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Call (507) 389-6220
Department of Military
Science and Leadership
316 Wicking Center
Mankato, MN 56001MAVE
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reetings from the Commander
: LTC Joel Stephenson
Its that time again to highlight a few
ngs the Maverick Battalion has
complished over the last Spring and
ummer months of 2012. As youll see in
e ensuing pages, these cadets are doing
me wonderful things.
The Leader Development Assessment
ourse (LDAC) continues to be the seminal
ining event for ROTC. Qu ite frankly, my
uggled during the
ademic year
tting 3rd year (MS3)
udents ready for the
ors of LDAC. This
ar we turned things
ound. Our program
nt 19 Cadets and
hools in our Brigade in LDAC
rformance. Although still room for
provement, it puts us at a much better
ace for future classes. This years class
t a great tone within the Cadet Battalion.
eat training is sure to follow in
eparation for next summers LDAC.
A point of emphasis for ROTC has
en providing quality cultural experiences
r selected Cadets throughout this past
mmer. The program (CULP) has more
an tripled in size the past 3 years, and
w numbers in excess of 1,000 Cadets.
st this summer, and you will hear their
ories and experiences later in this
wsletter. What a fantastic opportunity!Were getting ready to commission our
st few Cadets from FY 2012 this month.
Proud to report were going to more than
new 2nd Lieutenants from MSU, Mankato
entering the Army this pas year - 11 Active
duty, 2 USAR, and 1 Educational Delay
(Medical School). Army guidance and
funding will require us to tighten up our
shot group somewhat in the near future in
terms of recruiting, but leave no doubt
were doing very well in this area.
This year I would like to welcome a
new cadre member to our sta. Chris
Andersen took over as
Training Ocer and MS3
Instructor in August. He
comes to us with an
impressive background in
both the active Army and
reserve component.
Recently deployed as the
Company Commander for
HHC/2-135 IN, Chris is an
Infantry Ocer and an ROTC
product. Chris and his wife Molly currently
reside in Belle Plaine - Welcome aboard!
Im writing this article on the 11th
anniversary of the attacks on the World
Trade Center towers and the Pentagon.
Sometimes its hard to remember while
living and working on a college campus the
basis to ensure our well-being and way of
life. Please take a moment to pray for the
safety and continues success of our more
recent graduates as they lead platoons of
like 2LT Tim Harting in the 1st Brigade,
82nd Airborne, 2LT Marcus Piepho and
Infantry Division, and 2LT Brittany Stadther
in 3rd Infantry Division.
GO MAVERICKS!
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
CULP Trips
Cultural Understanding and
Language Proficiency
CDT Putzier (Thailand)
CDT Pederson (Rwanda)
CDT Griffith (Brazil)
CDT Watts (Micronesia)
KU Buddy ChallengeMaverick Battalion
competes for its 1st time
at Buddy Challenge Event
Leadersaremade, eyarenotborn. eyaremadebyhardeort, whichisepricewhichaofusmustpayachieveany
oalatisworwhile.VinceLombardi
May Commissioning2LT Graduates and their
Branches/Component
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Maverick Battalion Competes at 17th annual KU Ranger Buddy Competition
MAVERICK BATTALION COMPETES AT KU
RANGER BUDDY COMPETITION
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Maverick Battalion
participates in Joint
Field Training Exercise
Held at Camp Ripley
Joint exercise
JFTX PHOTOS
Weapons Qualification
Rappelling
Road March
Confidence Course
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2012 Minnesota State University Mankato 2LT Graduates of the Maverick Ba
2LT Beal, Bryan ARNG, OD
2LT Callahan, Megan USAR, AG
2LT Campbell, Brian AD, FA
2LT Crumb, Matthew AD, FA
2LT Donovan, Osa ARNG, TC
2LT Fougner, Jonathan ARNG, EN
2LT Kaminsky, Philip ARNG, IN (DMG)
2LT Kasprisin, Jonathan AD, EN (DMG)
2LT Kienholz, Joseph AD, FA
2LT Lea, Christopher ARNG, AR
2LT Leary, Brittney AD, AN
2LT Miner, Robert AD, FA
2LT Paasch, Brett USAR, EN
2LT Pelto, Kevin AD, SC
2LT Pittelkow, Eric MC (DMG)
2LT Propst, Jonathan ARNG, FA
2LT Schmidt, Jacob ARNG, FA
2LT Sweeny, Daniel AD, AV (DMG)
2LT Switzer, Lance AD, IN (DMG)
2LT Thayer, Mario AD, IN
2LT Wingo, Nathaniel ARNG, IN
MAVERICK BATTALION
COMMISSIONS 16 OFFICERS IN MAY
2LT Pittelkow
2LT Kaminsky (DMG) 2LT Sweeny (DMG) 2LT Kasprisin (DMG) 2LT Switzer (
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Air Assault School Training
By: CDT Putzier
Air Assault was a great
experience, although not for the
exercises we were
to physically
exhaust us
outright fail one of the 7 minor
of phase one was very easy, with a
rappelling, so it was
got to rappel out of
helicopters on the
themselves at another Air Assault
AIR ASSAULT
Half
the class failed
the practical test
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My Experience in Thailand
By: CDT Putzier
CULP is a unique opportunity
presented to cadets. You are able
to travel to a foreign country and
be immersed in the culture and/or
the language, while getting paid for
it! My CULP trip was to
Thailand, where I spent
most of my time in
Bangkok. CULP
deployments run
for 31 days, with
21 days in
country and 5
days on either
end in Fort Knox.
