Lincoln Land Chapter
Military Officers Association of America
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The Lincoln Land Chapter is an affiliate of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA).
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JROTC/ROTC MOAA AWARDS
April/May 2026
Lincoln Land MOAA Chapter now has a history of supporting the JROTC/ROTC program, transferred and sustained from the long-standing program sponsored by the former East Central Illinois MOAA Chapter. There have been various Chapter awards, scholarship endowments to Senior class JROTC cadets, and the MOAA medal to Junior class cadets for both JROTC and ROTC.
This year's 2026 awards were presented as follows:
ROTC AWARDS
University of Illinois:
Certificates, MOAA medals, and checks were presented on 23 April 2026
by Lincoln Land Chapter President Dave Knieriem, Major, USAF (Ret).
As a graduate and previous Cadet Commander of the UIUC AFROTC Program, this was Major Knieriem'sHonor and Privilege to present awards to these great future military Leaders!
Keynote Speaker
BGen Steven Rice, USAF
Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Illinois Air National Guard
Certificate of Appreciation Presented to Major Knieriem from AFROTC Professor of Aerospace Studies, Detachment 190, Lt Col Joshua Meents
Air Force ROTC Cadet Ishrak Jalaluddin
Navy ROTC Midshipman Andrew Heritage
Army ROTC Cadet
Zaylon Coultas
Eastern Illinois:
Certificate, MOAA medal, and $25 check were presented on 23 April 2026
by Chapter 2nd Vice President and ROTC/JROTC Liasion Jim Forman, Lt Col, USAF (Ret)
Army ROTC Cadet
Ashton Powers
JROTC AWARDS
PENDING - UPDATES SOON