Change of Command at UMaine ROTC

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ORONO — Lt. Col. Charles Forshee will relinquish command of the Army Reserve officer Training Corps Battalion at the University of Maine on Saturday, June 14.  Lt. Col. Josef Hallatschek will replace Forshee.

Forshee has served as professor of Military Science and commander of the Black Bear Battalion since June, 2001.  Forshee, his wife Colleen and their three children will move to Ft. Hood, Texas, where he will assume command of an infantry battalion in the 1st Calvary Division.

Hallatschek and his family will move to Maine from Stuttgart, Germany, where he was director of Public Works for the 6th Area Support Group.  A U.S. Military Academy graduate, Hallatschek was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1982.  He earned an M.S. in Systems Management from the University of Southern California in 1988 and graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in 1991.  Hallatschek has earned several military distinctions, including the U.S. Army Ranger Tab and the Parachutist’s Badge.  He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

A Change of Command Ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Friday, June 13 at the armory in UMaine’s field house.