LLAB 16 - 26 Jan 10

Each semester, multiple award ceremonies are held to recognize the achievements of the cadets. Awards range from getting good grades, receiving an ROTC scholarship, getting a high score on their physical fitness assessment, to doing an outstanding job in ROTC. See the full list of award recipients below.

Look at all the recipients of the Academic Honors Award!

Cadet Zahn, Porter and Crandall were the recipients of an ROTC In-College Scholarship. The commander surprised these cadets with the announcement, who were forced to stand in front of everyone, not knowing why.

After the awards ceremony, we moved to the Student Rec Center, where the GMC (General Military Course--the freshman and sophomores) practiced drill and marching. Many Freshman were brand-new to the program and have never marched before. These cadets were separated and taught the very basics while the returning Freshman continued their training from what they learned about marching from last semester.

Cadet Watson explaining the next drill maneuver they will learn next.

While the Freshman cadets practiced basic drill procedures, the Sophomores practiced commanding their fellow FTP cadets in drill. This is good practice to do here at LLAB, because Field Training is a very chaotic setting and cadets are expected to command their flights to march everywhere they go. Marching your flight while under the extreme pressure of being at Field Training is much easier after this type of practice.

The sophomores, under the guidance of trainers, practice marching their fellow sophomore cadets around the gym. They will be requied to march their flights at Field Training, this summer.

Full List of Awards

4.0 Term GPA during the 2009 Fall Semester
-Jones, Miller, Sellers (Sean), Smith

Academic Honors Award recognizes academic excellence as signified by a term GPA of 3.0 or better for one full academic term. The recipient must also have an average of 3.5 in Aerospace courses for the duration of this period.

Completed Cadets: Daniels, Heckenkamp, and Sides

AS400 Cadets: Byrd, Evans, Gruening, Jones, Kudlacz, Miller, Stephens, and Swartz

AS300 Cadets: Flach, Gannon, Koll, Navarro, Nelson, Sellers (Stephen), Shirley, Watson, Wetzel, and Wright.

AS200 Cadets: Boyd, Cherry, Cross, Drue, Fowler, Hafkey, Hughes, Johnson (Matthew), Locicero, Maloney, Petersen, Pund, Sellers (Sean), Smith, Trewett, Wolfe, Yutz, and Zahn.

AS100 Cadets: Campbell, Crandell, Grajales, Ragland, Schulte, and Spearing.

Recruiting Award recognizes outstanding effort in support of the detachment recruiting activities and is given to cadets who have attended at least 2 recruiting events each semester.
-Heckenkamp, Watson

The Marshall/Arnold 5 Star Award
-Swartz

Reserve Officer Association (ROA) National Convention
-Mills

National Character and Leadership Symposium (NCLS)
-Sellers (Stephen)