This year's North Texas U.S. Service Academies Forum will be held at TCU on April 4, 2020. See attached flyer for details.
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Students (grades 8-12) and their parents are invited to attend the 2020 North Texas U.S. Service Academies Forum which will be held on Saturday, April 4th at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth! Several North Texas congressional office are co-hosting this outreach event to provide interested middle and high school students an excellent opportunity to learn more about our nation's service academies, requirements for admission and the selection process as well as other options to become an officer. School principals, counselors, coaches and teachers are encouraged to attend as well.
Currently, there are 14 congressional offices participating in this year’s event:
U.S. Senator John Cornyn and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz
U.S. Congressman Van Taylor (TX-3)
U.S. Congressman John Ratcliffe (TX-4)
U.S. Congressman Lance Gooden (TX-5)
U.S. Congressman Ron Wright (TX-6)
U.S. Congresswoman Kay Granger (TX-12)
U.S. Congressman Bill Flores (TX-17)
U.S. Congressman Kenny Marchant (TX-24)
U.S. Congressman Roger Williams (TX-25)
U.S. Congressman Michael Burgess (TX-26)
U.S. Congressman John Carter (TX-31)
U.S. Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32)
U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33)
North Texas U.S. Service Academies Forum
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2020
Time: 8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon; Registration opens onsite at 7:30 AM. Note: This is a “come & stay” event!
Place: Texas Christian University (TCU)
Brown-Lupton University Union
2901 Stadium Drive
Fort Worth, Texas 76129
Representatives from congressional offices and all five service academies (U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and U.S. Air Force Academy), as well as current academy cadets and midshipmen, and representatives from DODMERB and Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps ROTC will be invited to be on hand to answer questions and distribute information. Attendees can meet with these representatives on a one-to-one basis to become informed about the excellent educational opportunities available to qualified young men and women who want to serve their country.
For more information: SEE FLYER
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My DD actually never went. But this one is really good because they have all 5 SAs, all ROTCs, and maybe some representatives from DoDMERB! While it is very large, you never know - our MOC said only 3 people in his district showed up last year - probably because it was so far and his own service academy day was 2 weeks later at a location in the middle of his district.
Other options - DD either had conflicts or chose another event she thought would be more intimate/beneficial:
9th grade: conflict with this event; attended neighboring MOC's event;
10th grade: went to USAFA Admissions workshop; that year they came to our area (DD met her admissions counselor who did one-on-one's with attendees and reviewed everyone's resume)
11th grade: went to her own MOC's more intimate service academy forum and met her actual FFR, area BGO, and congressional staff.
Here is the description:
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Students (grades 8-12) and their parents are invited to attend the 2020 North Texas U.S. Service Academies Forum which will be held on Saturday, April 4th at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth! Several North Texas congressional office are co-hosting this outreach event to provide interested middle and high school students an excellent opportunity to learn more about our nation's service academies, requirements for admission and the selection process as well as other options to become an officer. School principals, counselors, coaches and teachers are encouraged to attend as well.
Currently, there are 14 congressional offices participating in this year’s event:
U.S. Senator John Cornyn and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz
U.S. Congressman Van Taylor (TX-3)
U.S. Congressman John Ratcliffe (TX-4)
U.S. Congressman Lance Gooden (TX-5)
U.S. Congressman Ron Wright (TX-6)
U.S. Congresswoman Kay Granger (TX-12)
U.S. Congressman Bill Flores (TX-17)
U.S. Congressman Kenny Marchant (TX-24)
U.S. Congressman Roger Williams (TX-25)
U.S. Congressman Michael Burgess (TX-26)
U.S. Congressman John Carter (TX-31)
U.S. Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32)
U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33)
North Texas U.S. Service Academies Forum
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2020
Time: 8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon; Registration opens onsite at 7:30 AM. Note: This is a “come & stay” event!
Place: Texas Christian University (TCU)
Brown-Lupton University Union
2901 Stadium Drive
Fort Worth, Texas 76129
Representatives from congressional offices and all five service academies (U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and U.S. Air Force Academy), as well as current academy cadets and midshipmen, and representatives from DODMERB and Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps ROTC will be invited to be on hand to answer questions and distribute information. Attendees can meet with these representatives on a one-to-one basis to become informed about the excellent educational opportunities available to qualified young men and women who want to serve their country.
For more information: SEE FLYER
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My DD actually never went. But this one is really good because they have all 5 SAs, all ROTCs, and maybe some representatives from DoDMERB! While it is very large, you never know - our MOC said only 3 people in his district showed up last year - probably because it was so far and his own service academy day was 2 weeks later at a location in the middle of his district.
Other options - DD either had conflicts or chose another event she thought would be more intimate/beneficial:
9th grade: conflict with this event; attended neighboring MOC's event;
10th grade: went to USAFA Admissions workshop; that year they came to our area (DD met her admissions counselor who did one-on-one's with attendees and reviewed everyone's resume)
11th grade: went to her own MOC's more intimate service academy forum and met her actual FFR, area BGO, and congressional staff.