Eligibility
To be eligible to enter the Academy, you must:
- Be at least 17 years of age and must not have passed their
25th birthday before July 1 in the year of entrance.
- Be a citizen of the United States either by birth or naturalization,
except for a limited number of international midshipmen
specially authorized by Congress.
- Meet the physical, security and character requirements
necessary for appointment as U.S. Naval Reserve, Merchant
Marine Reserve midshipmen.
- Obtain a Congressional nomination to the Academy; submit
a completed application; and qualify scholastically.
- Be of good moral character.
Security Clearance
In order to receive a commission at graduation as an officer
in a reserve component of the U.S. Armed forces, you will
be required to complete an electronic form for a security
clearance upon enrollment at the Academy. All questions
must be answered accurately and truthfully so that your
clearance is not delayed. To verify your place of birth,
you will be asked to submit a certified copy of your birth
certificate. Please address any inquiries about the security
clearance to the Department of Naval Science (516-773-5320).
Dual Citizenship
The possession and use of a foreign passport in preference
to a U.S. passport may raise doubts about your allegiance to
the United States. A security clearance will be denied
or revoked unless a foreign passport is surrendered.
Anyone indicating the possession of a
foreign passport will be instructed to return that document
to the appropriate country's embassy or consulate,
requesting a return endorsement, which is required for the
security clearance determination.
Anyone having a dual U.S./foreign
citizenship, without possessing a foreign passport of
another country, most abrogate that country's citizenship.
Failure to comply with these instructions
will result in a denial of a security clearance, of entry to
the U.S. Naval Reserve or another Armed Forces reserve
component, and in disenrollment from the Academy.
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