WILDCAT BATTALION ALUMNI!!

The University of Arizona Army ROTC Wildcat Battalion is searching for its alumni! If you commissioned with the Wildcat Battalion, we want your info to post on our website. Please send us a photo and a bio about yourself. We have an example here. Please email this information to our PMS at jamesg@email.arizona.edu.

Click here to view more news about our Battalion. 2 December 2006 Army vs. Navy Football Game On a blistery Friday night in December, the Army Cadets squared off with the Navy Cadets in the annual Army-Navy Cadet football game. Although kickoff was not until six o’clock, parents, Cadets and roommates began to arrive at Arizona Stadium around five o’clock to watch the teams warm-up and enjoy hotdogs and hamburgers. Wearing the traditional Black and Gold Army colors, the Army Cadets rallied around Cadet Glasser, the quarterback and team captain. The Navy, in their white uniforms, took their instructions from Officer Candidate Harmon (offense) and Staff Sgt. Blackwell (defense). It did not take long for Army to score their first touchdown…then another…then another. The Navy did come back to score a touchdown, the final score being 21 to 7. Although there were some stressful moments and intense action on the field, all-in-all the mood was friendly and both sides partook in some good-natured banter. The Army Cadets held signs that said BEAT NAVY, while the Navy Cadets shouted BEAT ARMY! Roommates and parents cheered passionately for their Cadets. However, when it was all said and done, the Army won the battle for the coveted trophy. 15 December 2006 December Commissioning Ceremony On 15 December 2006, the Wildcat Battalion commissioned two new Second Lieutenants into the U.S. Army during the Fall 2006 Commissioning Ceremony. Evan Munson, a civil engineering major from Phoenix, Arizona, was selected to serve in the Corps of Engineers on active duty. 2LT Munson will attend the Basic Officer Leaders Course II and then the Engineer Officer Basic Course at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. After both courses, he will be stationed at Ft. Carson, Colorado. Jeremy Sung, a psychology major from Tempe, Arizona, was selected to serve as an Infantry Officer on active duty. 2LT Sung will attend the Basic Officer Leaders Course II and then the Infantry Officer Basic Course at Ft. Benning, Georgia. He will also be stationed at Ft. Carson, Colorado, along with his classmate Evan Munson. Commissioning is a bi-annual event held once in December and once in May. It is the culminating event in a Cadet’s training and signifies the transition from Cadet to Officer. The Wildcat Commissioning Ceremony took place at the Arizona Stadium Club at 0900 hours on 15 December 2006. 21 November 2006 Commissioning of Dr. Wilcox On 21 November 2006, Lieutenant Colonel Gallagher commissioned Dr. George Wilcox as a Major in the U.S. Army Reserves. Dr. Wilcox is currently a pathologist at University Medical Center in Tucson, AZ. Although he already has a very successful career as a pathologist, Dr. Wilcox made the decision to enter the Army to serve his country as an Army doctor. Due to his advance medical degree, he was commissioned directly as a Major. Dr. Wilcox earned his undergraduate degree at Bellarmine College in Louisville, KY in 1984. In 1990, he graduated from the University of Louisville Medical School and began his residency in pathology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. During his residency, he met his wife, Gracie, who is a pediatrician. After his residency, the Wilcoxes relocated to Houston, TX where Dr. Wilcox did a fellowship in Surgical Pathology at the Baylor College of Medicine. He stayed on briefly at Baylor as an Assistant Professor after his fellowship, but decided to return to Tucson to be near Gracie’s family when the couple was expecting their first daughter, Alma. The Wilcoxes have 3 daughters--Alma (9years old), Lola (5 years old), and Nora (1 year old). When an individual raises his or her right hand, he repeats the following oath: I, (name), having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of (2LT, 2LT, CPT, MAJ…) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; SO HELP ME GOD.