Washington Report
Military Academy Nominees Meet High Standards
Nominations reflect students’ incredible character, service and achievements.
One of the most rewarding parts of my job is the opportunity to nominate young men and women from Wisconsin’s 5th Congressional District to the United States Service Academies, and recently, I named my nominees for the Class of 2016. I offer my congratulations to Garrett McElligott of New Berlin, Nicholas Hermberg of Sussex, and Brian Biwer of Waukesha, who were named principal nominees to the US Air Force, Naval, and Military Academies, respectively. As principal nominees, their appointments are assured as long as they can meet the physical, academic and medical requirements of the academies. This is a high honor and reflects these students’ incredible character, service and achievements. I also congratulate the other 19 students who …
Bob McBride
10:56 am on Monday, January 9, 2012
Back when I was renting a place on Pine Lake (home of one of Sensenbrenner's properties, btw) I used to fish nightly off a pier at a neighbor's house. If it was a slow night when nothing was biting, I always knew that if I cast my lure past a certain weed bed, a reliable northern could be coaxed (sometimes more than once in the same evening) into taking the bait. more ›