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Eastern Washington University ROTC Graduates: 1970 – 1979

10/31/201906/28/2019 by jstafford3

Below are the graduates from the Eastern Washington University (EWU) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) battalion from 1970 – 1979. This list is compiled from the records we were able to find here at the university. To help make this list as accurate as possible we request that alumni send in any corrections or additions for this list via our contact page or by leaving a comment below. Go Fighting Eags!

Year	Name	Branch	Component
1979	Dische, Steven
1978	Cain, Mark	Engineer	Active Duty
1978	Lietz, Marilynn
1978	Stuart, Steven	Infantry	Active Duty
1977	Geisler, Aaron	Armor	Active Duty
1977	Olsen, Eric
1976	Jewell, Wanda	Ordnance	Active Duty
1976	West, Scott	Quartermaster	Active Duty
1974	Bond, James
1974	Bullow, Kenny
1974	Burd, Eric	Aviator	Active Duty
1974	Cook, Dawn	Adjutant General	Active Duty
1974	Fitzgerald, Kevin	Signal	Active Duty
1974	Jones, Kevin	Infantry	Active Duty
1974	Masters, Fredrick
1974	Mayer, Mark	Military Police	Active Duty
1974	Millage, Smith
1974	Roden, Dan	Medical Services	Active Duty
1974	Rowell, Daryl
1974	Sealock, Neal	Infantry	Active Duty
1974	Snapp, Kelly	Signal	Active Duty
1974	Steinruck, Jim	MSC	Active Duty then Reserves
1974	Trimble, Walt	Medical Services
1974	Van Cleave, Bill	Signal	Active Duty
1974	Walker, Mike	Medical Services	Active Duty
1973	Butcher, Bruce	Military Police	Active Duty
1973	Epperson, Steven		Active Duty
1979	Pierson, James	Infantry	Active Duty
1976	Joplin, James	Medical Service	Active Duty
1971	Rose, Charles	Aviation	Active Duty

Eastern Washington University ROTC Graduates: 1960 – 1969

10/31/201906/28/2019 by jstafford3

Below are the graduates from the Eastern Washington University (EWU) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) battalion from 1960 – 1969. This list is compiled from the records we were able to find here at the university. To help make this list as accurate as possible we request that alumni send in any corrections or additions for this list via our contact page or by leaving a comment below. Go Fighting Eags!

Year	Name	Branch	Component
1969	Bentley, David	Infantry	Active Duty
1969	Privratsky, Kenneth	Transportation	Active Duty
1968	Hodson, Victor	Aviation	Active Duty
1968	McCandlis, Owen	Infantry	Active Duty
1968	Turner, Randy	Adjutant General	Active Duty
1968	Pearson, William	Infantry	Active Duty
1968	Quigley, Tom	Engineer	Active Duty
1968	Wall, William	Field Artillery	Active Duty
1968	Watson, Albert	Infantry	Active Duty
1968	Zimmerman, James		Active Duty
1967	Arney, Randall	Infantry	Active Duty
1967	Mellick, Jerry	Transportation	Active Duty
1967	Nelson, Richard
1967	Reed Jr., Henly Ed	Infantry	Active Duty
1967	Walker, Richard	Infantry	Active Duty
1966	Aldinger, Herbert
1966	Heinemann, Robert	Ordnance	Army Reserves
1965	Clark, Robert
1965	Heacox, Mick	Infantry	Active Duty
1965	Morgan, Douglas
1964	Magnuson, John
1964	Vrandenburg, Keith	Field Artillery	Active Duty
1964	Wong, Frederick	Signal	Active Duty
1964	Woods, Alex	Armor	Active Duty
1963	Boutz, Fred
1963	Grosshans, John
1963	Hess, Mike	Infantry	Active Duty
1963	Paterson, Ted	Military Police	Active Duty
1962	Ator, Richard	Infantry	Active Duty
1962	Bean, Roger	Field Artillery	Active Duty
1962	Danielson, David	Infantry	Active Duty
1962	England, Jack	Infantry	Active Duty
1962	Peters, Bruce
1962	Ping, Victor	Medical Services	Active Duty
1962	Stapleton, Sherman	Field Artillery	Active Duty
1962	Roberts, Gary	Military Police	Active Duty
1961	Wolfe, Richard	U.S. Navy	Active Duty
1960	Borg, Charles
1960	Palmer, Richard
1960	McFarland, Jon	Military Police	Active Duty
1960	Thiel, Ed	Armor	Active Duty

