{"id":25487,"date":"2021-05-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-texan-battalion-commissions-11-new-army-lieutenants\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T16:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T21:44:59","slug":"tarleton-texan-battalion-commissions-11-new-army-lieutenants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-texan-battalion-commissions-11-new-army-lieutenants\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Texan Battalion Commissions 11 New Army Lieutenants"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ROTC\"<\/a><\/p>\n

ROTC<\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n

Wednesday, May 19, 2021<\/p>\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014\u00a0Eleven Tarleton State University ROTC Texan Battalion cadets were commissioned second lieutenants in the U.S. Army in a May 13 ceremony on the Stephenville campus.<\/p>\n

Cadets must complete their undergraduate degree, including a military science curriculum, and leader development training to be commissioned.<\/p>\n

Col. Sean Corrigan, U.S. Army (retired), a 1988 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and currently Executive Vice President for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, keynoted the ceremony.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are stepping into an Army that is under-prepared right now because of COVID. You can\u2019t go to the range virtually, so you have a major task ahead of you training troops,\u201d he advised the new officers.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are responsible for those troops assigned to you. There\u2019s no such thing as a grace period, you\u2019re the leader from the day you sign in. The Army defines selfless service as putting the welfare of the nation, the Army and your subordinates before your own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recently commissioned Texan Battalion cadets, their degree, Texas hometown, branch and component:<\/p>\n

\u2022 2nd\u00a0Lt. Nathan Wood,<\/strong>\u00a0bachelor\u2019s in wildlife sustainability and ecosystem sciences,\u00a0Sweetwater, Infantry, Texas Army National Guard.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 2nd\u00a0Lt. William Corrigan<\/strong>, bachelor\u2019s in criminal justice, Frisco, Chemical, active Army.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2nd\u00a0Lt. Stephen Duong,\u00a0<\/strong>bachelor\u2019s in criminal justice, Richardson, Infantry, Texas Army National Guard.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2nd\u00a0Lt. Alec Brown<\/strong>, bachelor\u2019s in criminal justice, Weatherford, Infantry, active Army.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2nd\u00a0Lt. Cameron Lehr<\/strong>, bachelor\u2019s in kinesiology, Jacksonville, Aviation, active Army.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2nd\u00a0Lt. Christopher Mazzocchi<\/strong>, bachelor\u2019s in criminal justice, Prosper, Infantry, active Army.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2nd\u00a0Lt. Gabrielle Howes<\/strong>, bachelor\u2019s in information systems, Houston, Field Artillery, active Army.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2nd\u00a0Lt. David Sneed,\u00a0<\/strong>bachelor\u2019s in kinesiology, Copperas Cove, Quartermaster, U.S. Army Reserve.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2nd\u00a0Lt. Esias Ortiz,\u00a0<\/strong>bachelor\u2019s in kinesiology, San Antonio, Infantry, active Army.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2nd\u00a0Lt. Cameron Pool,\u00a0<\/strong>bachelor\u2019s in construction science, Fort Worth, Field Artillery, active Army.<\/p>\n

\u2022 2nd\u00a0Lt. Justin Parsons,\u00a0<\/strong>bachelor\u2019s in criminal justice, Helotes, Field Artillery, active Army.<\/p>\n

For more information on the Tarleton Texan Battalion and Army ROTC program, visit\u00a0www.tarleton.edu\/rotc<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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