Fourteen Army ROTC cadets were recently commissioned at the University of Georgia. The UGA Army ROTC Bulldog Battalion recently held a ceremony for 14 cadets. The cadets were commissioned as second lieutenants and have been sent to various military units acroos the country where they will receive officer training and possible deployment.

“The University of Georgia Army ROTC program has a reputation of training and producing top military officer candidates,” said Lt. Col. Kurt Felpel, commander of the Bulldog Battalion and professor of military science at UGA in a press release. “This class was no exception. Our sole mission is to produce quality leaders for the U.S. Army, and we succeeded in doing that with these officers.”

In this year's graduating class, seven cadets received distinguished military graduate status: 12 cadets received active military duty, one received National Guard orders and one received a U.S. Army Reserve assignment.

The second lieutenants, their hometowns, active duty commission and the location of their basic training is listed below:

Slade M. Barron, Dalton
Transportation Corps
Fort Lee, Va.

Dave M. Campbell, Lawrenceville
Military Intelligence
Fort Huachuca, Ariz.

Nick A. Coleman, Dacula
Military Intelligence, Field Artillery Detail
Fort Sill, Okla.

Collin S. deCamp, Charlottesville, Va.
Field Artillery
Fort Sill, Okla.

Chris W. Farran, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Quartermaster Corps
Fort Lee, Va.

Stephen R. Hanley, Lawrenceville
Field Artillery
Fort Sill, Okla.

Chris Iannacone, Lawrenceville
Military Intelligence
Fort Huachuca, Ariz.

Matthew C. Lustig, Berkeley Lake
Medical Service Corps, Georgia National Guard
Medical College of Georgia

Aaron D. Mathys, Kabetogama Lake, Minn.
Corps of Engineers
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

Graham A. Painter, Hull
Infantry
Fort Benning, Ga.

Ben Pereski, Ringgold
Military Intelligence, Army Reserves
Fort Huachuca, Ariz.

Angela V. Pocta, Augusta
Signal Corps
Fort Gordon, Ga.

Nick A. Trevena, Peachtree City
Military Intelligence, Infantry Detail
Fort Benning, Ga.

Austen M. Turner, Cartersville
Ordnance Corps
Fort Lee, Va.