Eastern Washington University ROTC Graduates: 1955 – 1959

10/31/201906/28/2019 by jstafford3

Below are the graduates from the Eastern Washington University (EWU) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) battalion from 1955 – 1959. This list is compiled from the records we were able to find here at the university. To help make this list as accurate as possible we request that alumni send in any corrections or additions for this list via our contact page or by leaving a comment below. Go Fighting Eags!

Year	Name	Branch	Component
1959	Campbell, Ron
1959	Evans, Jaye	Infantry	Active Duty
1959	Johnson, Stan	Engineer	Active Duty
1959	Lilliangreen, Paul	Signal Corps	Army Reserve
1959	Linton, James
1959	Matheson, Kent
1959	Palmer, Dick	Military Police	Active Duty
1959	Short, Bob	Military Police	Active Duty
1959	Sullivan, Ron	Signal Corps	Army Reserve
1958	Owens, Dean	Infantry	Active Duty
1958	Sperber, Ron	Military Police	Active Duty
1958	Talkington, Tom	Signal Corps	Active Duty
1957	Burkhart, Robert	Engineer	Army Reserve
1957	Dickerson, Jon	Field Artillery	Active Duty
1957	Bowen, Carl	Medical Service Corps	Active Duty
1957	Burkhart, Robert	Engineer	Army Reserve
1957	Butts, Roy	Field Artillery	Army Reserve
1957	Clark, Dennis	Signal Corps	Army Reserve
1957	Dickerson, Jon	Field Artillery	Active Duty
1957	Henry, David	Signal Corps	Army Reserve
1957	Jefferis, Robert	Field Artillery	Army Reserve
1957	Johnson, Alven	Field Artillery	Army Reserve
1957	Johnson, Wayne	Infantry	Army Reserve
1957	O'Brien, Claude	Military Police	Army Reserve
1957	Sherwood, Dan	Signal Corps	Active Duty
1957	Siegel, Eugene	Military Police	Army Reserve
1957	White, James	Infantry	Army Reserve
1957	Williams, Richard	Field Artillery	Army Reserve
1957	Wolford, Robert	Field Artillery	Army Reserve
1956	Bernd, Roy	Signal Corps	Active Duty
1956	Braddock, David	Infantry	Active Duty
1956	Garner, John	Infantry	Army Reserve
1956	Gower, Johnny	Field Artillery	Army Reserve
1956	Hoagland, William	Infantry	Army Reserve
1956	Kramer, Kevin	Field Artillery	Army Reserve
1956	Laughbon, Richard	Quartermaster	Active Duty
1956	Moos, Howard	Field Artillery	Army Reserve
1956	Wakefield, Jerry	Field Artillery	Army Reserve
1955	Arlt, Kenneth	Field Artillery	Army Reserve
1955	Corkins, Robert	Field Artillery	Army Reserve
1955	Edwards, Richard	Infantry	Active Duty
1955	Eylar, Frank	Armor	Army Reserve
1955	Hallett, Duncan	Ordnance	Army Reserve
1955	Hoag, Earl	Signal Corps	Army Reserve
1955	Uyeno, Howard	Field Artillery	Army Reserve
1955	White, Louis	Infantry	Army Reserves

EWU ROTC Cadre Member Recognized as the Cadet Command Human Resource Assistant of the Year

06/26/2019 by jstafford3

The Eastern Washington University (EWU) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program was recently notified that our Human Resource Assistant (HRA), Ms. Linda Moody was selected as the U.S. Army Cadet Command HRA of the Year. This is a well deserved recognition for Ms. Moody who has been instrumental to the success of the EWU ROTC “Fighting Eagles” battalion.

