19 ROTC cadets to receive military commissions May 8-9
Released on 05/05/2015, at 4:34 PM
Office of University Communications
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
WHEN: Friday, May. 8, 2015, through May. 9, 2015
WHERE: Nebraska Union, 14th and R streets
Nineteen cadets in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Reserve Officer Training Corps will receive military commissions in ceremonies May 8 and 9 at the Nebraska Union, 14th and R streets. Rooms will be posted.
Seven cadets in Air Force ROTC will be commissioned second lieutenants in the U.S. Air Force at 6 p.m. May 8; eight cadets in Army ROTC will be commissioned second lieutenants in the U.S. Army at 1 p.m. May 9; and four cadets in Navy ROTC will receive commissions at 1:30 p.m May 9, two as ensigns in the U.S. Navy and two as second lieutenants in the U.S. Marine Corps.
The following is a list by hometown of cadets to be commissioned, with their rank and service branch.
NEBRASKA:
Albion: 2nd Lt. Jerad Elliot McLean, Army.
Aurora: 2nd Lt. Bryce James Andrews, Army.
Bellevue: 2nd Lt. Patrick M. Gour, Air Force.
Bennington: 2nd Lt. Benjamin M. Wichelt, Air Force.
Fort Calhoun: 2nd Lt. Julia N. Eminger, Air Force.
Grand Island: 2nd Lt. Seth M. Meharg, Marine Corps.
Imperial: 2nd Lt. Lucas W. Bauerle, Air Force.
Lincoln: 2nd Lt. Tyler Dean Johnson, Army; 2nd Lt. Ted Benjamin Kocher, Army.
Nebraska City: 2nd Lt. Emma Lauren Webster, Army.
North Platte: 2nd Lt. Taylor A. Williams, Air Force.
Omaha: 2nd Lt. James A. Yong, Air Force.
Wahoo: 2nd Lt. Jesse Jens Sladky, Army.
Walton: Ensign Alexander Klein, Navy.
Waterloo: 2nd Lt. Timothy Liam Durkin, Army.
ELSEWHERE:
Reading, Calif.: 2nd Lt. Alyssa A. Blomstedt, Marine Corps.
Basehor, Kan.: 2nd Lt. Austin John Stubbs, Army.
Fort Worth, Texas: Ensign Tyler J. Sheets, Navy.
Friendswood, Texas: 2nd Lt. Jonathan T. Crutchfield, Air Force.
News Release Contacts:
- Lt. Col. Christopher A. Bohn, Detachment Commander, Air Force ROTC
phone: 402-472-2473