AFGHANISTAN & MIDDLE EAST 2007 A total of 22 Unit midshipmen were commissioned during 2007 24 FEB 2007 Basketball tourney, Notre Dame, IN 9-10 FEB 2007 Drill team competed in Chicagoland meet, Wheeling, IL 24-25 FEB 2007 Two midshipmen attended Leadership Symposium, Colorado Springs 2-4 MAR 2007 Six midshipmen took part in Naval Leadership Conf., Notre Dame, IN 31 MAR 2007 Spring Naval Services ball 4-6 APR 2007 Water survival skills training (13 unit midshipmen), NAS, Norfolk, VA 21 APR 2007 Tri-ROTC Awards day 25-30 APR Drill meet and sailing regatta, Colorado U, Boulder 19 MAY 2007 Tri-ROTC commissioning: 17 Navy Ensigns, 4 USMC 2d Lts SUMMER 2007 Captain William R. Radomski, USN (MU NROTC Class of 1983) took command of MU NROTC Unit until 2011. He retired from active duty at the end of this tour and now serves on the Marquette NROTC Alumni & Friends Association board of directors. SUMMER 2007 Captain Radomski Navy cruises, Marine Corps training programs 16-23 AUG 2007 Freshman orientation, Great Lakes NTC, IL 15 SEP 2007 Unit took part in Al s Run for Milwaukee Children s Hospital 1
21-23 SEP 2007 USMC & AROTC Joint Force Exercise, F. McCoy, Tomah, WI 13 OCT 2007 Drill meet & sailing regatta, UW Madison 26 OCT 2007 Fall Naval Services ball 10 NOV 2007 Unit marched in Milwaukee Veterans Day parade 17 DEC 2007 Unit commissioned one Navy Ensign NOV 2008 Barack Obama defeated John McCain in the presidential election, taking office in January 2009. President Obama 2008 Unit commissioned 14 Navy Ensigns & 5 USMC 2d Lts in 2008 31 JAN-2 FEB 2008 Drill meet at TULANE, New Orleans 9 FEB 2008 Chicagoland drill meet, Wheeling, IL 28 MAR 2008 Spring Naval Services ball 4-6 APR 2008 USMC FTX Exercise, F. McCoy, Tomah 10-13 APR 2008 Unit contingent at Naval Leadership weekend, Notre Dame, IN 19 APR 2008 Tri-ROTC Awards day 22-23 MAY 2008 Unit took part in Water Survival training, NAS Norfolk, VA 17 MAY 2008 Tri-ROTC commissioning (14 Navy Ensigns, 3 USMC 2d Lts) SUMMER 2008 Navy cruises, Marine Corps training 14-20 AUG 2008 Freshman orientation for 34 midshipmen, Great Lakes NTC, IL 20 SEP 2008 Unit took part in Al s Run for Milwaukee Children s Hospital 24 OCT 2008 Fall Naval Services Ball 31 OCT 2008 Drill meet & sailing regatta, UW Madison 2
8 NOV 2008 Unit participated in commissioning of USS FREEDOM (LCS-1) at Veterans Park on Milwaukee lakefront. USS FREEDOM Commissioning 14-16 NOV 2008 MU hosted National NROTC Nursing Symposium 25 NOV 2008 Unit attended football game, USNA vs N. Illinois, DeKalb, IL 13 DEC 2008 Unit commissioned 2 USMC 2d Lts following OCS * * * 2009 Unit midshipmen: 102 (70 Navy, 32 USMC) 16-18 JAN 2009 Basketball tourney, Notre Dame, IN 7 FEB 2009 Drill meet, Chicagoland, Wheeling, IL 19-22 MAR 2009 Six midshipmen to Naval Leadership weekend, Notre Dame, IN 27-29 MAR 2009 Drill meet, Memphis U., TN 3 APR 2009 Spring Naval Services Ball 18 APR 2009 Tri-ROTC Awards day 24-26 APR 2009 USMC/Army Joint Forces Exercise, Ft. McCoy, Tomah, WI 20 MAY 2009 Three midshipmen to Water Survival Skills training, NAS Norfolk, VA 23 MAY 2009 Tri-ROTC commissioning: 9 Navy Ensigns, 4 USMC 2d Lts 28 MAY-27 JUN 2009 Seven midshipmen to CORTRAMID East, Norfolk Naval Station, VA 21 MAY-2 JUL 2009 One midshipman to USMC OCS Phase I, Quantico, VA 23 MAY-22 JUN 2998 Ten midshipmen to Phase I summer training: ships, aviation, subs 3
