The USS Wyoming Committee today announced that Lindsay Weekly, of Cheyenne, WY, received the 2018 USS Wyoming / Honorable Richard B. Cheney Scholarship.
In recognition of the mutual respect held between the Crews of the USS Wyoming SSBN 742 and the citizens of the State of Wyoming, the USS Wyoming / Honorable Richard B. Cheney Scholarship Program was created in 1997. The scholarships are awarded annually, up to two to a present or past crew member or their spouses/children/grandchildren, and one to a Wyoming resident. All scholarships are in the amount of $1,000. Each year, the Selection Committee will award a maximum of two ship scholarships one Blue and one Gold and one State scholarship. So far 60 scholarships have been awarded.