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AFROTC Det 772 Fall 2010 Commissioning
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Charleston
Southern
University
Presents...
Air Force ROTC
Detachment 772
Fall Commissioning
Ceremony
October 2nd, 2010
WELCOME
Welcome to the 2010 Fall Commissioning Ceremony.
Today we will be commissioning 2 cadets into the United
States Air Force. We are extremely proud of our
commissionees for their dedication and commitment to both
their academic degree and their completion of the Reserve
Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program.
HISTORY of ROTC
The origin of military instruction in civilian colleges
dates back to 1819 when Captain Adden Partridge founded
the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy at
Northfield, Vermont. Today it is Norwich University.
The United States Reserve Officer Training Corps and
the Junior ROTC arose from the National Defense Act of
1916. World War 1 prevented the full development of
civilian educators and military professionals working
together. At the conclusion of WW1, the program was fully
implemented on college campuses. In 1964, the ROTC added
scholarships and expanded the Junior ROTC opportunities
at high schools all across the nation.
Opening Remarks
Arrival of Official Party
Arrival of Commissionees
Presentation of Colors
National Anthem
Invocation
Dr. Peter Beck
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Retired Lt Col Joseph F. Tallon
Oath of Office
Official Pinning
Presentation of Commissions
Closing Remarks
Departure of Official Party
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
AIR FORCE RESERVE OFFICER
TRAINING CORPS
DETACHMENT 772
Department of Aerospace Studies
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Trudeau
Commander
Captain Christopher Saldana
Commandant of Cadets
Technical Sergeant Debra Rogers, NCOIC
Personnel & Information Management
REITRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOSPEH TALLON U.S. Army & U.S. Air Force
Retired LTC Joseph Tallon served with a total of 37 years in the U.S. Army
and the U.S. Air Force. Over the course of LTC Tallon’s career, he has
served 5 decades assuming many roles among both the Army and Air Force.
Joseph Tallon began his career as a private in the U.S. Army under the
infantry division, then artillery, and then combat engineering. Joseph Tallon
was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant on 12 June 1970 at Fort Belvoir, VA.
Joseph Tallon completed a full tour amongst the military police at Fort
Stewart before entering the aircrew field. LTC Tallon holds an aviation
rating in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircrafts.
Tallon got his draft notice in June 1969, took his physical in July and by
August was in the Army. He was an OV-1 Mohawk reconnaissance pilot. It
was the only unarmed, unescorted plane in North Vietnam, an easy target that
snuck in and out at night, often in overcast conditions, Tallon says. Tallon
was in Vietnam from May- August 1972. He was shot down Aug. 12 and
was medevac’d nine days later, he says. Just after a 1 a.m. takeoff into the
pitch black starless South Vietnam sky his plane took a missile in the number
two engine; he ejected at 80 mph about 90 ft. above the ground and his
parachute opened 35 ft. above the ground, he says. “I should’ve been dead.”
Joseph Tallon is a member of the founding class of
the Baptist College of Charleston (Charleston
Southern University). LTC Tallon currently serves
on the Board of Visitors and the Legacy Society
for CSU. LTC Tallon holds many awards and
medals such as the Purple Heart medal along with
the Cross of Gallantry, the Combat Air Medal,
and the Vietnam ribbon with bronze battle star.
LTC Tallon was also named Detachment 772’s
Honorary Commandant for the life of CSU’s Air
Force ROTC.
BIOGRAPHY UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
To be commissioned Second Lieutenant,
United States Air Force:
Heather Garver
Dominique Lewis
Heather Garver
Keedysville, Maryland
Charleston Southern
University
Criminal Justice
Office of Special
Investigations
Kirtland AFB, NM
Dominique Lewis
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston Southern
University
Kinesiology
Cyberspace
Keesler AFB, MS
“The American people rightly look to their military
leaders to be not only skilled in the technical aspects of
the profession of arms, but to be men of integrity.”
- General Joseph L. Collins
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