University of Maine’s Army ROTC Plans May 11 Commissioning Ceremony
Contact: Contact: Maj. James C. Moreno, Enrollment Officer, University of Maine Army ROTC, Room 112, Armory, (207) 581-1125
ORONO — The University of Maine Army ROTC’s Black Bear Battalion will hold its Spring Commissioning Ceremony on May 11 to commission Heather Adams of Plymouth, Mass.; Christopher Byrnes of Enfield, Conn.; Jacob Flagg of Winterport, Maine; Mark Mancini of Avon, Conn.; George Ouellette of Clinton, Maine; and Winfield Swanton of Bangor, Maine into the United States Army as second lieutenants.
The ceremony will occur at Minsky Recital Hall in the Class of 1944 Hall, adjacent to the Maine Center for the Arts, at 4 p.m., with distinguished guests Maine Gov. John Baldacci and the Maine’s Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. John Libby.
Cadets will receive their oaths of office from current or retired commissioned officers, with some even being members of their own families. As part of the ceremony, the new second lieutenants will take part in the time-honored tradition of presenting a silver dollar to the first non-commissioned officer that renders them a salute. All of the new officers will attend their officer basic courses in the upcoming months and return to Maine to serve with the Maine Army National Guard or report to their first duty stations in the active duty Army.