Swearing to Support and Defend. Seventeen new Army Officers were Commissioned as Army Second Lieutenants on May 5th at the North End Zone Facility in App’s Kidd Brewer Stadium. The program exceeded the 1,000 mark of Commissioned Officers with this cohort. The guest speaker was Major General (Ret) Gill Beck. MG Beck is a 78 grad, former App State all conference football player, as well as, a ROTC and University Distinguished Alumni. He told the Commissionees how the App football coach at that time introduced him to ROTC and how the leadership principles he learned in the program framed the entirety of his adult life. He also stressed personal accountability in preparing to be professionally competent and to be a Leader.
MG Beck Receives his “Big A” frame for appreciation for his speech (below)
The newest App ROTC Alumni: (All are Active Duty):
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2LT | Major | Branch | Detail |
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Sam Bourne | Criminal Justice | Ordinance (EOD) |
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Dennis Browning | Sociology | Military Intelligence | Infantry |
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Jack Davenport | Astrophysics | Infantry |
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Wiley Eaton | Sustainable Technology | Signal Corp | Infantry |
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Corbin Gillespie | Construction Management | Armor |
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Jaime Gonzalez | Public Health | Signal Corp | Armor |
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Nathan Griffin | Political Science | Military Intelligence |
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Natalie Hellner | Business Adminstration | Signal Corp |
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Cassidy Long | Political Science | Judge Advocate General |
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Carson Mangindin | Construction Management | Engineer |
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Daniel Miranda | Political Science | Military Intelligence | Infantry |
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Luke Nygard | Finance and Banking | Infantry |
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Austin Reed | Criminal Justice | Transportation Corp |
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Brian Richardson | Criminal Justice | Infantry |
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Genevieve Robertie | Sustainable Development | Aviation |
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Molly Setlift | Criminal Justice | Military Intelligence | Infantry |
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Nick Vosburgh | Political Science | Aviation |
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The Final Task of a Cadet- Taking the Oath to Become an Officer (below):
An Infantry Officer is pinned. 2LT Richardson has his Branch Insignia and Rank pinned on by his parents (below).
The First Salute. 2LT Cassidy Long receives hers’ from her father, retired Sergeant Major Steve Long (below).
The new Lieutenants honor one of their own. 2LT Hellner receives a token of appreciation from her peers for a lot of unheralded hard work (below).
Well Done- Serve and Lead Well!
New LTs
New LTS