PHOTO: Newly commissioned second lieutenants (from left) Benjamin Heilig, 海登•米勒, Dillon Salluzzo and Anthony Vezina celebrate with cake following a commissioning ceremony Saturday. 

Graduating seniors who served as cadets in the U.S. Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at St. 博纳旺蒂尔 University were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. 星期六的军队. 

The commissioning ceremony, held in the Regina A. Quick Center for the 艺术, was followed by the Silver Dollar Salute, a traditional event in which each newly commissioned 官 hands a silver dollar to the first soldier who salutes them. 学员选择 someone who was instrumental in their upbringing, education or training for this honor.

 

The cadets are part of the Seneca ROTC Battalion, which comprises cadets from St. 博纳旺蒂尔, Alfred State College, 阿尔弗雷德大学, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Houghton College and Jamestown Community College.

 

来自全球网赌十大网站 who commissioned Saturday include: 

 

Benjamin Heilig, a cybersecurity major, served as the cadet battalion operations 官. He is the son of Mark and Suzanne Heilig from Hamburg, 纽约. A Distinguished Military Graduate, Heilig received the American Legion Scholastic Excellence Award and the 艺术学院 and 科学’ Military Science Award. He commissioned into the Army National Guard as a cyber-warfare 官. 

 

海登•米勒, a criminology major, served as the cadet battalion logistics 官. He is the son of Scot and Michelle Miller from Rushford, 纽约. A Military Science Award winner, Miller commissioned as an active duty infantry 官. 

 

Dillon Salluzzo, a sociology major, served as the cadet executive 官. He is the son of Steven and Mary Salluzzo from Rochester, 纽约. Salluzzo, a Distinguished Military Graduate, received the Veterans of Foreign Wars Award, the Battalion Commander’s Award, and the Olean VFW Leadership Award. He commissioned as an active duty military intelligence 官, detailed as an infantry 官.

 

Anthony Vezina, a criminology major, served as the cadet battalion commander. He is the son of Rich Vezina and Heather Shea-Canaley from Lakewood, 纽约. Vezina commissioned as an active duty signal 官, detailed as a field artillery 官.

 

Commissioned cadets from the battalion’s other member colleges and universities include:

 

Makenzie Cashmer, a mechanical engineering major from 阿尔弗雷德大学, served as the cadet battalion command sergeant major. The daughter of David and Kimberly Cashmer from Weedville, 宾西法尼亚, she commissioned as an active duty engineer 官. 

 

石头Lisek, a construction management major from Alfred State College, served as the cadet battery commander. The son of Michael and Amy Lisek from Olean, 纽约, he commissioned as an active duty air-defense artillery 官. 

 

利亚姆·麦克尼尔, a business administration major from Houghton College, served as a cadet platoon leader. The son of Robert and Ann McNeill from Rushford, 纽约, he commissioned into the Army National Guard as a transportation 官. 

 

怀亚特Niedziejko, a mechanical engineering major from 阿尔弗雷德大学, served as a cadet platoon leader. The son of Rodney and Heidi Niedziejko from Saratoga Springs, 纽约, he commissioned into the Army National Guard as a military intelligence 官. 

 

盖门头沟, a criminal justice major from the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, served as a cadet platoon sergeant. The son of Sean and Theresa Vallely from Erin, 纽约, he commissioned into the Army National Guard as an infantry 官. 

 

蒂莫西·赖特, a construction supervision major from Alfred State College, served as the cadet battery first sergeant. The son of Timothy and Christine Wright from Frewsburg, 纽约, he commissioned into the Army National Guard as an armor 官.   

 

 

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