Lipinski Accepting Nomination Applications To Military Colleges

CHICAGO — Congressman Dan Lipinski will be nominating his last class of high school seniors interested in attending for the nation’s military college academies before leaving office. Lipinski is accepting requests for nomination from young women and men in Illinois’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes sections of Chicago’s Southwest Side, and the south and western suburbs up to the Cook-DuPage border and a small area of Will County.

Requests for nomination are being accepted by mail or email through Monday, Oct. 5.

“Nominating young women and men from the Third Congressional District for our nation’s prestigious military academies is one of the Congressional duties I value most,” Lipinski said in a news release. “I am proud that so many of the young people I have nominated have gone on to honorably serve our great nation in the Armed Forces. I strongly encourage students who want to serve our nation and have a record of academic success, demonstrated leadership, and high moral character to submit a request for nomination to the academy they wish to attend.”

The service academies include:

• Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
• Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
• West Point Military Academy, West Point, NY
• Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY

Coast Guard Academy admissions are based on a nationwide competition with no congressional nominations.

Potential candidates must have reached their 17th birthday by July 1, 2021 and not passed their 22 birthday on July 1 of the year they would enter the academy, be a United States citizen, have graduated from high school, be unmarried, have taken the ACT and/or SAT, and have met the stringent entrance requirements of their preferred academy.

The selection of nominees is based upon a “whole person” evaluation. Interested applicants can visit Congressman Lipinski’s website to find the full application. Email applications to jessica.jaroch@mail.house.gov; or mail them to Congressman Dan Lipinski, 6245 S. Archer Ave., Chicago, IL, 60638. For more information call 773-948-6223.

Suburban communities within IL-03 boundaries include:

Bedford Park, Bridgeview, Burbank, Chicago Ridge, Countryside, Forest View, Hickory Hills, Hodgkins, Hometown, Indian Head Park, Justice, Lemont, Lockport, Homer Glen, La Grange, La Grange Park, Lyons, McCook, Merrionette Park, Oak Lawn, Palos Hills, Riverside, Romeville, Stickney and Summit, nearly all of Berwyn, Brookfield, Western Springs and Willow Springs, and parts of Alsip, Burr Ridge, Cicero, Hillside, North Riverside, Palos Heights, Palos Park, Westchester and Worth.

Chicago neighborhoods in IL-03:

Bridgeport, Clearing, Garfield Ridge, Mount Greenwood and West Lawn; almost all of Beverly; those portions of Archer Heights and West Elsdon west of Pulaski Road; the western portions of Ashburn, Chicago Lawn and Morgan Park; the portion of McKinley Park south of Archer Avenue; parts of Gage Park and New City; and a small section of Armour Square.