(Above) Lt. Col. Alan
Mooneyham, chair of the military science department,
administers the Oath
of Office to cadet Vanessa Moreno during the spring
commissioning ceremony on Friday (May 13) afternoon.
The ceremony was
held in the James S. Olson Auditorium, in Academic
Building 4.
(Right) Five cadets were commissioned as
Second Lieutenants
in the U.S. Army, including (from right) Ralph T.
Salazar, Moreno, Keith M. Herzog, Juan A. Cantu, and
Patrick
S. Alexander.
Salazar will serve as temporary cadre within the
military science department before being assigned in
active duty within the medical service and aviation
branches.
Moreno will report to Military Police Officer Basic Course
at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., before her first
duty assignment at Fort Bliss, Texas. Herzog will attend
the Engineer Officer Basic Course at Fort Leonard Wood
before being assigned
to the U.S. Military Joint Task Force at Guantanamo
Bay,
Cuba,
a first, according to Mooneyham. Cantu will
report to Field Artillery Officer Basic Course at Fort
Sill, Okla.,
before serving his first duty assignment at Fort Hood.
Alexander will attend Aviation Officer Basic Course before
returning to SHSU to work on his Master of Science
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