RCB student nominated to attend U.S Military Academy by senator [Video]

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) – Every year U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito nominates qualified high school seniors from throughout the Wild and Wonderful to attend one of our nations prestigious Service Academies. Of the thirty-six nominations, Robert B. Byrd senior, Stephen A. McMillion, received the nomination for Harrison county. Which to him not only shows all of his hard work has been recognized, but also an opportunity to see a life long dream fulfilled.

“I went in for an interview back in November and I got a letter about two days before Thanksgiving break here at school; so I was ecstatic as soon as I heard the news. My father was in the service, he attended West Point as well. It originally started there, but as I got older, I began to do more research about it. I went to go visit the campus, I became obsessed with it, and it …