On Saturday, October 15, 2005 from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. students are invited to meet with United States Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) and representatives from the U.S. Military, Naval, Air Force, Merchant Marine and Coast Guard Academies to a discuss the benefits of a military academy education and the procedure by which students are selected to attend the schools. Information will also be available about the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) and United States Marine Platoon Leader program. Application packets will be available for any eligible student who may have already decided to attend a Service Academy and is seeking a Congressional nomination.Nominations for admission to a service academy are made by members of Congress and are required by four of the five service academies.The forum will be held at the Community College of Rhode Island, Knight Campus, Warwick in the Lecture Hall Room 4080.For more information on Academy Day, or on a specific Military Service Academy, students and parents may contact David Foehr in Senator Jack Reed's Office at (401) 943-3100 or Kathy Fabrizi in Senator Lincoln Chafee's Office at (401) 453-5294.Senator Reed is a 1971 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.Information may be found on the Internet at the following sites:Academy nomination application information:http://reed.senate.gov/Academy.htmThe United States Military Academyhttp://www.usma.edu/The United States Naval Academyhttp://www.nadn.navy.mil/The United States Air Force Academyhttp://www.usafa.af.mil/The United States Coast Guard Academyhttp://www.cga.edu/The United States Merchant Marine Academyhttp://www.usmma.edu/