THE WORCESTER CONSORTIUM OF COLLEGES

RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS

JOINT SERVICE COMMISSIONING CEREMONY

SATURDAY, MAY 12TH, 2012

WELCOME

Welcome to the 2012 Joint Service Commission-ing Ceremony. Today we will be commissioning 25 cadets into the United States Army, United States Navy, and United States Air Force. We are very proud of our commissionees for their dedication and commitment to both their academic degree and their completion of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program. We are very fortunate to have Major General Timothy P. McHale with us to preside as the Commis-sioning Officer for today’s ceremony.

HISTORY OF ROTC

The origin of military instruction in civilian colleges dates back to 1819 when Captain Alden Partridge founded the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy at Northfield, Vermont. Today it is Norwich University. The United States Reserve Officer Training Corps and the Junior ROTC arose from the National Defense Act of 1916. World War I prevented the full deployment of civilian educators and military professionals working together. At the conclusion of WWI, the program was fully implemented on college campuses. In 1964, the ROTC added scholarships and expanded the Junior ROTC opportunities at high schools all across the nation.

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

Opening Remarks

Arrival of Official Party

Arrival of Commissionees

Presentation of the Colors

National Anthem

Invocation Cadet James O’Connor

Introduction

Lieutenant Colonel Cynthia A. Provost

Professor of Aerospace Studies

Keynote Address

Major General Timothy P. McHale

Oath of Office

Official Pinning

Presentation of Commissions

Benediction

Cadet James O’Connor M

Retiring of Colors

Departure of Official Party

Major General McHale was born and raised in Minnesota. In May 1977, he completed his undergraduate studies at St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota as a Distinguished Military Graduate with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Transportation Corps. During 35 years of ser-vice, he has commanded units of every echelon, from platoon to theater support command, with duty in Germany, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan and throughout the United States.

His first assignment was at Fort Eustis, Virginia as a Platoon Leader in the 73rd Transportation Company (Watercraft) and as the first Commander of the newly formed Diving Detachment (Provisional). Major General McHale’s next duty was Fort Rucker, Alabama where he graduated from Flight School and returned directly back to Fort Eustis to attend and graduate from the Army’s Helicopter Maintenance Test Pilot Course.

In June of 1982, Major General McHale headed to U.S. Army Europe where he served as a Battalion S4 Officer, Platoon Leader/Maintenance Test Pilot, and as a Company Commander in the 394th Transportation Battalion (AVIM), Stuttgart Germany. Following Company Command he was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas with the 6th Cavalry Brigade as the Brigade Materiel Management Chief, Squadron Executive Officer 3/6 Cavalry Squadron and Company Commander K Company, 158th Aviation Regiment, 13th Corps Support Command.

From July 1990 to January 1992, Major General McHale served on the Headquarters Department of the Army Staff at the Pentagon as an Aviation Logistics Action Officer and subsequently Speechwriter to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics. He then was transferred to Army Materiel Command to serve as Special Assistant to the Commanding General.

In June 1993 he took command of 8th Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, (Air Assault) with a sequential assignment as the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics G4. He left the Division and after a year as a Senior Service College National Security Fellow, Major General McHale returned to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) to stand up and command the 159th Aviation Brigade.

From August 1999 to August 2000 Major General McHale returned to the Pentagon to be the Chief of Aviation Programs for the Department of the Army. He remained at the Pentagon with a follow on assignment as the Executive Officer to the Director for Logistics J4 of the Joint Staff.

Major General McHale’s first General Officer assignment was in July 2002 as the United States Forces-Korea, Deputy Chief of Staff J4 (Logistics) in Seoul, South Korea. In September 2004 he assumed command of the 19th Theater Support Command in Daegu, South Korea. Upon return to the United States in October 2006, he was assigned to Headquarters Department of the Army as the Operations and Logistics Readiness Officer in the Office of the Army G4.

From October 2007 to June 2009, Major General McHale deployed to Iraq where he was the Deputy Chief of Staff for Resources and Sustainment for Multi-National Forces-Iraq. His assignment was extended to stand up the Security Agreement Secretariat and to become its first Director. He returned to the United States where he became the Director for Logistics Operations for the Defense Logistics Agency. His assignment to the Defense Logistics Agency was curtailed and he deployed to Afghanistan in January 2010 to become the Deputy Commanding General for Support for U.S. Forces Afghanistan until October 2011.

Major General McHale holds Master’s Degrees in Management from Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, and National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. He is a former National Security Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Major General McHale has been married to his wife Janice for 28 years. They have two boys, Casey 18, attending Valley Forge Military College in Wayne, Pennsylvania and Riley 12, attending Saint Louis Catholic School in Alexandria, Virginia.

Major General McHale’s awards and decorations include; Army Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Legion of Merit with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, First Class Divers Badge, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Ranger Tab, Senior Army Aviator Badge and the Combat Ac-tion Badge.

BIOGRAPHY UNITED STATES ARMY

Major General TIMOTHY P. MCHALE Special Assistant to the Vice Chief of Staff

Army Center for Army Analysis

OATH OF OFFICE

I, _________________, having been appointed a(n) ____________ in the

United States ___________ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies,

foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;

that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the

duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.

