated, are some of the finest young men and women our country has to offer. I am grateful to my colleagues on the Board and for our work to support West Point in developing military leaders committed to Duty, Honor, and Country.” Current cadets from the Third District of Arkansas: Class of 2026 Ellery Doyna; Fayettevill Luke Monk; Fort Smith Sydney Rhuda; Bentonville Joey Sta Romana; Centerton Luke Welcher; Fayetteville Class of 2027 Carlee Casteel; Rogers Josiah McCullough; Lowell Class of 2028 Trystin Davis; Bentonville June Dresel; Fayetteville Tehya Meers; Fayetteville Christopher Monk; Fort Smith Cooper Thompson; Springdale Jackson Witherington; Fort Smith Class of 2029 Arthur Coomer; Bentonville Ryan Johnson; Rogers Board members received briefings on West Point’s academic, physical, and military priorities. Faculty and cadets led discussions on a wide range of topics, including developing leaders of character, graduation and commissioning, the Sandhurst Military Skills Competition, the Projects Day Research Symposium, the Summer Leaders Experience and cadet summer training, infrastructure updates, annual intellectual themes, athletics updates, and academic modernization to meet the demands of future warfare. Womack was first appointed to the BOV in 2012 by Speaker John Boehner and subsequently elected BOV Chairman in 2017. He is currently the only congressional representative from Arkansas to serve on the board. Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) has represented Arkansas’s Third Congressional District since 2011. He is a member of the House Appropriations Committee. ### |