For example the ability of our Cadets to receive their first branch choice well ahead of Cadet Command averages and the high number of Cadets who received internships is to Ms. Moody’s diligence. Ms. Moody besides being busy with her own HRA responsibilities also served double duty as the unit supply technician for the past year while the position was vacant. She even served in a third position as our Unit Prevention Leader (UPL) in charge of administering our unit drug testing programing. If that wasn’t enough she also spent the summer at Ft. Knox, Kentucky conducting both administrative and supply duties in support of Cadet Command’s premier Cadet training event, Advanced Camp.

Ms. Moody joins Sergeant First Class Jason Hennig, who was the Cadet Command Instructor of Year, as one of our two Cadet Command annual award winners for this academic year. The EWU ROTC battalion was the only university, out of Cadet Command’s 274 ROTC programs across the country, to be recognized with two annual award winners.

Congratulations to Ms. Moody for this well deserved and prestigious accomplishment.

Go ROTC! Go Fighting Eags!

Eastern Washington University Military Science Department Recognized as Team of the Year

10/21/202106/24/2019 by jstafford3

This past month featured Finals Week for the students followed by the Eastern Washington University (EWU) graduation. It was also time for end of the academic year awards for the various colleges within the university. One of the awards being given by the College of Social Sciences (CSS) was the Team Excellence Award. This year the award went to the EWU Military Science Department that operates the university’s U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program. Over the past year the ROTC program known as the “Fighting Eagles” battalion has trained up to 100 Cadets and commissioned 12 of them as Second Lieutenants into the U.S. Army. The ROTC battalion also hosted the first ever German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge (GAFPB) competition on the Eastern campus, executed a number of volunteer events in the community, and their Cadets received ratings above the Cadet Command average at the ROTC Advanced Camp.

From Left: Major Nicholas Carbaugh, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Stafford, Mr. Jeff Greer, Sergeant First Class David Ratliff, Mr. Rob Riedel.

The Military Science Department also had personnel receive prestigious individual recognition over the past year. Sergeant First Class Jason Hennig was recognized as the Cadet Command Instructor of the Year and the Spokane Armed Forces Person of the Year, and Ms. Linda Moody was recognized as the Cadet Command Human Resources Administrator of the Year. The EWU Military Science Department was the only university in the nation to win two Cadet Command annual awards. Cadets in the program also won personal recognition, with one winning a EWU Student Leader Excellence Award and the other receiving the City of Cheney Award for their volunteer service. Another Cadet was awarded the prestigious Chertok Scholarship from the College of Social Sciences this year.

Thank you to the College of Social Sciences for recognizing the Military Science Department with this award.

Eastern Washington University ROTC Cadet Awarded the Prestigious Chertok Memorial Scholarship

06/18/2019 by jstafford3

It is university award season and for one Eastern Washington University (EWU) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Cadet, his outstanding performance was recognized by being selected for the Jeffers Chertok Memorial Scholarship. The Chertok Scholarship is given to deserving College of Social Science (CSS) students between their Junior and Senior years of college. Cadet Chad Triplett was one of two CSS students selected for the scholarship this year that provides funding towards his senior year college tuition.

The scholarship was created to honor the life of Professor Jeffers W. Chertok, PhD, who worked at EWU for more than 34 years. He was well known on campus for his scholarship, generosity and passion for Eastern. Dr. Chertok passed away in 2004, but his legacy towards EWU continues with this scholarship.

Cadet Chad Triplett (right) is pictured with Dr. Jonathan Anderson the Dean of the College of Social Sciences after being recognized as one of the two recipients of the Jeffers Chertok Memorial Scholarship.

Chad Triplett is definitely a CSS student that Dr. Chertok would be proud of. Chad is a Criminal Justice major who has maintained a high GPA, scored a perfect 300 on his Army Physical Fitness Test, was part of the university’s Ranger Challenge team, was awarded a Gold German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge, and active in volunteer activities in the community.

Cadet Chad Triplett

In addition to his college activities, this summer Cadet Triplett is attending ROTC Advanced Camp at Ft. Knox, Kentucky which is Cadet Command’s premier training event. Following Advanced Camp Cadet Triplett will then be heading off to Ft. Benning, Georgia to attend the U.S. Army’s Airborne School where he will train to be a paratrooper. Congratulations to Cadet Triplett and thank you to the College of Social Sciences for selecting Chad as a recipient of the prestigious Jeffers Chertok Memorial Scholarship.