Rep. Moran honors academy selectees

TYLER – U.S. Republican Congressman Nathaniel Moran stopped in Tyler on Saturday to congratulate five East Texas students who’ve been accepted into military academies across the United States.

“This is especially meaningful to me as the United States Congressman to have the opportunity to make sure that we are picking leaders of character for tomorrow, that we’re sending East Texans throughout the nation to be the leaders in the military and the nation for generations to come because I think East Texas makes the best leaders, and I think that our students need to have influence in all of these academies.” Moran said

Thanks in part to Moran’s nomination, Brooks Frans and James Thompson will join the United States Naval Academy, while Brock Sieber and Jayden Riley will serve in the United States Air Force Academy and Nora Ni will join the United States Military Academy at West Point.

The process to be admitted into a United States military academy often requires the applicant to get a nomination from a United States Congressman, like Moran, or a Senator, the Vice President or even the President, unless they’re applying to join the Coast Guard’s academy.