On June 13th, the Beaver Battalion commissioned six Ensigns and two 2nd Lieutenants into the Navy and Marine Corps. The event was held inside of the Learning Innovation Center on Oregon State University campus at 1:00PM.
The guest speaker this year was Vice Admiral(ret) Aeschbach, the mother of one of the commissioning students. Vice Admiral Aeschbach is a prior ROTC Midshipman, having commissioned from George Washington University as a Naval Intelligence Officer. Her operational assignments consisted of six deployments with Patrol Squadron SIX and Amphibious Squadron ONE along with Carrier Strike Group NINE during Operation Enduring Freedom. Her shore assignments have been at Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, Tactical Training Group Pacific, Naval Personnel Command, US Naval Forces Europe, Special Operations Command, a Military Fellow at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Staff at the Pentagon, Naval Information Forces and her last command as the Type Commander for all Naval Information Warfare Forces.
The NROTC Program was established to develop midshipmen morally, mentally, and physically; and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, loyalty, and the core values of honor, courage, and commitment in-order-to commission college graduates as naval officers. The program enables qualified young men and women to attain a college education leading to a commission in the Navy or Marine Corps and offers scholarship and non-scholarship opportunities for future Navy and Marine Corps officers.
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