
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 REPORT
May 2023
(By Lt Col Jim Forman)
East Central Illinois MOAA Chapter (Now a part of Lincoln Land MOAA Chapter) has a long history of supporting the JROTC/ROTC program. There had been various Chapter awards, scholarship endowments to Senior class JROTC cadets, and the MOAA medal to Junior class cadets for both JROTC and ROTC.
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This year's awards were presented as follows:
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Eastern Illinois: Certificate, MOAA medal, and check were presented to Army Cadet Tyler Sanders on 20 April by LtCol Jim Forman.
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University of Illinois: Certificates, MOAA medals, and checks were presented to Army Cadet Daniel Yu, Navy MID Ethan Boder, Air Force Cadet Austin Mazur on 27 April by Hugh Shown.
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Richland High School: Certificates, MOAA medal, and Scholarship check were given to Army Cadet Ayden Gayer on 4 May by JROTC unit commander MAJ Roy Waldhoff.
Mattoon High School: Certificates, MOAA medal and check were presented to Army Cadet Raygen Drennan and the Scholarship check was presented to Army Cadet Jack Burton on 11 May by Jim Forman. In addition, a check was presented to the Mattoon Army JROTC drill team for competition at the upcoming Illinois State Fair.
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Danville High School: Recipients were Devyan Swearingen (Left) for the MOAA Award and Jacob Wescomb for the Scholarship, and were presented by LtCol Jim Forman
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Danville JROTC ceremony on Thursday 18 May.
Presenter is LtCol Jim Foreman (Right).
Recipients are Devyan Swearingen (Left) for the MOAA Award
and Jacob Wescomb (Center)for the Scholarship
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Hugh Shown (Lt Col USA (Ret)), Member of Lincoln Land Chapter presents the MOAA medals and checks to ROTC Cadets from the University of Illinois at a cermony on April 27, 2023:
Army Cadet Daniel Yu, Navy MID Ethan Boder, Air Force Cadet Austin Mazu
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