Army ROTC Command Change at UMaine July 14
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO –Lt. Col. Kevin J. Harris will assume command of the University of Maine Army ROTC Battalion in a 10 a.m. ceremony scheduled for Thursday July 14 in the Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium, 163 Barrows Hall.
Lt. Col. Harris will replace Lt. Col Josef R. Hallatschek, who has served as Professor of Military Science and Commander of the Black Bear Battalion since June 13, 2003. He will move with his family to Harrisburg, N.C.
Harris, who was born in Buffalo, N.Y., is currently stationed in Rainier, Wash. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force in 1984. He later transferred to the Army, accepting a direct commission in the Army Corps of Engineers.
Harris earned an Associate’s Degree in Surveying Technology from the State University of New York at Alfred, a Bachelor’s Degree in Surveying from Ferris State College in Michigan and a Master’s in Engineering Management from St. Martin’s College in Washington.