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Upcoming Events:

CWST

Cluster LDX (APR)

Dining out @ WVSU (APR)

Commissioning (MAY)

First I would like to say THANK YOU to all the Cadre,

Staff, Cadets, Institution Administrators, faculty, and alumni

for your warm welcome to West Virginia and the Yellow Jacket

Battalion.

My first semester as the Professor of Military Science/

Department Chair has been all I expected and then some. Just

in my first semester I have experienced several highs which

include awarding scholarships and room waivers that could

make a positive difference in a student’s college career to the

low of having to notify cadets of disqualification. Of course our

ultimate high was the commissioning of Second Lieutenants

Gregory Hott and Rashawn Terwilinger at the West Virginia

State Capitol on 12 December 2014.

The significance of the Yellow Jacket Battalion was made even clearer on 13

December 2014 during the WVSU Commencement where I was afforded the opportunity to

administer the oath of office to 2LT Terwilinger. I got goose bumps as the audience

expressed the value in what we do with a thunderous applause for 2LT Terwilinger as he came

to the stage to have his gold bars pinned by his mother and brother. I want to have more

moments like that during my tenure here with the Yellow Jacket Battalion.

My goal is, with everyone’s help, to attract scholar, athlete, leaders (SAL) and grow

them into the leaders the Army and our nation needs in the future. All of us can contribute to

this effort by encouraging qualified high school students and underclassmen in your individual

spheres of influence (community, church, social affiliations) to look at ROTC as a FIRST choice

as a foundation for their future.

I continue to get my arms wrapped around all of the details of this adventure but

what I enjoy most is the interaction I am able to have with Cadets and the opportunity I have

to grow them not only as future Army leaders but as human beings, too. The staff and I take

a personal charge to grow the young people that are a part of the Yellow Jacket Battalion.

They are/will be treated like I would want my son or daughter to be treated.

To the Cadets, this is just the beginning as we look ahead to an event filled Spring

2015 semester which is highlighted with a Leader Development Exercise (LDX) and Dining Out

in April and commissioning in May. On top of all the ROTC activities let’s not forget the

importance of attending and doing well in ALL classes.

I look forward to our continued success in the growth of the Yellow Jacket Battalion

and the commissioning of quality second lieutenants.

Yellow Jacket Battalion

In this Issue: Page

Commander’s Corner 1

Making Headlines 2,3

Desk of the SMI 4

New Cadet 4

Ranger Challenge 5

Hall of Fame 6,7

Newest Lieutenants 8

Hail and Farewell 9

~ Commander’s Corner

Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Vol. 5 December 2014

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Yellow Jackets Led The Way

~Making the Headl ines

CDT Myers conducting Day Land Nav.

CDT Buchanan performing the Sit-Up Event

CDTs negotiate a One-Rope Bridge Obstacle

CDT Tully finds his first point

CDTs support GSC by firing the ceremonial 75mm

Howitzer during a home football game

CDTs Jenkins and Burns enjoying the LDX

A much needed break for CDTs Robinson and Capers

CDTs McKinney and Salsbury prepare for Land Nav.

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Yellow Jackets Yellow Jacket BN Cadets Visit the Glenville Boy Scout Troop

The Cadets of the Glenville State College performed community service during the Fall 2014

semester with the local Boy Scout Troop in Glenville, WV. Together, ROTC Cadets and members of

the Boy Scout Troop performed Color Guard during the Glenville State College’s Homecoming

parade. Check us out on the web!

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Mr. & Ms. ROTC

CDTs Robinson and McCoy

Homecoming Parade

Homecoming Parade

WVSU Cadets and Cadre participated in a commercial shoot during the Fall 2014 Semester. Look for

the commercial on local networks around January or February 2015.

Want to keep up to date with the Yellow Jackets?

The Yellow Jacket Battalion Facebook Page

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~ Fol low us on Facebook

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To meet the challenges that await this new Cadet, Cadre pledge to provide

the best possible instruction and realistic training while offering one-on-

one interaction. As new members of the Yellow Jacket BN, it is your duty

to attend all training activities. With the combined efforts of Cadre and

Senior Cadets we are confident that the Yellow Jacket BN will continue to

produce the best qualified and capable company grade Officers.

We would like to welcome the following Cadet to the Yellow Jacket Family:

CDT Franklin Myers—University of Charleston, Class of 2017

~ Welcome New Cadet

CDT Franklin Myers

On behalf of the entire Yellow Jacket Team, I would

like to thank you again for your unwavering support.