The days in Fort
Knox are generally
spent squaring away
everyones ocial
paperwork before travel and doing
some pre-deployment cultural and
security briefs. The in-country
experience was great! I was part
of an Non Government
Organization (NGO) that was part
of a group that was put to work by
a Peace Corps-esque organization.
hours each day at a daycare in
northern Bangkok, mostly just
making sure the kids didnt get out
of hand. On our o hours, we
visited temples and experienced
the Bangkok nightlife. On the
weekends, we visited the cities of
Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand,
and Hua Hin, at the beach. Chiang
Mai was more American
tourist-oriented than
Bangkok and had
a more
pleasant
atmosphere.
Hua Hin
was
German
tourist-
oriented, so
there were
many vendors
who spoke
German. The cost of
food and lodging was incredibly
low as well, so it was a rather
economical trip. Most of the
people in the country spoke
English as well as Thai, so I didnt
have too much trouble interacting
with the natives. Overall, it was a
great experience and I would
someday! Thailand Quick Facts
Area: 514,000 sq. km
Capital City: Bangko
Population: 61 Milli
Language: Thai
Religion: Buddhism
Climate: Tropical
THAILAND
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Enjoying the island culture
of Micronesia
By: CDT Watts
During my CULP I had a great
time. It was a once in a life
time experience to enjoy a
place you'd probably never
go to. You get to meet new
people in ROTC doing the
same thing you are, in
addition to experiencing a
new culture and dierent
kind of people depending
on where you are in the world.
I got to teach kids as part of
the PICS program sponsored bythe upward bound program. My
group taught a class to kids in
sophomore and junior level high
school classes. We taught english,
math and some science to the best
of our ability. We also did a lot of
great activities like snorkeling,
mountain climbing, hiking,
swimming, and visit places like the
Ruins of Non Madol.
How many times will you ever
get to go visit a country for 30 days
at no cost while learning aboutanother culture. If you are
considering ROTC you should
take advantage of the CULP
program they oer.
MICRONESIA
Micronesia Quick Facts
Area: Consists of
thousands of islands
Capital: Palikir
Population: Mix of
Melanesians, Polynesians
and Filipinos.
Language: Austronesian
Language family
Religion: Roman Catholic
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Medical Internship in
Honolulu Hawaii
By: CDT Clinchoc
After completion of LDAC, I
made my trip for follow on training
to Tripler Army Medical Center in
Honolulu, HI for an AMEDD
internship where I would
shadow multiple areas.
I started with the
Virology, and Immunology
lab, where I followed a
specialist who is a 68K
(clinical laboratory
specialist). I learned the
basic laboratorytechniques for D3 Fast,
of which is a clinical test
for 6 dierent respiratory
infections.
I performed the
test per standard
operating
procedures (SOP) for
the lab, and was able
to see through the
what the test showed
as well as what
positive samples
looked like.
In the lab, I also
shadowed a civilian who
performed various other tests for
tuberculosis using quantiferon
testing. She also performed
laboratory tests for HPV from
patients who were found to have a
high risk.
The one downside that I saw of
the 71A (Microbiologist), is the
ocer side is not hands on with
the testing, and perform mostly
oce work. The ocer that I
shadowed before he left on
vacation, performed only minimal
research and was very rarely in the
lab.
The upside of being able to
shadow a Medical Service ocer is
that it gave me the
opportunity
to see my future job, and I decided
that Medical Service is not the job
for me.The following week I shadowed
a Physician Assistant in the
Emergency Department as a
possible career choice. I worked in
the EDs gold area where they saw
patients that were considered a 4
or 5, that meant that had minimal
injuries that could be handl
quickly so they could be tre
a fast rate and then dischar
allow for a more ecient tu
around rate.
