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ROTC Commissioning Ceremony Scheduled at UW

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May 13, 2004 -- Col. Michael H. Witt, commander of the 90th Security Forces Group at Francis E. Warren AFB, will be the keynote speaker at the Army/Air Force commissioning ceremony Saturday, May 15, at the University of Wyoming.

Witt will speak at 6 p.m. at the Fine Arts Center concert hall. He directs law enforcement activities and security operations for 150 Minuteman III and 50 Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles deployed over a 12,600 square-mile area in Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska.

The graduating students are newly-commissioned officers in the United States armed forces, having completed a rigorous military training program while pursuing their undergraduate degrees at UW. ROTC members receive gold bars for the rank of second lieutenant.

Commissioned officers, with degree earned, career field and first assignment are:

AIR FORCE

CHEYENNE -- Joseph Cotton, communications, pilot, assigned to Holloman AFB, N.M.; Lindsey Stimets, exercise and sports science, acquisitions, Edwards AFB, Calif; Heather Townsend, criminal justice, logistics, Whiteman AFB, Mo.

HENDERSON, NEV. -- Jake Charles Schofield II, political science, space and missiles, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.

HILLSDALE -- Ivan Venegas, molecular biology, logistics readiness, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.

KATY, TEXAS -- Kyle Porter, political science, navigator, Randolph AFB, Texas.

LITTLETON, COLO. -- Justin Gardner, mechanical engineering, pilot, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.

RIVERTON -- Brett Strensrude, history, space and missiles, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.

SHOSHONI -- Tyler Wintermote, secondary education social studies, navigator, Little Rock AFB, Ark.

SWANTON, VT. -- Justin Stimets, business management, aircraft maintenance, Edwards AFB, Calif.

ARMY

ALLIANCE, NEB. -- Christopher Schulze, biology, Ordnance Corps, Wyoming Army National Guard.

BOZEMAN, MONT. -- Rebecca Connell, health sciences, Corps of Engineers, will be UW ROTC recruiter, then assigned to Fort Riley, Kan.

LARAMIE -- Justin Durtsche, exercise and sport science, field artillery, Wyoming Army National Guard.

STAMFORD, CONN. -- Cheryl Foston, geography, Ordnance Corps, Korea.

VALENTINE, NEB. -- Tyler Hollopeter, psychology, aviation, not yet assigned.

Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2004