Twenty-five cadets in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Reserve Officer Training Corps received military commissions in ceremonies May 4-5.
Thirteen cadets in Air Force ROTC were commissioned second lieutenants in the U.S. Air Force on May 4; four cadets in Navy ROTC received commissions May 5, three as ensigns in the U.S. Navy and one as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps; and eight cadets in Army ROTC were commissioned second lieutenants in the U.S. Army May 5.
Following is a list by hometown of new officers, with rank and service branch.
Nebraska:
Bellevue: 2nd Lt. Tanner Michael Casart, Air Force; 2nd Lt. Matthew Thayer, Army.
Blair: 2nd Lt. Melissa A. Throener, Army.
Creighton: 2nd Lt. Tanner Markus Homan, Air Force.
Fremont: 2nd Lt. Tyler David Reese, Air Force.
Lincoln: 2nd Lt. Salem Grace Carlson, Air Force; Ensign Aya M. Hinz, Navy; 2nd Lt. Andrew W. Hunt, Army.
Neligh: 2nd Lt. Zachary Jason Kester, Air Force.
O’Neill: 2nd Lt. Joseph C. Gillham, Army.
Omaha: 2nd Lt. Jenna Leigh Stewart, Air Force.
Papillion: 2nd Lt. Anthony Ozoa Alabata, Air Force; 2nd Lt. Andrew James Donovan, Air Force; 2nd Lt. Alexandra Leigh Kennick, Air Force; 2nd Lt. Madeline Pauline Klasi, Air Force; 2nd Lt. Steven Press, Army; Ensign Thomas W. Tevebaugh, Navy.
Silver Creek: 2nd Lt. Ethan Michael Cave, Air Force.
Yutan: 2nd Lt. Patrick Eldon Dean Dooley, Air Force.
Elsewhere:
Livermore, California: Ensign Aaron B. Jorgensen, Navy.
Lake Worth, Florida: 2nd Lt. Alexander A. Haffke, Army.
Glen Ellyn, Illinois: 2nd Lt. Joshua M. Zanoni, Army.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota: 2nd Lt. Zachary W. Schneider, Marine Corps; 2nd Lt. Joseph Vaska, Army.
Superior, Wisconsin: 2nd Lt. Kyle Ronald Pierce Hefner, Air Force.
