29 ROTC members receive military commissions

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29 ROTC members receive military commissions

by University Communication and Marketing
Lt. Isabel Welch recites the Oath of Office as directed by Air Force Major Nicole Beebe on May 16. The university’s Air Force ROTC detachment held a commissioning for May graduates at the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum in Ashland. Welch will begin her service as a logistics readiness officer at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha. In the background is a C-47 from World War II.
Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing
Second Lt. Isabel Welch recites the Oath of Office as directed by Air Force Major Nicole Beebe on May 16. The university’s Air Force ROTC detachment held a commissioning for May graduates at the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum in Ashland. Welch will begin her service as a logistics readiness officer at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha. In the background is a C-47 from World War II.

Twenty-nine members of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Reserve Officer Training Corps received military commissions May 13-16.

Ten cadets in Army ROTC were commissioned second lieutenants in the U.S. Army on May 13; nine midshipmen in Navy ROTC received commissions May 14, five as ensigns in the U.S. Navy and four as second lieutenants in the U.S. Marine Corps; and 10 cadets in Air Force ROTC were commissioned second lieutenants in the U.S. Air Force on May 16.

Following is a list by hometown of new officers, with rank and service branch.

Nebraska

Bellevue:

  • 2nd Lt. Erik Howard LeMoine, Marine Corps.

Cairo:

  • 2nd Lt. Margaret E. Parker, Army.

Falls City:

2nd Lt. Dylan Christopher Sutton, Army.

Lincoln:

  • 2nd Lt. Anthony Luke Bailous Jr., Army.
  • Ensign Tyler Jon Helmick, Navy.
  • 2nd Lt. Matthew Joseph Hotz, Air Force.
  • 2nd Lt. Joshua Alexander Lee, Air Force.
  • 2nd Lt. Victor Minh Nguyen, Army.
  • 2nd Lt. Caden Jack Norder, Air Force.
  • 2nd Lt. Mitchell Charles Strack, Air Force.
  • 2nd Lt. Chaseton Robert Tucker, Air Force.

Marquette:

  • 2nd Lt. Harley Dean Beckman, Army.

Omaha:

  • Ensign Samuel Adrian Alvarez, Navy.
  • 2nd Lt. Gabriel Michael Kendall, Air Force.
  • Ensign Andrew Neal Merritt, Navy.
  • 2nd Lt. Isabel Hanna Welch, Air Force.

Plattsmouth:

  • 2nd Lt. Emmanuel Encina-Garcia, Air Force.

Elsewhere

Lakewood, Colorado:

  • 2nd Lt. Lucas Andrew Heaton, Air Force.

Monmouth, Illinois:

  • 2nd Lt. Lenard Jared Dale Bolon, Marine Corps.

Wheaton, Illinois:

  • Ensign Robert Matthew Shields, Navy.

Grimes, Iowa:

  • 2nd Lt. Carsyn Lee Vance, Army.

Overland Park, Kansas:

  • 2nd Lt. Nathan Michael Pollock, Marine Corps.

Farwell, Michigan:

  • 2nd Lt. Kelly Leanne Emery, Army.

Stillwater, Minnesota:

  • 2nd Lt. Sophia Nicole Byland, Army.

Kansas City, Missouri:

  • 2nd Lt. Ryan Scott Flood, Army.

Cincinnati, Ohio:

  • 2nd Lt. Anthony Mark Massaro, Air Force.

Piedmont, Oklahoma:

  • Ensign Trace Conner Larson, Navy.

New Berlin, Wisconsin:

  • 2nd Lt. Preston R. Scrima, Army.

Cody, Wyoming:

  • 2nd Lt. Jonathan Michael Sanchez, Marine Corps.

Air Force, Army and Naval ROTC members recite the oath of enlistment during the undergraduate commencement ceremony May 14 at Memorial Stadium.
Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing
Air Force, Army and Naval ROTC members recite the oath of enlistment during the undergraduate commencement ceremony May 14 at Memorial Stadium.

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Air Force, Army and Naval ROTC members recite the oath of enlistment during the undergraduate commencement ceremony May 14 at Memorial Stadium.
Craig Chandler | University Communication

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