In N.J., Congressman Leonard Lance announces 7th district service academy nominations.
Matthew Horace, a junior at Easton Area High School, was selected to be among 1,000 attendees at West Point's prestigious Summer Leaders Experience in June. More than 5,000 juniors nationwide applied to SLE, which offers the opportunity to experience life at West Point.
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(File photo) Congressman Leonard Lance recently announced the 7th Congressional District students who were nominated and accepted into the Unites States Services Academies. Among those are Hayden Coyne, of Lebanon, and Karsten Tribus, of Stewartsville, who were both nominated to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; Robert Vanacore, of Ringoes, U.S. Naval Academy; Hunter Vogel, of Annandale, and Bennett Mirabito, of Ringoes, U.S. Military Academy.
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The Air Force ROTC Detachment 750, hosted at Saint Joseph's University, celebrated its annual commissioning and awards ceremony last month. Second lieutenant Donald Engwall, of Knowlton Township, was commissioned at the event and received the following awards: the National Defense Industrial Association Award (included $750 scholarship); Military Order of the World Wars Award (included $2,000 scholarship); and American Legion General Military Excellence Award.
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Joel Murphy, of Emmaus, a Widener University student and a member of the university's ROTC Program, was recently honored with the the PMC Legacy Award, presented for embodiment of the characteristics of a Pennsylvania Military College Cadet.