Eastern Washington University ROTC Graduates: 1970 – 1979

Below are the graduates from the Eastern Washington University (EWU) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) battalion from 1970 – 1979. This list is compiled from the records we were able to find here at the university.  To help make this list as accurate as possible we request that alumni send in any corrections or additions for this list via our contact page or by leaving a comment below.  Go Fighting Eags!

YearNameBranchComponent
1979Dische, Steven
1978Cain, MarkEngineerActive Duty
1978Lietz, Marilynn
1978Stuart, StevenInfantryActive Duty
1977Geisler, AaronArmorActive Duty
1977Olsen, Eric
1976Jewell, WandaOrdnanceActive Duty
1976West, ScottQuartermasterActive Duty
1974Bond, James
1974Bullow, Kenny
1974Burd, EricAviatorActive Duty
1974Cook, DawnAdjutant GeneralActive Duty
1974Fitzgerald, KevinSignalActive Duty
1974Jones, KevinInfantryActive Duty
1974Masters, Fredrick
1974Mayer, MarkMilitary PoliceActive Duty
1974Millage, Smith
1974Roden, DanMedical ServicesActive Duty
1974Rowell, Daryl
1974Sealock, NealInfantryActive Duty
1974Snapp, KellySignal Active Duty
1974Steinruck, JimMSCActive Duty then Reserves
1974Trimble, WaltMedical Services
1974Van Cleave, BillSignalActive Duty
1974Walker, MikeMedical ServicesActive Duty
1973Butcher, BruceMilitary PoliceActive Duty
1973Epperson, StevenActive Duty
1979Pierson, JamesInfantryActive Duty
1976Joplin, JamesMedical ServiceActive Duty
1971Rose, CharlesAviationActive Duty

Eastern Washington University ROTC Graduates: 1960 – 1969

Below are the graduates from the Eastern Washington University (EWU) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) battalion from 1960 – 1969. This list is compiled from the records we were able to find here at the university.  To help make this list as accurate as possible we request that alumni send in any corrections or additions for this list via our contact page or by leaving a comment below.  Go Fighting Eags!

YearNameBranchComponent
1969Bentley, DavidInfantryActive Duty
1969Privratsky, KennethTransportationActive Duty
1968Hodson, VictorAviationActive Duty
1968McCandlis, OwenInfantryActive Duty
1968Turner, RandyAdjutant GeneralActive Duty
1968Pearson, WilliamInfantryActive Duty
1968Quigley, TomEngineerActive Duty
1968Wall, WilliamField ArtilleryActive Duty
1968Watson, AlbertInfantryActive Duty
1968Zimmerman, JamesActive Duty
1967Arney, RandallInfantryActive Duty
1967Mellick, JerryTransportationActive Duty
1967Nelson, Richard
1967Reed Jr., Henly Ed InfantryActive Duty
1967Walker, RichardInfantryActive Duty
1966Aldinger, Herbert
1966Heinemann, RobertOrdnanceArmy Reserves
1965Clark, Robert
1965Heacox, MickInfantryActive Duty
1965Morgan, Douglas
1964Magnuson, John
1964Vrandenburg, KeithField ArtilleryActive Duty
1964Wong, FrederickSignalActive Duty
1964Woods, AlexArmorActive Duty
1963Boutz, Fred
1963Grosshans, John
1963Hess, MikeInfantryActive Duty
1963Paterson, TedMilitary PoliceActive Duty
1962Ator, RichardInfantryActive Duty
1962Bean, RogerField ArtilleryActive Duty
1962Danielson, DavidInfantryActive Duty
1962England, JackInfantryActive Duty
1962Peters, Bruce
1962Ping, VictorMedical ServicesActive Duty
1962Stapleton, ShermanField ArtilleryActive Duty
1962Roberts, GaryMilitary PoliceActive Duty
1961Wolfe, RichardU.S. NavyActive Duty
1960Borg, Charles
1960Palmer, Richard
1960McFarland, JonMilitary PoliceActive Duty
1960Thiel, EdArmorActive Duty

Eastern Washington University ROTC Graduates: 1955 – 1959

Below are the graduates from the Eastern Washington University (EWU) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) battalion from 1955 – 1959. This list is compiled from the records we were able to find here at the university.  To help make this list as accurate as possible we request that alumni send in any corrections or additions for this list via our contact page or by leaving a comment below.  Go Fighting Eags!

