Donovan nominates students for West Point, Naval Academy
Ten local students who are seeking to attend the nation’s military service academies like West Point received a helping hand from U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan who announced that he has nominated them for admission.
The nominations do not mean that the students automatically earn places in the incoming classes at places like West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy, but it does help their efforts to gain admission, according to Donovan’s office.
Donovan (R-C-Southwest Brooklyn-Staten Island) presented the students with certificates at a ceremony that took place on Staten Island at the SSG Michael Ollis Veterans of Foreign Wars Post on Feb. 23. The VFW facility is named after Army Staff Sergeant Michael Ollis, who died when he stepped in front of a suicide bomber in Afghanistan to save a Polish soldier.