Army ROTC Cadets Commissioned as Officers at St. Norbert College
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From St. Norbert College, May 9, 2018
by Mike Counter, mike.counter@snc.edu, 920-403-3089
The following St. Norbert College students will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the United States Army during ceremonies to be held in Walter Theatre, Abbot Pennings Hall of Fine Arts, 315 Third St., on the St. Norbert College campus in De Pere, Wis. on Friday, May 18, at 3 p.m.
Mikaela Nowak of Franklin, Wis., is commissioned as an active-duty second lieutenant in the Transportation Corps. Upon commissioning, she will attend the Transportation Basic Officer Leaders Course at Fort Lee, Va., followed by her assignment at Fort Carson, Colo.
Katherine Rebholz of Wauwatosa, Wis., is commissioned as an active-duty second lieutenant in the Medical Service Corps. Upon commissioning, she will attend the Medical Service Basic Officer Leaders Course at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, followed by her assignment at Fort Lewis, Wash.
Joseph Rebholz of Milwaukee, Wis., is commissioned as an active-duty second lieutenant in the Transportation Corps. Upon commissioning, he will attend the Transportation Basic Officer Leaders Course at Fort Lee, Va., followed by his assignment at Fort Lewis, Wash.
Brandon Squires of Kewaunee, Wis., is commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army National Guard as a transportation officer. Upon commissioning, he will attend the Transportation Basic Officer Leaders Course at Fort Lee, Va., followed by his assignment with the Wisconsin National Guard.
More than 980 students have graduated from St. Norbert College’s ROTC program. Twelve graduates have attained the rank of general during their military careers. Thirty-three have attained the rank of colonel. Few schools offering ROTC can make such a claim.
St. Norbert College’s Green Knight Co. is a member of the Fox Valley Battalion, headquartered at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. It includes companies from Lawrence University, Marian University, Ripon College, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
For more information on the military science program at St. Norbert College, go to http://www.snc.edu/militaryscience/ or contact 920-403-6550 or militaryscience@snc.edu.