YearNameBranchComponent
1959Campbell, Ron
1959Evans, JayeInfantryActive Duty
1959Johnson, StanEngineerActive Duty
1959Lilliangreen, PaulSignal CorpsArmy Reserve
1959Linton, James
1959Matheson, Kent
1959Palmer, DickMilitary PoliceActive Duty
1959Short, BobMilitary PoliceActive Duty
1959Sullivan, RonSignal CorpsArmy Reserve
1958Owens, DeanInfantryActive Duty
1958Sperber, RonMilitary PoliceActive Duty
1958Talkington, TomSignal CorpsActive Duty
1957Burkhart, RobertEngineerArmy Reserve
1957Dickerson, JonField ArtilleryActive Duty
1957Bowen, CarlMedical Service CorpsActive Duty
1957Burkhart, RobertEngineerArmy Reserve
1957Butts, RoyField ArtilleryArmy Reserve
1957Clark, DennisSignal CorpsArmy Reserve
1957Dickerson, JonField ArtilleryActive Duty
1957Henry, DavidSignal CorpsArmy Reserve
1957Jefferis, RobertField ArtilleryArmy Reserve
1957Johnson, AlvenField ArtilleryArmy Reserve
1957Johnson, WayneInfantryArmy Reserve
1957O'Brien, ClaudeMilitary PoliceArmy Reserve
1957Sherwood, DanSignal CorpsActive Duty
1957Siegel, EugeneMilitary PoliceArmy Reserve
1957White, JamesInfantryArmy Reserve
1957Williams, RichardField ArtilleryArmy Reserve
1957Wolford, RobertField ArtilleryArmy Reserve
1956Bernd, RoySignal CorpsActive Duty
1956Braddock, DavidInfantryActive Duty
1956Garner, JohnInfantryArmy Reserve
1956Gower, JohnnyField ArtilleryArmy Reserve
1956Hoagland, WilliamInfantryArmy Reserve
1956Kramer, KevinField ArtilleryArmy Reserve
1956Laughbon, RichardQuartermasterActive Duty
1956Moos, HowardField ArtilleryArmy Reserve
1956Wakefield, JerryField ArtilleryArmy Reserve
1955Arlt, KennethField ArtilleryArmy Reserve
1955Corkins, RobertField ArtilleryArmy Reserve
1955Edwards, RichardInfantryActive Duty
1955Eylar, FrankArmorArmy Reserve
1955Hallett, DuncanOrdnanceArmy Reserve
1955Hoag, EarlSignal CorpsArmy Reserve
1955Uyeno, HowardField ArtilleryArmy Reserve
1955White, LouisInfantryArmy Reserves

EWU ROTC Cadre Member Recognized as the Cadet Command Human Resource Assistant of the Year

The Eastern Washington University (EWU) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program was recently notified that our Human Resource Assistant (HRA), Ms. Linda Moody was selected as the U.S. Army Cadet Command HRA of the Year.  This is a well deserved recognition for Ms. Moody who has been instrumental to the success of the EWU ROTC “Fighting Eagles” battalion.

Photo of a person in front of the Army ROTC patch poster


For example the ability of our Cadets to receive their first branch choice well ahead of Cadet Command averages and the high number of Cadets who received internships is to Ms. Moody’s diligence.  Ms. Moody besides being busy with her own HRA responsibilities also served double duty as the unit supply technician for the past year while the position was vacant.  She even served in a third position as our Unit Prevention Leader (UPL) in charge of administering our unit drug testing programing.  If that wasn’t enough she also spent the summer at Ft. Knox, Kentucky conducting both administrative and supply duties in support of Cadet Command’s premier Cadet training event, Advanced Camp.