I saw various procedure
performed to include lab te
patient interactions with the
and the ability of the PA to
me informed about the test
were going t
perform, an
reasoning be
I was able to
good grasp o
a Physician
Assistants rol
the Emergenc
Department, s
utilize that infor
to decide my fu
course of action
I also was infor
the IPAP (Inter
Physician Assi
Program) whe
could apply, a
possibly use
help further m
career goals
of utilizing th
civilian side
During this t
was able to see a wide vari
procedures to include sutur
removal, UTIs, respiratory
infections, muscle and boninjuries to include breaks, a
corneal scratches of the ey
the opportunity to interact w
dierent professions of the
based on the case to help
determine the best course o
action for the patient.
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Medical Internship in
awaii cont.
I also shadowed a CPT in
ascular Surgery who was a
sident. I was able to work with
em on one of their
nical days where
ey sat in with
atients, and listened
their problems to
etermine which
ocedures would be
est for their future.
Vascular surgery
oks at the veins and
terys throughout
e body that may bebstructed from
aque, and they
ace either stints or
o bypasses in order to correct the
oblem.
I also had the opportunity to
nter the operating room to see
ome of the various procedures to
clude a bilateral temporal artery
opsy, where there was an 89 year
d female who was having both
er temporal arteries removed for a
opsy to determine if there was
erve that was causing her vision
change.
I saw a wound debridement of
male that had an amputated leg,
nd they were debriding the dead
kin that was located in the wound
y using a saline solution. They
en placed a wound vac onto his
wer extremity to remove the
the wound.
Vascular surgery also plays a
rge role in varicose vein removal
and I saw several of those
procedures where they place
several puncture marks along the
vein to be removed, and then they
use hook type utensils to pull out
close to the skin surface. They
also used a procedure called laser
abrasion where they insert a
catheter like tube through the
saphenous vein that goes along
the thigh, and they use a laser that
after time will slowly close the vein
o.
I even saw an arteriovenous
undergo dialysis. They take an
artery and a vein close to the
elbow, and they attach the artery to
the vein in order to get greater
the vein to get bigger in size to
dialysis, so the procedure does not
take as long if the vein is bigger.
I was not able to see the
following procedure, but the last
procedure the day was a skin
graft of a man who had about an
8cm by 12cm area that was
about 2 cm deep into his lower
leg, and he also had a similar
wound on his foot. He had been
using wound vacs as well to keep
the wound free from liquid, and
safe from the environmental
bacteria.The AMEDD internship was a
great opportunity for anyone
thinking of going into the medical
helpful in allowing us to move
throughout the hospital to dierent
areas so we could be
exposed to various
After I explained to
him that I no longer
liked the lab, he was
very eager to get me
to a new area the
following week so
that I could get the
optimal experience of
the hospital. I would
encourage anyone to
apply for this internship, and I
would do it again in a heartbeat.
We were also able to enjoy much
of the island traveling around to go
on hikes that overlooked the
ocean, and 2LT Emde was nice
enough to take us around the
island to see all the sites.
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CDT Wilson 2nd CDT this
sumer to visit HAWAII for
Medical Internship
By: CDT Wilson
On the CLS training day at LDACSFC Vereen, my platoon NCO,
called me out of training to ask me
a question. He asked, CDT
Wilson, your school called and
they want to know if you would liketo do a medical
internship after
LDAC? I didnt
have anything
scheduled for therest of the summer
so obviously myresponse was,
Where is the
internship? SFCVereen had no idea
where the internship
matter what it would
be a goodexperience so I told
him I would love to
go. He
congratulated me and for the next
2 weeks I didnt hear anythingabout where I was going after
LDAC. Once I found out where I
was going I was more than thrilled
that I decided to go without
knowing where I was going. Iheaded home for a week after
LDAC, and then I head to Tripler
Army Medical Center in Hawaii!
I landed in Hawaii and was
immediately stunned by the beautyof the island of Oahu. From the
airport I headed up to the big pink
hospital on the hill. We stayed at
the guest house above the
hospital, even farther up the hill thehospital is on, 112 stairs higher to
be exact. Those stairs got a littlelong after a 12 hour shift, but
experience I gained while working
in the hospital.
the hospital, I worked in General
Surgery/Trauma Care. I learned
more in those two weeks than I
could have dreamed of in a
classroom setting. Roundsstarted at 0545 and after rounds
was morning report. At morningreport two days a week the
residents at the hospital presented
patient cases and explained why
they chose to take the steps that
were being taken for each case.The residents used blood work and
multiple journals and other
information to explain their
reasoning. The notes I took in
composition notebook. Followingmorning report I would head to
either the clinical setting or to my
favorite, the operating room (OR).
in the OR was a simple melanoma
(skin cancer) removal. The surgery
was simple and a very goodease me into the OR. After
melanoma removal I got to
laparoscopica laparoscop
camera that is put through
in the skin and used to consurgery without fully openin
personcholecystectomy
bladder removal. The surg
amazing. I got to see many
body functions I have learnabout through anatomy and
hand. The surgery too
longer than expected d
complications with infebut I learned a vast am
due to the sta physic
stayed with me throug
surgery to answer anyquestions I had.
