East Tennessee State University(이스트테네시주립대학교)Ten ROTC cadets to receive U.S. Army commissions in ceremony Friday[미국주립대 장학생 프로그램]

East Tennessee State University(이스트테네시주립대학교)Ten ROTC cadets to receive U.S. Army commissions in ceremony Friday

Ten East Tennessee State University ROTC cadets will become second lieutenants in the U.S. Army on Friday, May 5, during a 9 a.m. Commissioning Ceremony at the Amphitheatre.

The speaker will be Brig. Gen. Kurtis J. Winstead, a Rogersville native who has served in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps branch of the Tennessee Army National Guard since 1990.  He has been Tennessee’s State Staff Judge Advocate, Joint Force Headquarters, since 2009.

Winstead was deployed in 2005 for Operation Iraqi Freedom III and earned the Meritorious Service Medal as a senior judge advocate.  He graduated from the U.S. Army War College (DDE) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 2010 with a master of strategic studies degree.  In 2012, he received the Citizen of the Year Award from The Not Alone America’s Future Series Nashville for his service in the Tennessee National Guard.

Winstead earned his undergraduate degree from Centre College, where he played varsity football and was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, and his law degree from the University of Richmond in Virginia.

His practice focuses on litigation and general business law, and his practice litigation experience complements his role as “outside” general counsel for Tennessee businesses, especially when acting as advisor or advocate on such matters as commercial transactions, torts, employment issues and contracts.

Winstead is general counsel for two statewide associations and has served as a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator since 2000.  He is an adjunct instructor of business law at Belmont University’s Undergraduate College of Business Administration and is a member of the board of trustees for Battle Ground Academy, Franklin.

He and his wife, Beth, live in Franklin with daughters Bridget and Mary Hannah.

The 10 ROTC cadets who will be commissioned as second lieutenants are scheduled to graduate from ETSU on Saturday, May 6.  They are:

John Vincent Badgley, Burnsville, North Carolina, will graduate with a B.S. degree in criminal justice and criminology and will enter the Infantry.  He is the son of Paul Badgley and the late Wendi Badgley.

Jacob Breeding will graduate with a B.S. degree in history and will enter the Infantry.  He is the son of Michael and Tracey Breeding, Bristol.

Cody Haynes Buchanan, the son of David and Lisa Buchanan, Bristol, Virginia, will graduate with a B.S. degree in criminal justice and criminology.  He will be assigned to the Transportation Corps.

Brandon Stewart Coffey’s service in the U.S. Army began as a combat medic in the 3rd/278th Armored Cavalry Regiment in April 2012.  In September 2015, he was contracted as a cadet in ETSU’s Buccaneer Battalion.  The son of Bryan Coffey and Judy Smith of Rogersville has earned an M.A. degree in criminal justice and criminology and will enter the Military Police Corps.  Upon completion of the Military Police Officer Basic Course at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Coffey’s assignment will be with the 174th Infantry Brigade based out of Fort Drum, New York.

Jessekah Meeshiel Gonzalez of Bristol was born in Sayre, Pennsylvania, and has lived in many parts of the United States.  She will enter the Military Police Corps after graduating with a B.S. degree in criminal justice and criminology.  Upon completion of the Military Police Officer Basic Course, Gonzalez will be assigned to the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort Meade, Maryland, to serve as a law-order operations officer.  She is the daughter of Angelo and Donna Gonzalez.

Matthew Thomas Hagy, the son of Sandra Hagy, Corryton, will graduate with a B.S. in interdisciplinary studies and will be assigned to the Chemical Corps.

Patrick Ledbetter has earned a B.S. degree in criminal justice and criminology and will enter the Quartermaster Corps.  He is the son of Pamela Cairnes and Richard Holloway Jr., Pelzer, South Carolina.

Nicholas David Osborne, the son of David and Nancy Osborne, Eagan, will enter the Infantry following his graduation with a B.S. degree in history.

Wesley Alexander Vaughan will graduate with a B.S. degree in geological sciences and will be assigned to the Engineer Corps.  He is the son of Kyle Vaughan and Melissa Preudhomme, Johnson City.

Andrew Allen Wiggins, the son of James Tutton and Shakirah Wiggins, Memphis, will graduate with a B.S. degree in interdisciplinary studies and will enter the Field Artillery branch.  Upon completion of the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, Wiggins will be assigned to the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the Tennessee National Guard.

In the event of inclement weather, the Commissioning Ceremony will be held in 112 Brown Hall.