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Graduating cadets commissioned, 'pinned'
 Eleven seniors left UNO this spring not with grudges on their shoulders, but with gifts.
Those came courtesy the UNO Alumni AFROTC Chapter during a May 4 commissioning ceremony for graduating cadets with UNO Detachment 470.
Second lieutenant bars were pinned on nine new Air Force officers during the event, held in the CPACS building. Two cadets went through a mock pinning with formal commissioning taking place later this summer.
The UNO Alumni AFROTC provided all 11 with sets of lieutenant bars and shoulder boards. Those were provided by chapter member Judy Campbell in memory of her husband, Lt. Col. (Ret.) Bob Campbell. The new officers also received UNO Alumni AFROTC Chapter membership cards.
It is the fourth class of graduating cadets the chapter has so honored. The new second lieutenants and their upcoming assignments, pictured from left:
Jason Huffstetler: Intelligence/Goodfellow AFB, Texas; Joshua Couillard: Space and Missiles/Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; Gregory Reis: Pilot Trainee/Vance AFB, Okla.; Nathan Tesch: Remotely Piloted Aircraft/Randolph AFB, Texas; Allen Cox: Cyber/Keesler AFB, Miss.; Luke Gabriel: Pilot Trainee/Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Fla.; Jacob Pomerenke: Pilot Trainee/Vance AFB, Okla.; Carlyn Pentzien: Medical Surgical Nursing/Mountain Home AFB, Idaho; Chase Luedeke: Cyber/Keesler AFB, Miss.; Katherine Thompson: Cyber/Keesler AFB, Miss.; Joseph Neal: Remotely Piloted Aircraft/Randolph AFB, Texas
Detachment 470 hosting awards convocation
UNO's Detachment 470 will host its annual awards convocation on Friday, April 20, in the Milo Bail Student Center Ballroom from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Light refreshments will be served and the detachment will issue the following scholarhips at the ceremony:
UNO AFROTC Alumni Chapter Scholarship
UNO GMC AFROTC Scholarship
Ilse and Marcel Kahn Scholarship
Alan H. Wood Memorial Scholarship
2D Lt Coreen Barba Scholarship; and
Robert L. Hohman Scholarships
Detachment 470 hosting Military Ball March 17
UNO's Detachment 470 is hosting a Military Ball Saturday, March 27, at Creighton University's Harper Center. To attend, download, complete and submit a Military Ball Registration.
Cadets attend AT EASE luncheon
 Nine UNO AFROTC cadets on Jan. 30 attended a luncheon supporting AT EASE, an organization that provides trauma treatment and therapeutic support for active military, veterans and their loved ones. Cadets attended through the sponsorship of Serrano IT Service, a veteran-owned small business that supports the UNO Alumni AFROTC Chapter. The luncheon, held at the CenturyLink Center, featured Medal of Honor recipient Sal Giunta as speaker. Giunta (pictured with cadets) met the cadets prior to the luncheon and twice during his speech made reference to the AFROTC cadets in attendance.
Operation Holiday Cheer nets publicity
The service of UNO's Air Force ROTC members at Operation Holiday Cheer was reported on in the Omaha World-Herald. ROTC members and others helped provide a steak dinner to about 250 men and women who live in the dormitories on Offutt Air Force Base. See more on Omaha.com
Toys for Tots campaign runs from Nov. 7 to 18
 Since its start in 1947 in Los Angelese, the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation has collected toys for less fortunate children during the holiday season.
UNO has been a part of that effort since 1960 when the Arnold Air Society and Angels Flight held a Toys for Tots campaign. That included a Toys for Tots Dance. That first campaign collected 336 toys for Omaha-area children.
Please join the 2011 Toys for Tots effort at UNO and help us make a local child’s holiday season something special with the simple gift of a toy. Dropoff boxes will be located from Nov. 7 to 18 on the first floor of the Student Center at the information desk and in the lobby of the Thompson Center. See more.
 Detachment 470 hosting a POW/MIA vigil
Join UNO Air Force ROTC, Detachment 470, as it conducts a candlelight vigil in honor of American Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action. The vigil will conclude a 24 hour guard at a bamboo cage filled with an empty uniform.
For more information about the event, contact:
Gregory P. Reis, C/Maj
AFROTC, Detachment 470
Arnold Air Society, Earl S. Hoag Squadron at : greis470@gmail.com or (712) 520-7007.
See more about Detachment 470 at http://www.unomaha.edu/arnoldairsociety/index.html
 2012 spring Scholarship issued at annual brunch
The UNO Alumni AFROTC Chapter, Angel Flight and Silver Wings held their annual brunch Oct. 2 at American Legion Post #1. The brunch is held each year in conjunction with the UNO Homecoming weekend. The event was attended by AFROTC Detachment 470 Alumni Officers, current AFROTC cadets, the detachment staff, and Angel Flight honorary. Highlights of the event included a briefing on the B-2 bomber mission by Col Buzz Barrett, USAF, Retired; a raffle drawing that supports the AFROTC Cadet scholarship program; and presentation of a $500 scholarship for the 2012 spring semester. The recipient of the scholarship is Cadet Gene Walker, a junior majoring in criminal justice. He maintains an excellent academic grade point average, works while in school to pay his tuition, and is active in the detachment. He is Commander of the UNO Cadet Drill and Ceremonies Flight.
Pictured is Cadet Walker receiving the scholarship from the Chapter’s Scholarship Committee: Major General Mike Kudlacz, USAF (ret.), Detachment Commander Lt. Col. Stephen Barrows, and Harold Sage.