That night fo
the cholecystectomy I
told to study my heart
lung anatomy. I had n
why I needed to do thifollowed the instructio
showed up ready for a
the next day. This day
probably my favorite d
the OR. The morning starta right upper lung lobectom
to lung cancer. Then follow
I got to see the most amaz
surgery. I got to sit and wa
Coronary Artery Bypass GrAlso known as open heart s
or CABGpronounced cab
They decided to skip using
heart lung machine during t
surgery, so I got to watch thbeat as the doctors conduc
their surgery. This surgery
multiple hours, but I was
completely enthralled throu
the whole process.
Continued on
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DT Wilson Hawaii
nternship continued
I saw multiple surgeries
llowing the CABG, but those
ere the major highlights of my
me in the operating room (OR).
After the OR I spent the
ajority of my time in the
mergency Department. This
epartment at Tripler AMC was
ery busy due to the Navys
MPAC exercises.
I saw everything from broken
nkles to severe motorcycle
ccidents; simple coughs or small
ashes. The environment in the
mergency room (ER) was muchster pace than the OR, but I still
eed to make quick and well
ought out decisions. This will
y future Army career.
Aside from
y time
orking in the
ospital, I also
ot to spend a
mount of
me exploring
e island of
ahu. Between the hikes, Waikiki,
uaus and the North Shore.
owever evan a month was not
nough time for me to see
verything I wanted to see.
The most amazing hike I went
n was the Koko Head Crater Trail
ke. The trail is about 3300 feet
ng and rises around 1200 feet.
Hiking to the multiple water falls
around the island was also quite
incredible. The 160 foot tall Manoa
water yet was still breath taking.
Maunawili Falls gave me the
opportunity to cli dive from 40
feet over the pool under the water
fall.
Luaus gave me the chance to
eat some great pork and
experience culture Im not
accustomed to. Of course no trip
to Hawaii is complete without
some time on the beach.
Waimanalo Beach was a
fabulous way to conclude my
internship. The shallow teal water
backed by the unimaginably blue
water of the deep ocean
surrounded by island bird
sanctuaries left me with an
unforgettable memory of my time
in Hawaii.
After my time in Hawaii
at Tripler AMC I know
that I could not ask for
a better internship than
the one I got through
ROTC. I not only got
to work in a hospital
setting and learn an
immense amount
about a future desired profession.
I also got to explore a culture
very dierent from my own and
explore one of the most beautifulislands in the world. After
spending my 28 days in Hawaii I
am sure glad I said I would go on
this internship, even though I had
no idea it would take me to Hawaii.
HAWAII
Hawaii Quick Facts
Area: 10,931 sq. mi
Capital: Honolulu
Population: 1.3 million
Language: English,
Hawaiian
Highest point: Mauna Kea
13,796 ft
[17]
Cadet Troop Leadership
Training (CTLT) Experience
at Fort Riley
By: CDT McGillick
I spent the latter part of my
summer at Fort Riley, KS
participating in Cadet Troop
Leadership Training (CTLT). It was
a valuable experience and showed
me what is
expected from
2LT's. It also
showed me
how an active
duty unit
works. I hadmore
responsibilities
than I had
originally
expected due
to the fact that
there was an
inexperienced
PSG and a new
2LT.
I was assigned to Charlie
Company, 2-34 Armor Battalion
and responsible for 16 soldiers of
2nd Platoon. With this
responsibility I was required to
attend leaders' meetings every
morning at 0600 and report on
what 1st platoon had completed
and the missions they were going
to accomplish.
I helped prepare the company
for its six week Division level
Augmentation Reaction Force
(ARF), planned and implemented
training for the Platoon, assisted
with sensitive item inventory and
ensured all weapons and
equipment where maintaine
accounted for.
I also learned and assis
many administrative tasks,
writing CONOPs (Concept
Operation), OERs (Ocer
Evaluation Report) and NCO
(Noncommissioned Ocer
Evaluation Reports). There
many other tasks that had t
accomp
each da
kept me
Despite
CTLT w
work. I w
able to
some th
that mo
ROTC C
don't ha
chance
had the
opportu
use the
driver
in Black Hawk helicopters,
serve as PL (Platoon Leade
during Dreadnaught First
Responder MOUT practica
exercises.
Overall, I think CTLT is a
program and would recomm
to anyone that wants to bet
prepare for their future as aOcer. I had to do more wo
better prepared and feel be
learned many things that I w
with me into my active duty
career.
FORT RILEY
FT Riley Quick Facts
Location: Kansas
Area: 5,760 acres
Named after: Gen. Bennet
Riley
Original Purpose:
Established in 1852 to
protect travelers on the
Santa Fe Trail from
attacks by Native
Americans.
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