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WIU Students Commissioned Second Lieutenants
December 16, 2002
Brett N. Brooks and Nicholas S. Rivera. (Download print-quality image) |
MACOMB, IL - Two Western Illinois University Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) cadets were commissioned second lieutenants in the U.S. Army during a Dec. 13 ceremony on campus.
Nicholas S. Rivera, an agriculture major from Rock Falls, received an active duty commission and will attend Transportation Officer Basic Course in May 2003. He is assigned to Westerns Bulldog Battalion as a Gold Bar Recruiter until May. Rivera is the son of Cindy Repass of Rock Falls and Anthony Rivera of Oregon. His mother pinning on his second lieutenant bars.
Brett N. Brooks, a history major from Mason City, received a reserve duty commission and will attend Chemical Officer Basic Course. He is the son of James and Theresa Brooks of Mason City. Pinning on his bars were his mother and his fiancée Tiffany Pellinghelli.
WIU's military science department, established in 1968, recently earned its second consecutive General Douglas MacArthur Award and received a top 20 ranking among all 270 U.S. Army Cadet Command programs nationwide.
The MacArthur Award, given jointly by the MacArthur Foundation and the commander of the United States Army Cadet Command, is presented annually to the top programs in each of Cadet Command's three regions. Western earned the award as the best large division program in the Second Region, headquartered at Ft. Knox, KY, which consists of 88 schools in 14-states. Western also earned the MacArthur Award in 1994.
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