ARMY RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS

BAY STATE BATTALION

Department of Military Science

Lieutenant Colonel Ciro C. Stefano, Professor of Military Science

Major Kazim Mohammed, Enrollment Officer

Master Sergeant Javier Montanez, Senior Military Science Instructor

Sergeant First Class Louis Ruiz, Operations NCO

First Lieutenant Carson Williams, Operations Officer

Mr. Eric Hennings, Assistant Professor of Military Science

Mr. John Kissane, Assistant Professor of Military Science

Mrs. Fedencia Pagaduan, Assistant Professor of Military Science

Mr. Scott Wallace, Assistant Professor of Military Science

Mrs. Evelyn LaCroix, Human Resources Assistant

Mrs. Betty Speaks, Human Resources Assistant

Mr. Phil Cyr, Unit Supply Technician

Ms. Kim Marie Richardson, Administrative Assistant

NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS

COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS

Department of Naval Science

Captain Ronald L. Harrell, Commanding Officer

Commander James O. Godwin, Executive Officer

Captain Chris Reinke, Marine Officer Instructor

Lieutenant Mary Crabbe, Naval Science Instructor

Lieutenant Austin Rasbach, Naval Science Instructor

Lieutenant James P. Lee, Naval Science Instructor

AIR FORCE RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS DETACHMENT 340

THE GODDARD WING

Department of Aerospace Studies

Lieutenant Colonel Cynthia A. Provost, Commander

Captain Jeremy T. Kruger, Commandant of Cadets

Captain Bryan R. Kaanta, Unit Admissions Officer

Technical Sergeant Seymour M. Brookes, Personnelist

Technical Sergeant Corey L. Taulton, Information Manager

Mr. Raymond Verrier, Program Assistant

To Be Commissioned Second Lieutenant United States Army:

M. Spenser Brower Olathe, KS

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Mechanical Engineering

Ordnance Massachusetts National Guard

Ethan Evans Newburgh, ME

Daniel Webster College Air Traffic Services

Signal Corps New Hampshire National Guard

Natalie Garcia Barre, MA

University of Massachusetts Lowell Psychology

Adjutant General Corps New Hampshire National Guard

Christopher Garceau

Barre, MA Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Management Engineering Corps of Engineers

Location TBD

William Johnson Port Washington, NY

The College of the Holy Cross Classical Languages

& Literature Corps of Engineers

Daniel Hartz Worcester, MA

Worcester State University Non-Profit Management

Infantry Massachusetts National Guard

Ryan Malette Fitchburg, MA

Fitchburg State University Criminal Justice

Transportation Corps 101st Airborne Division

Fort Campbell, NY

Andrew Mihill Peperell, MA

University of Massachusetts Lowell Criminal Justice

& Homeland Security Infantry

173rd Airborne Brigade Vincenza, Italy

Jason Voas Charlton, MA

Worcester State University Business Administration

Ordnance Massachusetts National Guard

Andrew Poirier Holden, MA

Anna Maria College Political Science

Corps of Engineers Massachusetts National Guard

Stephen Conlin Cutchogue, NY

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Management Engineering

Naval Aviation Flight School, Pensacola

Florida

Ethan Connors Uxbridge, MA

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Aerospace Engineering

Naval Aviation Flight School, Pensacola

Florida

To Be Commissioned Second Lieutenant / Ensign United States Naval Service:

Mark Machado Warren, RI

Worcester State University History

Marine Corps Ground The Basic School, Quantico

Virginia

Daniel Metcalf Westerly, RI

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Mechanical Engineering

Submarines Nuclear Power School

Goose Creek, South Carolina

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Brian Soscia Webster, MA

Worcester State University Criminal Justice

Marine Corps Ground The Basic School, Quantico

Virginia

Archibald Owen Stow, MA

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Electrical & Computer Engi-

neering Submarines

Nuclear Power School Goose Creek, South Carolina

Elliot White Sangus, MA

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Civil Engineering

Submarines Nuclear Power School

Goose Creek, South Carolina

To Be Commissioned Second Lieutenant United States Air Force:

Alyssa Ascare Simsbury, CT

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Biomedical Engineering

Air Battle Manager Tyndall Air Force Base

Florida

Shane Bellingham Goffstown, NH

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Mechanical Engineering Developmental Engineer

Hurlburt Field Florida

Siobhan Bennett Oxford, MA

Assumption College English Writing & Mass Com-

munication Public Affairs Officer Nellis Air Force Base

Nevada

Zachary Chandler Princeton, MA

Worcester State University History

Intelligence Officer Goodfellow Air Force Base

Texas

Christopher Cullinan Auburn, MA

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Electrical Engineering Cyber Space Operator Keesler Air Force Base

Mississippi

David Irwin Pelham, MA

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Mechanical Engineering

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Pilot Randolph Air Force Base

Texas

Andrew Mackenzie Walpole, MA

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Civil Engineering

Pilot Whiting Field

Florida

Christopher Wyant Fort Collins, CO

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Electrical Engineering

Combat Systems Operator Columbus Air Force Base

Mississippi

The Army Song

First to fight for the right,

And to build the Nation’s might, And the Army Goes Rolling Along

Proud of all we have done Fighting till the battle’s won,

And the Army Goes Rolling Along

Then it’s Hi, Hi, Hey! The Army’s on its way Count off the cadence loud and strong

(TWO, THREE) For where e’er we go, you will always know

That the Army Goes Rolling Along

Marine Corps Hymn

From the halls of Montezuma

To the shores of Tripoli, We fight our country’s battles In the air, on land, and sea.

First to fight for right and freedom,

And to keep our honor clean, We are proud to claim the title

Of United States Marines.

Navy Song

Anchors Aweigh, my boys, Anchors Aweigh

Farewell to college joys. We sail at break of day-ay-ay-ay! Through our last night on shore,

Drink to the foam Until we meet once more

Here’s wishing you a happy voyage home.

Air Force Song

Off we go into the wild blue yonder,

Climbing high into the sun: Here they come zooming to meet our thunder,

At 'em boys, give 'er the gun! (Shout) GIVE 'ER THE GUN!

Down we dive, spouting our flame from under Off with one helluva roar!

We live in fame or go down in flame, (Shout) HEY! NOTHING CAN STOP

THE U.S. AIR FORCE