Army ROTC Cadets listening to Brigadier General Bren Rogers speech at the Spring 2022 AROTC Commissioning Ceremony on May 6, 2022. Photo courtesy of Aaron Sager.
The University of Colorado Boulder Army ROTC Department, Alpha Company, Commissioned another nine Cadets on Friday, May 6th during the end of the 2022 spring semester. The ceremony was held in-person on the CU-Boulder campus in the Old Main Chapel. The ceremony was also presented via a Zoom Meeting for those friends and family members that were unable to attend in-person.
The emcee for the days event was Cadet Ethan Martin (MSIII) with assistance from Cadet Brendon Himes (MSII). The officer in charge of the event was Captain Chris Head, the AROTC A-Company Senior Assistant Professor of Military Science (SrAPMS). Lieutenant Colonel Bryce Kawaguchi began the ceremony with a few opening remarks. Then the special guest speaker, Brigadier General Bren D. Rogers, addressed the Cadets with an uplifting speech.
The Cadets were officially sworn in as Second Lieutenants with the Oath of Office being administered by LTC Kawaguchi to seven of the Cadets and a friend or family member to the other 2 Cadets. Each individual 2LT had their rank pinned on their uniform by chosen friends or family members. A Non-Commissioned Officer of their choosing gave the first “Silver Dollar Salute.”
Seven Cadets are sworn in with the Oath of Office by LTC Bryce Kawaguchi (not pictured). Photo courtesy of Aaron Sager.
The nine Cadets that are now officially Second Lieutenant’s in the United States Army, are as follows (alphabetical order):
1. 2LT Christian Fin – from Portland, Oregon, majored in Computer Science and commissioned into Cyber
2. 2LT Jane Geisman – from Avon, Colorado, majored in Biological Sciences and commissioned into the Veterinary Corps
3. 2LT Joshua Greulich – from Lakewood, Colorado, majored in Sociology and commissioned into Ordnance
4. 2LT Lance Koenig – from Okinawa, Japan, majored in Electrical Engineering and commissioned into Cyber
5. 2LT James Laucirica – from Colorado Springs, Colorado, majored in Political Science and commissioned into Infantry
6. 2LT Thomas Mahre – from Grand Junction, Colorado, majored in Computer Science and commissioned into Cyber
7. 2LT Chantel Phipps – from Germantown, Tennessee, majored in Biological Sciences and commissioned into Field Artillery
8. 2LT Miranda Trainor – from Kenosha, Wisconsin, majored in International Relations and commissioned into Ordnance
9. 2LT Parker White – from Witton, Connecticut, majored in Political Science and commissioned into the Military Police
Congratulations to our new Second Lieutenants. May your new experiences with the U.S. Army be as rich and fulfilling as they were here at CU-Boulder.
Army ROTC Spring 2022 Commissionees [from left to right]: 2LT Koenig, 2LT Fin, 2LT Phipps, 2LT Laucirica, 2LT Greulich, 2LT Geisman,
2LT Mahre, 2LT Trainor (not pictured is 2LT White). Photo courtesy of Aaron Sager.