2 JUN-18 JUL 2009 Three midshipmen to Phase II summer training 9 JUL-8 AUG 2009 Nine midshipmen to CORTRAMID West, NS, San Diego, CA 7 JUL-11 JUL 2009 Four midshipmen to USMC mountain warfare training, Bridgeport, CA 25 JUL-19 AUG 2009 Sixteen midshipmen to Phase III summer training 30 JUL-19 AUG 2009 Two midshipmen to USMC OCS Phase II, Quantico, VA 22-26 AUG 2009 Freshman orientation at MU 10 OCT 2009 Drill meet and sailing regatta, UW Madison; and Al s Run for Milwaukee Children s Hospital 6 NOV 2009 Fall Naval Services Ball 12 DEC 2009 Tri-ROTC commissioning (2 Navy Ensigns) 2010 Unit midshipmen: 103 (65 Navy, 38 USMC); a record for USMC option midshipmen at Marquette. During 2010 the Unit commissioned 11 Navy Ensigns and 5 USMC 2d Lts. 28-31 JAN 2010 Basketball tourney, Notre Dame, IN 6 FEB 2010 Chicagoland drill meet, Wheeling, IL 17-20 FEB 2010 Unit took part in USAF Academy leadership symposium, USAF Academy, Colorado Springs 18-19 FEB 2010 Midshipman 2/c Donna Meyer received NROTC National Outstanding Achievement award at Black Engineers Conference, Baltimore, MD 18 FEB 2010 Battalion was addressed by VADM Gerald R. Beaman, USN (MU NROTC Class of 1974), U.S. Fleet Forces Command deputy chief of staff, Global Force Management, Joint Operations and Fleet Joint Training. (VADM Beaman was later selected as 2014 Alumnus of the Year.) 18-21 MAR 2010 Six midshipmen attended Naval Leadership weekend, Notre Dame, IN 6 APR 2010 Spring Naval Services ball: guest speaker RADM Kevin R. Slates, USN, Cdr. Naval Facilities Engineer Command ATL, Norfolk, VA 4
17 APR 2010 Tri-ROTC Awards day 18-19 MAY 2010 Three midshipmen to Water Survival Skills training, NAS Norfolk, VA; and Tri-ROTC commissioning (9 Navy Ensigns, 5 USMC 2d Lts) 27 MAY-26 JUN 2010 Six midshipmen to CORTRAMID East, NS Norfolk, VA 21 MAY-5 JUL 2010 Six midshipmen to USMC OCS Phase I ( Bulldog ); 13 midshipmen to Phase I summer training (ships, aviation, subs) 10 JUN 2010 CAPT William R. Radomski, CO of the Marquette University Navy ROTC accepts a proclamation from Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett declaring this week Milwaukee Navy Week. Mayor Barrett and CAPT Radomski 1-11 JUL 2010 Four midshipmen to USMC Mountain Warfare training, Bridgeport, CA 5 JUL 2010 Unit commissioned one USMC 2d Lt. 8 JUL-7 AUG 2010 Nine midshipmen to CORTRAMID West, NS San Diego, CA 9-18 JUL 2010 Midshipman 1/c Hackbarth to Chisnan, Moldova on military-tomilitary assistance initiative, sponsored by Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 9 JUL-21 AUG 2010 Four midshipmen to USMC OCS Phase II, Quantico, VA 10 JUL 2010 Unit commissioned one Navy Ensign 14 JUL-21 AUG 2010 Four midshipmen to Phase III summer training 17 JUL 2010 Unit commissioned one Navy Ensign 26 JUL 2010 NROTC Alumni Reunion and open house; over 50 alumni attended 5
21-25 AUG 2010 Freshman orientation: MU NROTC welcomed 47 new midshipmen 11 SEP 2010 Tri-ROTC remembrance of World Trade Center attack of 11 SEP 2001 25-26 SEP 2010 Army/USMC Joint Field Training exercise (JFX), Ft. McCoy, WI 27 SEP 2010 Midshipman 1/c Donna Jo Meyer received a scholarship from Armed Forces Communication & Electronics Association (AFCEA) and Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation (the only such award nationally) Medal of Honor recipient James Allen Lynch presents MIDN Meyer with award 5 OCT 2010 Unit runners competed in Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon 9 OCT 2010 Unit took part Al s run for Milwaukee Children s Hospital 23 OCT 2010 Drill, endurance and sailing teams competed at UW Madison 6 NOV 2010 Fall Naval Services ball; Cdr. John Edward Moser, USNR (Ret.) Commissioned 1944 / MU Class of 1947 received MU NROTC Alumnus of the Year award. CDR Moser 6
19-21 NOV 2010 MU Navy Nurse Corps hosted biennial Navy Nursing Symposium weekend for 85 nursing midshipmen nationally 18 DEC 2010 Unit commissioned one Navy Ensign 7