[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 9985-9986]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   SALUTING SERVICE ACADEMY STUDENTS

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to salute 
our soldiers of tomorrow. That is the service-bound academy students of 
the Third District of the Texas. This district of Texas is home to some 
of the best and the brightest young people, and it is always an honor 
to recommend such fine students to our Nation's service academies.
  On the heels of our swift victory in Iraq, I know they are ready to 
join the premier military force of the world. This year, north Texas is 
going to send five students to the United States Military Academy; two 
to the United States Naval Academy; four to the United States Air Force 
Academy; four to the Merchant Marine Academy with students hailing from 
Allen, Frisco, Garland, Plano and Richardson.
  I think that this is something that every student wants to do. They 
want to become a member of the defense of our country.
  The 15 appointees and their hometowns are as follows:

                         U.S. Military Academy

       Brittany Ladner--Allen, Texas--Allen High School.
       Chad Lorenz--Richardson, Texas--Home School.
       Jennifer MacGibbon--Plano, Texas--Plano Senior High School.

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       Andrew Moore--Plano, Texas--Plano West Senior High School.
       Nathan Navarro--Frisco, Texas--Frisco High School.

                           U.S. Naval Academy

       Eric McBee--Plano, Texas--Plano Senior High School.
       Marcus Walters--Richardson, Texas--Pearce High School.

                         U.S. Air Force Academy

       David Andrews--Richardson, Texas--Plano Senior High School.
       Brian Campbell--Garland, Texas--Jesuit Preparatory School.
       Benton Hall--Plano, Texas--Plano Senior High School.
       Ronda Helart--Plano, Texas--Home School.

                      U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

       Brendon Ball--Plano, Texas--Plano East Senior High School.
       John Harman--Garland, Texas--Naaman Forest High School.
       Scott Hughes--Plano, Texas--Plano West Senior High School.
       Kartik Parmar--Plano, Texas--Plano Senior High School.

  To these 15 appointees I say, God bless you. God bless America. I 
salute you.

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