The Cadets continue to impress us each and every

day and have accomplished much in the past six

months. Of note, we had two Cadets graduate from

this fine program and are now the newest

commissioned officers in the United States Army.

Congratulations to them both on their hard work.

With respect to the Cadre, we continue to be blessed with a talented,

diverse, and experienced team of professionals dedicated to producing

trained, adaptable leaders of character committed to service to this great

nation. We are extremely grateful to welcome LTC Spears as our new

Professor of Military Science. We are honored to have him as part of the

team.

The Yellow Jacket BN is looking forward to the upcoming semesters as

we continue to strive to develop these exceptional young men and women

to be the leaders of our Army of the future.

~Desk of the SMI

Tire Flip

Zodiac Boat Challenge

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~2014 Ranger Chal lenge



WVSU competed in a rigorous two day Ranger Challenge competition at Fort Pickett, VA. Thirty-eight schools from all of the Mid-Atlantic and South-East were present and ready to take on the myriad of events that awaited them. The eleven-Cadet Ranger Challenge team consisted of nine Cadets from WVSU, one from GSC and one from WVUIT. CDT Ryan Buchanan CDT Malcom Capers CDT James Hubbard CDT Christopher Taylor CDT Veronica Pettit CDT Derrick McKinney CDT Vincent Bird CDT Ashley Burns CDT Nyheem Robinson CDT Chelsea McCoy CDT Marshall Tully Ranger Challenge is Army ROTC's varsity sport, with competitors earning a Rang-er Challenge Tab and service ribbon upon successful completion. The competition focuses on the basic infantry skills, with Squad-sized teams competing against other schools in rifle marksmanship, constructing a rope-bridge, patrolling, disas-sembly and reassembly of the M16A2 Rifle, the Army Physical Fitness Test, and multiple timed road marches.

2014 Yellow Jacket Battalion Army ROTC Ranger Challenge Team

High Crawl

Litter Carry

Burpee exercise

A Short Break

Dead Lift The Finish Line

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Yellow Jackets Commissioner Conyers is a native of Williamsburg, Virginia. He attended West Virginia State College, Institute, West Virginia where he graduated in May, 1969 with a BA in Political Science with minors in Philosophy and Military Science. While at WVSC, Conyers was an advanced ROTC cadet who served as a Battalion Executive Officer and was inducted into the National Honor Society of the Scabbard and Blade. Anthony Conyers retired in 2010, after having served more than 35 years in local and state government. He lives in Williamsburg with his wife, Cressondra B. Conyers, a district court judge. They have three adult children and two grandchildren. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity and

serves as a Deacon at New Zion Baptist Church in Williamsburg.

~Hal l o f Fame



Dr. Hemphill and Commissioner Conyers

Commissioner (Retired) Anthony Conyers, Jr.

Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Haywood Holder

Lieutenant Colonel Holder is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a 1964 graduate of West Virginia State University. He graduated with A Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education with teaching fields in biology and so-cial studies. He holds a Master‘s degree in secondary education from Boston University and a Doctor of Education in Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University.

Lieutenant Colonel Holder is married to his beloved wife Shirley and they

have three children, and four grandchildren. They reside in Hampton, Virginia.

Dr. Hemphill and LTC (Ret) Mosley

Dr. Hemphill and LTC (Ret) Holder

Captain Robert Lee Smith received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications in 1990 at West Virginia State University. He is a 1991 graduate of U. S. Coast Guard Officer Candidate School, and assessed into the Coast Guard via the Minority Officer Recruiting Effort. He earned a Masters of Science in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, a Masters of Science in Instruction & Performance Technology, and is All-But-Dissertation in pursuit of a Ph.D. in Psychology. Captain Smith is a 2013 Boys and Girls Club of America Alumni Hall of Fame Inductee. He and his wife reside in Fredericksburg, VA with their three

children.

Captain Robert Lee Smith

Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Kenneth Rainelle Mosley

Lieutenant Colonel Mosley is a native of Dunbar, West Virginia. He is 1968 graduate of West Virginia State University where he earned his Bachelor of

Science Degree in Chemistry and Minors in Mathematics and Military Science.

Kenneth Mosley is a Deacon and Chairman of the Trustee Board at Ferguson

Memorial Baptist Church, Dunbar, West Virginia.

Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth R. Mosley resides in Institute, WV. He has two

daughters (both Lawyers), one granddaughter and one grandson.

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~Honorary Hal l of Fame



Major Ojeda was born on 25 September, 1970 in Rochester, Minnesota to Rich-ard Sr. and Florena Ojeda. He was raised in Logan County West Virginia and gradu-ated from Logan High School in 1988. Major Ojeda enlisted on DEC 28, 1989 and attended Basic and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri as a Bridge Crew member. Following initial training, he was assigned to the 130th Engineer Brigade in Hanau, Germany as a member of the 814th Engineer Compa-ny. His next enlisted assignment would be at Fort Bragg, North Carolina with the 264th Engineer Company, the only Airborne Bridge Unit in the world. Major Ojeda has attended numerous courses over his 24 years of military. Major Ojeda currently teaches a leadership course for Chapmanville and Logan High Schools meant to help students to become better citizens and continue on a path towards graduation and

hopefully college and recently ran for Congress for the 3rd Congressional District of West Virgin-ia. Major Ojeda is married to the former Kelly Ann Wismer of Logan, West Virginia and they have

two children. Richard III (17) and Kayla Lavon (14).

Major (Retired) Richard Neece Ojeda, II

Full biographies can be found at WVSU Army ROTC Hall of Fame

Tuskegee Airmen

Mrs. Rose Agnes Cousins Captain Mac Ross Staff Sergeant Henry L. Moore Wylie “Cool PaPa” W. Selden, Jr.

Dr. Hemphill and MAJ (Ret) Ojeda

Dr. Hemphill and CAPT. Smith

The 2014 Hall of Fame Inductees with Dr. Hemphill and LTC Spears

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~Newest L ieutenants in the U.S . Army



2LT Gregory E. Hott

2LT Rashawn R. Terwilinger

2LT Hott was commissioned on 12 December 2014 at the West Virginia State Capitol.

His Second Lieutenant Rank was pinned on by his father, Bradley Hott. 2LT Hott is

commissioned in the West Virginia National Guard as an Armor Officer. He will attend

the Basic Officer Leadership Course at Fort Benning, Georgia with follow on duty in Bra-

vo Troop 1/150th Armor Reconnaissance Squadron in West Virginia.

2LT Terwilinger was commissioned on 12 December 2014 at the West Virginia State

Capitol. His Second Lieutenant Rank was pinned on by his mother, Robin Terwilinger, and

brother, Justin Terwilinger. 2LT Terwilinger is commissioned in the West Virginia Nation-

al Guard as a Military Police Officer. He will attend the Basic Officer Leadership Course

at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri with follow on duty in the 863rd Military Police Company

in West Virginia.

2LTs Hott and Terwilinger with COL

Henry

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SSG Brewer is a native of New York. He is a 2011 graduate from

Colorado Technical University where he earned an Associates of

Science in General Studies. His military education consists of the

U.S. Army Airborne School, Air-Assault School, Mountain Warfare,

NBC Defense, Recruiting and Retention, Drill Sergeant School,

Instructor training, Basic Non-commissioned Officer and Primary

Leadership Development Courses. SSG Brewer has had duty as-

signments with 2nd BN, 502nd Infantry, 2nd BN, 87th Infantry

where he deployed to Afghanistan from 2003-2004 and again from

2006-2008. SSG Brewer served as a Drill Sergeant with 2nd BN

387th Training Regiment with the U.S. Army Reserve. He is cur-

rently an active duty member with the West Virginia National

Guard and will be serving as the Military Science Instructor at Glenville State College.

~Hai l

SSG James Brewer

~Farewel l

SFC Daniel Webb will be leaving GSC and the Army soon to pur-sue a new career as a Land Manager with EQT. He has served diligently with the Yellow Jacket Battalion from 2010 to present and will be missed by all Cadre and Cadets. Please join the Yel-low Jacket Battalion in thanking him for his service to Army ROTC and in wishing him well in his future endeavors. Over his 30 year career, SFC Webb distinguished himself by ex-ceptionally meritorious service in a succession of positions of great importance and responsibility to the Army and the Nation, culminating as the Military Science Instructor for the ROTC de-tachment at Glenville State College, WVSU Army ROTC. SFC Webb played a key role in the re-initiation of the ROTC program at Glenville State College as a member of the Yellow Jacket Bat-talion from August 2010 to January 2015.

SFC Daniel Webb

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Mr. William Kinsey

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Mr. William Kinsey

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