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Naval ROTC
Unit holds Fall Review
The members of the Naval and Marine ROTC Unit of the Class of 2008 were
formally inducted into the battalion of midshipmen in a ceremony held during
the Fall Review on Oct. 5 on
 Mendel
Field. The Rev. Peter Donohue, O.S.A., chaplain for the Unit and chair of
the theatre department
 gave
the invocation. Col. J. Bruce Hulick, USMC, professor of naval science and
chair of the department, welcomed the new midshipmen and introduced the
reviewing officer, Rear Admiral Kathleen L. Martin, Deputy Surgeon General
of the Navy/Vice Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Adm. Martin addressed the midshipmen and presided at
the swearing-in ceremony. “You should take pride in claiming you are member
of the Navy and Marine Corps team,” said Adm. Martin. “Where you will serve
is unpredictable, but…your future will not be like anything you could
possibly imagine.” She asked the midshipmen to look around them at their
classmates standing at attention. “You are looking at the your first
shipmates, the beginning of your Navy and Marine Corps family, the friends
with whom you will bond, and in some cases, those you will stay close to for
the rest of your Navy lives,” she said. “I cherish my Navy and Marine Corps
family. I depend upon them for support, courage and leadership, and I could
not do my job without them.”
Afterward, Adm. Martin and Col. Hulick presented two awards: The Milton
Betelle Award and the Liberty Bell Award were given to James Dudley and John
Kearby, respectively, both midshipmen fourth class. The Barkley Morris Grant
was awarded to Michael Merlini, midshipman third class, prior to the
ceremony. Following the presentation, the battalion marched in the
pass-in-review parade on Mendel Field.
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