{"id":65844,"date":"2015-07-15T07:09:28","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T12:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=65844"},"modified":"2015-07-15T07:09:28","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T12:09:28","slug":"brown-seeks-service-academy-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/07\/15\/brown-seeks-service-academy-applicants\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown seeks service academy applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>U.S. Senate information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &#8212; U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) encourages Ohioans to seek nomination from his office to U.S. Military Service Academies for 2016 admission. Brown\u2019s office will begin accepting applications August 1.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2874\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2874\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Brown-Sherrod.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2874 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"By U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Brown-Sherrod.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOhio\u2019s students have the integrity, courage, and knowledge needed to enroll in our nation\u2019s prestigious military academies and I am honored to nominate students for this high honor,\u201d said Brown. \u201cThese academies develop the next generation of leaders who will serve our country as military officers and national leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each year, Brown nominates up to 10 students for each service academy requiring congressional recommendations: the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and the Merchant Marine Academy.<\/p>\n<p>Student applicants are reviewed by a committee of active and retired military and community leaders appointed by Brown. Selected students are provided with the required congressional recommendation upon applying for admission.<\/p>\n<p>Interested students who meet the eligibility requirements should mail their completed application packet to reach Brown\u2019s Cleveland office no later than September 23.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to request an application, visit Brown\u2019s website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brown.senate.gov\/services\/students\/academy-nominations\">here<\/a>. Inquiries can also be directed to Brown\u2019s academy coordinator at the Cleveland office 888.896.6446.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Senate information WASHINGTON, D.C. &#8212; U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) encourages Ohioans to seek nomination from his office to U.S. Military Service Academies for 2016 admission. Brown\u2019s office will begin accepting applications August 1. \u201cOhio\u2019s students have the integrity, courage, and knowledge needed to enroll in our nation\u2019s prestigious military academies and I am [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 13:55:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}