Three Penn State Abington ROTC cadets were commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the US Army on May 16, 2008. The ceremony marked the first Commissioning Ceremony in the campus' 50-year history.
Pictured front row above: Cadet Grant Kerrick was commissioned as a Medical Service Officer; Cadet David Tran was commissioned as a Field Artillery Officer; Cadet Michael Maricle was commissioned as an Armor officer.
Cadets were flanked by Friends of Abington ROTC (l-r): LTC Mack Brooks (USA Ret), Leonard Schwartz (former cadet), LTC Ken Steel (USAR Ret), LTC Rick Tweed (USA Ret), Bruce Saenger (former ROTC Instructor).
Captain Ben Spang
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