{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-announces-montana-student-us-military-academy-nominations", "Daines Announces Montana Student U.S. Military Academy Nominations", "2015-12-07", "2015", "2015-12", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Steve Daines", "D000618", "www.daines.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.07.15\n\t\t\t Daines Announces Montana Student U.S. Military Academy Nominations \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. Senator Steve Daines today announced his nominations of 19 Montana students who are applying for enrollment into U.S. military academies.\r\nA congressional nomination is a critical step in the process for Montanans seeking admission to one of the nation's four military academies: the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis or the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point.\r\nIt's an honor and a privilege to nominate these outstanding young Montanans to compete for an appointment to one of our nation's military academies,Daines said.I commend these hardworking students for their commitment to continuing Montana's strong legacy of service and wish them the best as they continue in this extremely competitive process.\r\nStudents interested in applying to a U.S. military academy submitted an extensive application that documents their academic, civic and athletic abilities, as well as their commitment to military service. An academy selection board assembled by Daines reviewed the applications and conducted interviews of the applicants.\r\nThe following is a complete list of Daines' 2015 academy nominations by county:\r\nCascade County:\r\n \r\nAshleigh Lehotsky,Great Falls  Air Force\r\nAlliemarinda Phillips,Great Falls  Army\r\n \r\nGallatin County:\r\n \r\nLucas Figi,Bozeman  Navy, Army\r\n \r\nLake County:\r\n \r\nNicholas Becker, Big Arm  Merchant Marine\r\nNathaniel Young, Polson  Air Force\r\n \r\nLewis and Clark County:\r\n \r\nKeller Balsam, Helena  Air Force, Navy, Army, Merchant Marine\r\nGrace Berner,Helena  Air Force, Army\r\nRobert McCarvel,Helena  Army, Navy\r\n \r\nMadison County:\r\n \r\nCharles Buus, Ennis  Army\r\n \r\nMissoula County:\r\n \r\nMacey Newbary, Missoula  Army\r\nStephen Reynolds,Missoula  Air Force, Navy\r\nMichael Sewell,Frenchtown  Army, Navy\r\n \r\nPondera County:\r\n \r\nWill Early,Conrad  Air Force\r\n \r\nRavalli County:\r\n \r\nCaitlin Gillespie,Hamilton  Air Force, Navy\r\nJohn Winters,Florence  Air Force, Navy, Merchant Marine\r\n \r\nSweet Grass County:\r\n \r\nRyan Morgan, Big Timber  Air Force, Army\r\n \r\nYellowstone County:\r\n \r\nMaren Kirkland,Billings  Air Force, Navy\r\n \r\nMontana Active Duty Military Dependents:\r\n \r\nTyler Heath Navy\r\nNathaniel Loos Army, Navy\r\n \r\n###\r\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-announces-montana-student-us-military-academy-nominations"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8265571668744087, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}