Army News

LTC Brian De Toy

I hope this finds all in our military community enjoying a peaceful and relaxing summer. We completed the spring term with the last of our 12 new 2LT commissionings for the year on 19 May. They are already off to their basic schools and other training. Soon, they will join the members of last year's class in operations overseas. We have over ten new LTs from last year and 3 current cadets deployed in and around Iraq. Of course, we are very, very proud of their service.

We have received our grades for the spring term and the battalion continues to make steady improvement for the third consecutive semester. Our battalion cumulative GPA is 3.11, well above university, athletic department, and Greek averages.

Already this summer we have had one cadet graduate from Airborne (paratroop) school at Ft Benning. One of his

platoon mates was 2LT Shannon Twohig , a graduate from our program last year; she too earned her coveted silver wings! We have cadets training all over the country and overseas these next two months. All the juniors are at Ft Lewis, Washington, and we also have cadets taking classes or training in Hawaii, Germany, Morocco, and Britain, as well as San Diego and Washington DC. Four of us cadre are also at Ft Lewis, and one is at Ft Knox, all supporting cadet training camps. So, while we are taking a break from the academic grind, we are still quite busy.

Best wishes to everyone for a safe and pleasant summer.

Jayhawks Lead the Way!

LTC Brian M. De Toy

Navy News

CAPT Jim Cooper, USN

JULY 2003 SCUTTLEBUTT

We ended last semester on a very positive note, commissioning five new officers. Second Lieutenant Clint Maddox will attend The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia; Ensign Aaron Balsmeier is reporting to Naval Reactors in Washington, D.C., as a staff engineer in the Navy's nuclear propulsion program; Ensign Ryan Chappell is attached to our unit awaiting his school start date for aviation training in Pensacola, Florida; Ensign Ryan Willette will de departing soon for San Diego, California, for Navy SEAL training; and Ensign Nicole Cole departs to report aboard USS KEARSARGE ( LHD -3), homeported at Norfolk, Virginia, and currently deployed to the Mediterranean. Additionally, Officer Candidate Wait graduated and is attending Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida. Midshipmen are deployed on summer cruises and we are already in final planning for our annual Orientation and Indoctrination (O&I) for the upcoming freshman class. O&I will be held at Camp Clark in Nevada, Missouri, from 13-17 August.

We are planning the Change of Command ceremony where I will be relinquish command, after four great years, to Captain Rich High (another Navy VP aviator), this coming August 23rd at 1000, here at the Military Science Building. Additionally, Commander Richards departs at the end of August for retirement as Commander Chris Orwoll reports and assumes the billet of XO . Gunnery Sergeant Amadis , our AMOI , is currently training Marine Corps Officer Candidates at OCS in Quantico, VA. Major Strole, our MOI, and YNC Wheeler will depart in June to support Career ORientation TRAining for MIDshipmen (CORTRAMID) West in San Diego, California. They will support the Marine Week training portion at the School of Infantry in Camp Pendleton, CA.

Lastly, Midshipman 1/C Brian Gordon is our new Battalion Commanding Officer. He and his staff will hit the ground running this fall. Go Jayhawks!

CAPT Jim Cooper

Professor of Naval Science