 Angel Flight History
Who are the Silver Wings? You can't know the answer to that until you know about their foreruner — Angel Flight. The group's history was detailed in the Spring 2010 Crusty Cutlass, the newsletter of the Arnold Air Society.
Click to read Angel Flight history.
 Annual Brunch - Oct. 2
Join us Oct. 2 for the annual AFROTC/Angel Flight/Silver Wings Brunch and cadet scholarship presentationg featuring guest speaker Col. Buzz Barrett (Ret.). Click the photo to download a brunch flyer. RSVP by Sept. 26 by contacting Beth Down at 402-554-2318 or email mdown@mail.unomaha.edu
Sunday, Oct. 2, 11 am to 1:30 pm
American Legion Post #1
7811 Davenport
Cost $15 per person
Generous Northrop Grumman gift grows scholarship fund
 Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Bob Hinson on Aug. 23 presented a $6,000 gift to the UNO Alumni AFROTC Chapter Scholarship Fund. The gift was presented on behalf of Northrop Grumman, where Hinson is vice president/corporate lead executive (CLE). The UNO AFROTC Alumni Chapter each semester presents a $500 scholarship to a UNO AFROTC Cadet. Pictured: Susan Schnase, director of development for UNO, University of Nebraska Foundation; Maj. General Mike Kudlacz, USAF (Ret.), UNO Alumni AFROTC Chapter Past President; Lt. Col. Stephen Barrows, UNO AFROTC Detachment Commander; Hinson; Bill Murphy, USAF, UNO Alumni AFROTC Chapter Vice President; Stephanie Smith, Northrop Grumman CLE office.
2011 Scholarship issued
 UNO AFROTC Alumni Chapter President Chuck Holderness presents a $500 scholarship check to junior Cadet Jordan Jacobs for the 2011 Fall Semester.
"Cadet Jacobs is a terrific leader in the AFROTC Detachment, a full-time student with an impressive 3.76 GPA, works 35 to 55 hours a week, and is an active member of the Air Force Reserve," Holderness says.
Click here to download a PDF showing how you can help UNO AFROTC Alumni Chapter support Detachment 470 students with scholarships. One-hundred percent of gitts go directly to their support.
2011 Commission Bars issued
Four UNO Detachment 470 Cadets were sworn in as 2nd Lieutenants into the Air Force on May 6 — with a parting gift from the UNO Alumni AFROTC Chapter.
For the second time the chapter provided the lieutenants their first set of bars and shoulder boards.
Former Angel Flight Member Judy Campbell provided the cadets their new rank on behalf of the AFROTC Chapter Alumni. She flew to Omaha from Grand Junction, Colo., to be part of the ceremony.
The new lieutenants, from left, Sarah Page, assigned to intelligence; Nicole Herbers, assigned to Judge Advocate General (JAG); Douglas Deever, assigned to Creighton Medical School; and Kristopher Pelletier, assigned to Air Force Meteorology.
Later, that evening, the AFROTC and Angel Flight Alumni gather for dinner at Brother Sebastian's Restaurant.
Operation Holiday Cheer
UNO's Detachment 470 Cadets were hard at work Dec. 13 — distributing  holiday cheer. The cadets were at Offut Air Force base serving several hundred desserts to enlisted personnel who live in the dormitories. The UNO contingent picked up plates, collected table cloths, stacked chairs, put away tables and returned the room to its original configuration. Members of the UNO Alumni AFROTC chapter also were on hand, including Syntha Essex, Amber Keyes, Lt. Kelly Hiser, Lt. Col. Bill Murphy, Gene Kathol, Harold Sage and Maynard Tatelman.
Alumni AFROTC provides commissioning bars
UNO students Christopher Dozler and Abgail Renfro were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Air Force on Dec. 11 by Lt. Col. Jeffrey Johnson, commander of UNO's Air Force ROTC Detachment 470.
Dozler, from Santa Teresa, Calif., is a general business major. He has a force support career path and is being assigned to Hurlburt Field. Renfro, from Leland, Ill., is a business administration major who has an intelligence career path in the Air Force. She is being assigned to Goodfellow AFB.
The commissioning came with a gift — 2nd Lt. bars and shoulder boards provided by the UNO AFROTC Alumni Chapter. The gifts will be presented by the alumni group each time an AFROTC member is commissioned. Dozler and Renfro were the first to receive them. Click on the picture for a larger version.
See more photos on the UNO Alumni Association Facebook page.
 Homecoming 2010
UNO ROTC Detachment 470 was at the 2010 UNO Homecoming Tailgate, hosting a table to welcome graduates, faculty, staff, students and other Mav fans! Click on the picture for a larger version.
Did you know ... Snoopy is our mascot?
Did you know that Snoopy was the official mascot of Earl S. Hoag Squadron, Arnold Air Society, Detachment 470? ROTC Alumni Chapter President Chuck Holderness recently came across a letter from Charles Schultz, "Peanuts" illustrator, giving ROTC the OK to use Snoopy as mascot for the Earl S. Hoag Squadron, Arnold Air Society, Detachment 470. Read more.
New board members elected
Chuck Holderness, a 1970 UNO graduate, has been elected to serve two years as the chapter’s president. Holderness served 24 years in the U.S. Air Force and retired as a colonel from the U.S. Air Force Reserve. He was an intelligence officer and stationed at Offutt Air Force Base assigned to SAC and USSTRATCOM.
Other UNO graduate officers include Bill Murphy(1990) vice president; 2nd Lieutenant Kelly Hiser (2010), secretary; and Dorothy Rasgorshek (1958), treasurer.
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