UWF commissions ROTC cadets into the Air Force and Army

More than 25 ROTC cadets from the University of West Florida commissioned into their respective services on May 29. Eighteen cadets from Air Force ROTC and eight cadets from Army ROTC will begin their journey in the U.S. military after four years of training at UWF.

ROTC is a program that provides the tools and preparation necessary to become military leaders. These students have learned everything ROTC can teach them; now it is time for them to take on the real-world and test their knowledge.

UWF Air Force ROTC May 2011 Commissionees

• Clarence Abercrombie – Abercrombie will be stationed at Whiting Field, Fla. as an Undergraduate Pilot in training.

• Theresa Agosto – Agosto will be stationed at Malstrom Air Force Base, Mont. as a Space and Missiles Officer in training.

• Juliette Albesa – Albesa will be stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. as an Undergraduate Air Battle Manager in training.

• Joshua Baber – Baber will be stationed at Pensacola Naval Air Station, Fla. as a Combat Systems Officer in training.

• Matthew Bogan – Bogan will be stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. as a Contracting Officer.

• Kevin Bunch – Bunch will be stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. as an Undergraduate Air Battle Manager in training.

• Michael Curran – Curran will receive his AFSC and duty station closer to his active duty date, in October of this year.

• Kimberly Mortimer – Mortimer will be stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas as an Intelligence officer in training.

• Anthony Percy – Percy will be stationed at Kadena Air Base, Japan as a Contracting Officer.

• David Perkins – Perkins will be stationed at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas as an Undergraduate Pilot in training.

• Pricilla Rodriguez – Rodriguez will be stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas as an Intelligence Officer in training.

• Paul Sanders – Sanders will be stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas as an Intelligence officer in training.

• Seneca Shelton – Shelton will be stationed at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. as a Cyberspace Operations Officer in training.

• Chelsea Stewart – Stewart will be stationed at Pensacola Naval Air Station, Fla. as an Undergraduate Combat Systems Officer in training.

• Brittany Thorsen – Thorsen will be stationed at Laughlin AFB, Texas as an Undergraduate Pilot in training.

• Michael Vasilou – Vasilou will enter Undergraduate Pilot Training and will receive his duty station closer to his active duty date in October of this year.

• Tuan Vu – Vu will receive his AFSC and duty station closer to his active duty date in October of this year.

• Albert Yin – Yin will be stationed at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. as a Cyberspace Operations Officer in training.

UWF Army ROTC May 2011 Commissionees

• David Isaiah Bell – Bell branched Field Artillery and will attend the officer basic course at Fort Sill, Okla. Upon completion of the field artillery basic course, Bell will serve as a member of headquarters and headquarters troop 153rd Cavalry, Florida Army National Guard.

• Roseann Neats – Neats branched Military Intelligence (MI) and will attend the MI officer basic course at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. Her first assignment as an MI officer will be at Fort Lewis, Wash.

• Keith Daniel Odom – Odom branched Military Police and will attend the basic officer’s course at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

• Jacob Racer – Racer branched Ordinance Corps and will attend the basic officer’s course at Fort Lee, Va. He will then be assigned as a Maintenance Control Officer for the 53rd Support battalion in Chipley, Fla.

• Kaitlin Elizabeth Rayburn – Rayburn branched Medical Service Corps will attend the basic officer’s course at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Her first assignment will be with the 44th Medical Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C.

• Joshua Turley – Joshua branched Medical Corps and is awaiting entrance to medical school, which he will attend in August 2011.

• Todd Wiegman – Todd branched Field Artillery and will attend the officer basic course at Fort Sill, Okla. • Bret Carlton Wilbanks – Bret branched Armor and will attend his officer’s basic course at Fort Benning, Ga.

For more information about UWF Air Force ROTC, call 473-7705 or email afrotc@uwf.edu. For more information about UWF Army ROTC, call 474-2323.