COMMISSIONING CEREMONY For the Schools of Dentistry and Medicine. Creighton University Office of Military and Veterans Affairs

Transcription

1 P ROMOTION Creighton University Office of Military and Veterans Affairs AND COMMISSIONING CEREMONY For the Schools of Dentistry and Medicine Saturday, May 16, :30 a.m. CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, Nebraska

2 May 2015 Creighton University Office of Military and Veterans Affairs PROGRAM WELCOME NATIONAL ANTHEM GUEST SPEAKER REMARKS COMMISSIONING AND PROMOTION *being commissioned or promoted to the following ranks SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.... Captain Jennifer Malloy Captain Jennifer Ann Yoshiko Tanaka Captain Robert L. Wetzel Captain Mary Catherine Kent Captain Kevin B. Wiest UNITED STATES NAVY... Lieutenant Neil Bresnahan Lieutenant Chhama Sarawagi Lieutenant Ryan Scheidel Lieutenant Alvin R. Samuels, Jr. Lieutenant True Ang Xiong SCHOOL OF MEDICINE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE....Captain Douglas E. Deever Captain Grant Philip Erickson Captain James Andrew Carroll Captain Gretta Angelica Carroll Captain John Kieffer Captain Roy Sidney Norris Captain Claire Michelle Cushing Captain Brooke Marie Bell Captain Kate M. Englert Captain Dayna Tomiko Miyashiro UNITED STATES ARMY.... Captain Kristine Jeffers UNITED STATES NAVY...Lieutenant Stuart Daniel Kyllo Lieutenant Sean A. O Mara BRANCH SONGS 1

3 Promotion and Commissioning Ceremony May 2015 GUEST SPEAKER Colonel Thatcher R. Cardon Commander 55th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Colonel Thatcher R. Cardon is the Commander of the 55th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The 55th Aerospace Medicine Squadron provides support to the 55th Wing in the areas of flight medicine, optometry, bioenvironmental engineering, public health, aerospace physiology, health promotion and the Personnel Reliability Program. Colonel Cardon graduated from Brigham Young University in Immediately following graduation he entered the Air Force and attended medical school at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He completed residency training in Family Medicine at Travis Air Force Base. After a tour as Staff Family Physician at Kadena Air Base, he entered a two-year AFIT program, the Madigan Faculty Development Fellowship, earning an MBA with emphasis in Technology and Innovation Management at Pacific Lutheran University. Following his fellowship he was assigned to Travis Family Practice Residency as the Clinic Chief and oversaw a reorganization and expansion of the clinic and residency. During his assignment at Travis he deployed to Balad Air Base, Iraq as the Emergency Department Flight Commander in the first group that assumed control from the Army in September In 2006 he attended the Aerospace Medicine Primary Course and moved to McChord Air Force Base where he served as Flight Surgeon, the Chief of Medical Staff (SGH) for 17 months prior to Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) actions at McChord. In July 2008, he served as the Chief, Aerospace Medicine (SGP) and the Operational Medicine Flight Commander until June 2009 when he was selected Chief, Medial Staff (SGH), 92d Medical Group, Fairchild AFB WA. Dr. Cardon served as SWAT Team Physician with the Spokane County Sheriff s Department and was awarded the 2011 Chief of the Medical Staff Commitment to Excellence Award for Air Mobility Command. He is married to Gerilyn Cardon and they have five children, Amanda, Leah, Brigham, Hyatt and Hannah. 2

4 May 2015 Creighton University Office of Military and Veterans Affairs THE ARMY SONG March along, sing our song, with the Army of the free. Count the brave, count the true, who have fought to victory. We re the Army and proud of our name! We re the Army and proudly proclaim: First to fight for the right, And to build the Nation s might, And The Army Goes Rolling Along Proud of all we have done, Fighting till the battle s won, And the Army Goes Rolling Along. Then it s Hi! Hi! Hey! The Army s on its way. Count off the cadence loud and strong For where er we go, You will always know That The Army Goes Rolling Along. UNITED STATES NAVY SONG Stand Navy out to sea, Fight our battle cry; We ll never change our course, So vicious foe steer shy-y-y-y. Roll out the TNT, Anchors Aweigh. Sail on to victory And sink their bones to Davy Jones, hooray! Anchors Aweigh, my boys, Anchors Aweigh. Farewell to foreign shores, We sail at break of day-ay-ay-ay. Through our last night ashore, Drink to the foam, Until we meet once more. Here s wishing you a happy voyage home. Blue of the mighty deep: Gold of God s great sun. Let these our colors be Till all of time be done, done, done, done. On seven seas we learn Navy s stern call: Faith, courage, service true, With honor, over honor, over all. 3

5 Promotion and Commissioning Ceremony May 2015 UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SONG Off we go into the wild blue yonder, Climbing high into the sun; Here they come zooming to meet our thunder, At em boys, Give er the gun! Down we dive, spouting our flame from under, Off with one helluva roar! We live in fame or go down in flame. Hey! Nothing can stop the U.S. Air Force! Minds of men fashioned a crate of thunder, Sent it high into the blue; Hands of men blasted the world asunder; How they lived God only knew! Souls of men dreaming of skies to conquer Gave us wings, ever to soar! With scouts before And bombers galore. Hey! Nothing can stop the U.S. Air Force! Here s a toast to the host Of those who love the vastness of the sky, To a friend we send a message of his brother men who fly. We drink to those who gave their all of old, Then down we roar to score the rainbow s pot of gold. A toast to the host of men we boast, the U.S. Air Force! Off we go into the wild sky yonder, Keep the wings level and true; If you d live to be a grey-haired wonder Keep the nose out of the blue! Flying men, guarding the nation s border, We ll be there followed by more! In echelon we carry on. Hey! Nothing ll stop the U.S. Air Force! 4

6