Two U.S. Air Power cadets and 4 U.S. Military cadets accomplished Elon’s ROTC program and can enter navy service.
Six Elon seniors took the oath of workplace and had been commissioned into the U.S. Air Power and U.S. Military main as much as their commencement from the college as members of the Class of 2022.
Stephen Haley and Theodore Thomas had been commissioned as second lieutenants within the U.S. Air Power throughout a joint ceremony held on Friday, Might 13, at Excessive Level College. Richard Shiny, Patrick Brundidge Jr. Victoria Sardegna and Austin Stillman had been celebrated within the presence of household, associates and supporters through the commissioning ceremony held Thursday, Might 19, in Holt Chapel on Elon’s South Campus.
Elon presents its ROTC program via a cooperative settlement with N.C. A&T State College and Lt. Col. Linda S. Wynn, a professor of navy science at N.C. A&T, famous in her welcoming remarks through the Holt Chapel ceremony that commissioning is a time-honored custom and ceremony of passage from ROTC cadet to navy officer. “They don’t seem to be your common school college students,” Winn mentioned of the cadets. “They’ve already exhibited their management capabilities. They’re clever officers. They’ve persevered.”
The commissioning ceremony is the end result of 4 years of coaching and marks the start of navy service for every. In taking the oath of workplace, every swore to assist and defend the U.S. Structure. Every newly commissioned officer turns into an agent of the manager department of the federal government, appointed by the president based mostly on the secretary of protection’s signed officer nomination scroll for appointment of every candidate which has additionally been permitted by the U.S. Senate.
Providing phrases of knowledge to the 4 cadets as they put together to start their navy careers was alumnus Lt. Col. John Kirchgessner, who was commissioned into the U.S. Military’s Air Protection Artillery following his commencement from Elon in 2002. With a profession that features deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, Kirchgessner presently serves because the Air Protection Department Chief beneath the Officer Personnel Administration Division at Human Assets Command in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
“I’m wanting to see your continued development,” Kirchgessner informed the cadets. “What you might be about to embark on is extremely difficult, in the event you’re doing it proper.”
2nd Lt. Richard Shiny graduates from Elon with a bachelor’s diploma in finance. On the commissioning ceremony, he was pinned by his mom, Cinda Shiny, and his brother, Jonathan Shiny, and acquired his first salute from Grasp Sgt. Brian Boyt. He’s will serve within the ordnance department and will probably be attending Primary Officer Management Course at Fort Lee, Virginia.
2nd Lt. Patrick Brundidge Jr. graduates from Elon with a bachelor’s diploma in enterprise administration with a concentrate on mission administration and was named a distinguished navy graduate. He was pinned by his dad and mom, retired Lt. Col. Patrick and Ursula Brundidge, and acquired his first salute from retired Sgt. William Rivera. He’ll serve within the infantry department and can attend the Infantry Primary Officer Management Course at Fort Benning, Georgia.
2nd Lt. Victoria Sardegna graduates from Elon with a bachelor’s diploma in worldwide and world research. She was pinned by her dad and mom, Rob and Maria Sardegna, and acquired her first salute from Grasp Sgt. Brian Boyt. She is going to serve within the navy intelligence department and can attend the Primary Officer Management Course at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
2nd Lt. Austin Stillman graduates from Elon with a bachelor’s diploma in finance. She was pinned by his dad and mom, Bradford and Christa Stillman, and acquired his first salute from Grasp Sgt. Brian Boyt. He’ll serve within the medical companies department and can attend the Primary Officer Management Course at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, earlier than attending flight faculty at Fort Rucker, Alabama, en path to changing into a MEDEVAC pilot.
