Editing Roger Wicker (section)

==Early life and education==
Wicker was born on July 5, 1951, in [[Pontotoc, Mississippi]], to Wordna Glen (née Threadgill) and Thomas Frederick "Fred" Wicker, a lawyer and onetime [[Mississippi State Senate|Mississippi state senator]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fred Wicker Obituary (1924 - 2022) - Pontotoc, MS - The Daily Journal |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/djournal/name/fred-wicker-obituary?id=36886924 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref> At age 16, Wicker worked as a [[United States House of Representatives Page|United States House of Representatives page]] for Representative [[Jamie L. Whitten]] of {{ushr|Mississippi|1|}}.<ref name="faststart">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollcall.com/2014/11/24/roger-wicker-looks-for-fast-start-at-nrsc/|title=Roger Wicker Looks for Fast Start at NRSC|last=Trygstad|first=Kyle|date=November 24, 2014|publisher=Roll Call|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117042421/https://www.rollcall.com/2014/11/24/roger-wicker-looks-for-fast-start-at-nrsc/|archive-date=November 17, 2020|access-date=August 16, 2014}}</ref> He graduated from [[Pontotoc High School]] in 1969.<ref name="congbio" />

Wicker attended the [[University of Mississippi]],<ref name="congbio" /> where he was a member of the [[Sigma Nu]] fraternity<ref name="fall2006">{{cite journal |year=2006 |title=Robert N. Maddox Honor Lecture |journal=The Delta of Sigma Nu |volume=Fall 2006 |pages=27–28 |publisher=Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc. |url=http://www.thedeltaofsigmanu.com/1106/default.asp |access-date=October 13, 2012 |archive-date=November 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106142239/http://www.thedeltaofsigmanu.com/1106/default.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> and student body president.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sen. Roger Wicker (R) |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/member/528 |website=National Journal Almanac |access-date=August 16, 2014 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117042400/https://www.nationaljournal.com/login/?next=/almanac/member/528/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was inducted into [[Omicron Delta Kappa]] for his student leadership and academic merit. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and [[political science]] in 1973 and a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree in 1975 from the university.<ref name="congbio" />

After graduation, Wicker commissioned into the [[United States Air Force]] as a [[Judge-advocate|Judge Advocate]] from 1976 to 1980.<ref name="congbio">{{CongBio|W000437|inline=1}}</ref><ref name="navyleague">{{cite web |title=Veterans in the US House of Representatives 109th Congress|publisher=[[Navy League of the United States]]|url=http://www.navyleague.org/legislative_affairs/HouseVets.pdf |access-date=April 4, 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20061129201046/http%3A//www%2Enavyleague%2Eorg/legislative_affairs/HouseVets%2Epdf|archive-date=November 29, 2006}}</ref> Starting in 1980, he was a member of the [[Air Force Reserve Command|Air Force Reserve]]; he retired from the reserve in 2003 as a [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel]].<ref name="congbio"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Roger_Wicker |title=Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington Post |publisher=Whorunsgov.com |date=September 12, 2013 |access-date=April 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021031941/http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Roger_Wicker |archive-date=October 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>