Ms. Moody joins Sergeant First Class Jason Hennig, who was the Cadet Command Instructor of Year, as one of our two Cadet Command annual award winners for this academic year.  The EWU ROTC battalion was the only university, out of Cadet Command’s 274 ROTC programs across the country, to be recognized with two annual award winners.

Congratulations to Ms. Moody for this well deserved and prestigious accomplishment.

Go ROTC!  Go Fighting Eags!

Eastern Washington University Military Science Department Recognized as Team of the Year

This past month featured Finals Week for the students followed by the Eastern Washington University (EWU) graduation.  It was also time for end of the academic year awards for the various colleges within the university.  One of the awards being given by the College of Social Sciences (CSS) was the Team Excellence Award.  This year the award went to the EWU Military Science Department that operates the university’s U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program.  Over the past year the ROTC program known as the “Fighting Eagles” battalion has trained up to 100 Cadets and commissioned 12 of them as Second Lieutenants into the U.S. Army.  The ROTC battalion also hosted the first ever German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge (GAFPB) competition on the Eastern campus, executed a number of volunteer events in the community, and their Cadets received ratings above the Cadet Command average at the ROTC Advanced Camp.

From Left: Major Nicholas Carbaugh, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Stafford, Mr. Jeff Greer, Sergeant First Class David Ratliff, Mr. Rob Riedel.


The Military Science Department also had personnel receive prestigious individual recognition over the past year.  Sergeant First Class Jason Hennig was recognized as the Cadet Command Instructor of the Year and the Spokane Armed Forces Person of the Year, and Ms. Linda Moody was recognized as the Cadet Command Human Resources Administrator of the Year.  The EWU Military Science Department was the only university in the nation to win two Cadet Command annual awards.  Cadets in the program also won personal recognition, with one winning a EWU Student Leader Excellence Award and the other receiving the City of Cheney Award for their volunteer service.  Another Cadet was awarded the prestigious Chertok Scholarship from the College of Social Sciences this year.

Thank you to the College of Social Sciences for recognizing the Military Science Department with this award.

Eastern Washington University ROTC Cadet Awarded the Prestigious Chertok Memorial Scholarship

It is university award season and for one Eastern Washington University (EWU) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Cadet, his outstanding performance was recognized by being selected for the Jeffers Chertok Memorial Scholarship. The Chertok Scholarship is given to deserving College of Social Science (CSS) students between their Junior and Senior years of college.  Cadet Chad Triplett was one of two CSS students selected for the scholarship this year that provides funding towards his senior year college tuition.

A photo of a cadet in uniform


The scholarship was created to honor the life of Professor Jeffers W. Chertok, PhD, who worked at EWU for more than 34 years.  He was well known on campus for his scholarship, generosity and passion for Eastern.  Dr. Chertok passed away in 2004, but his legacy towards EWU continues with this scholarship.

Two cadets on stage receiving awards

Cadet Chad Triplett (right) is pictured with Dr. Jonathan Anderson the Dean of the College of Social Sciences after being recognized as one of the two recipients of the Jeffers Chertok Memorial Scholarship.


Chad Triplett is definitely a CSS student that Dr. Chertok would be proud of.  Chad is a Criminal Justice major who has maintained a high GPA, scored a perfect 300 on his Army Physical Fitness Test, was part of the university’s Ranger Challenge team, was awarded a Gold German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge, and active in volunteer activities in the community.

A photo of a cadet holding an award

Cadet Chad Triplett


In addition to his college activities, this summer Cadet Triplett is attending ROTC Advanced Camp at Ft. Knox, Kentucky which is Cadet Command’s premier training event.  Following Advanced Camp Cadet Triplett will then be heading off to Ft. Benning, Georgia to attend the U.S. Army’s Airborne School where he will train to be a paratrooper.  Congratulations to Cadet Triplett and thank you to the College of Social Sciences for selecting Chad as a recipient of the prestigious Jeffers Chertok Memorial Scholarship.