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Robert Furgal
Hometown: Fishers, IN
DOB:
24 Aug 1985
Major:
Meteorology
Spring
07 Position: Warrior Development Squadron Commander and Standardization Evaluator
Reason For Joining AFROTC:
Dream To Be In The Air Force, Patriotism
Parts of AFROTC I Love The Most:
Drill & Ceremony, Learning about the USAF, Greatest People
Other Activities:
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, Civil Air Patrol, Biking, Golfing, Honor Guard
Favorite Saying:
"You cannot define the Air Force by the sum of its parts; it's something you have to discover."
 
 
Christine Laning
Hometown: Lindenhurst, IL
DOB:
16 Dec 1984
Major:
Management
Spring
07 Position: Skywriting Officer and AEF Exercises Director of Support
Reason For Joining AFROTC:
Scholarship
Part of AFROTC I Love The Most:
Unique Opportunity
Other Activities:
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Favorite Saying:
"The climb is what makes the view at the top so beautiful"
 
 

Lacey Mehan
Hometown:
Danville, IN
DOB: 5 Aug 1985
Major: Nursing
Spring
07 Position:  Personnel Management Squadron Commander and Wing Chaplain
Reason For Joining AFROTC:
Traveling and great opportunities
Part of AFROTC I Love The Most:
Mentoring
Other Activities:
Delta Delta Delta, Student Nurses Association
Favorite Saying:
"When things go wrong, as they sometimes will; when the road you're trudging seems all uphill; And when you want to smile, but have to sigh; when care is pressing you down a bit; Rest if you must -- but don't you quit!"
 
 

Thaddeus Fridgen
Hometown: Greencastle, PA
DOB:
27 May 1985
Major:
Meteorology

Spring 07 Position: Valpo Recruitment/Retention Officer
Reason For Joining AFROTC: To serve my country and take advantage of all the opportunities the Air Force has to offer
Part of AFROTC I Love The Most: The leadership and skills that are taught in order to become a productive member of society
Other Activities: Playing sports, watching movies
Favorite Saying: "Balls to the wall"
 

 
Nathan Smith
Hometown: Hamilton, OH
Major:
Meteorology

Spring 07 Position: Physical Fitness Officer

 
Josiah Swim
Hometown: Cary, IL
DOB:
1 Apr 1986
Major:
Meteorology

Spring 07 Position: Valpo Training Commander
Reason For Joining AFROTC:
Great leadership training and entrance into world's best career, the US Air Force
Part of AFROTC I Love The Most:
Flight Practice
Other Activities:
Weight Training, Christ College, Honor Guard
Favorite Saying: "Pressure makes diamonds"--General George S. Patton, Jr.
 

 
Chris Walsh
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
DOB:
5 Aug 1986
Major:
Nursing

Spring 07 Position: Honor Guard Commander
Reason For Joining AFROTC:
I want to serve my country and have always wanted to join the military
Other Activities:
Campus Crusade, Paintball Club, Honor Guard
Favorite Saying: "I've got the need--the need for speed" -- Top Gun
 

 

Eddy Brouch
Hometown: Aurora, IL
DOB:
18 Oct 1986
Major:
Civil Engineering
Reason For Joining AFROTC:
Family history with the Air Force and great opportunity
Other Activities:
Campus Crusade, Intervarsity, Honor Guard
Favorite Saying: "Genius is the fire that lights itself"

 
 
Matt Jackson
Hometown:
Valparaiso, IN
Major: Computer Engineering
 
 
Laura Amschler
Hometown: Avon, Indiana
DOB:
27 March 1988
Major:
Meteorology
Reason For Joining AFROTC:
To serve my country and to start a career in meteorology.
Part of AFROTC I Love The Most:
Meeting other people who have the same interest in the Air Force.
Other Activities:
Honor Guard, Kappa Kappa Gamma
 
 
Andy Beck
Hometown: Maribel, WI
DOB:
21 May 1988
Major:
International Business
Reason For Joining AFROTC:
For experience and to serve my country
Part of AFROTC I Love The Most:
The camaraderie and the
opportunities it present
s
Other Activities:
Honor Guard
Favorite Saying: "Be a shepherd, not a sheep"
 
 
Christina Camacho
Hometown: Fort Wayne, IN
DOB:
19 Jul 1988
Major:
Nursing
Reason For Joining AFROTC:
Part of AFROTC I Love The Most:

Other Activities:
Honor Guard

 
 
Erik Gundersen
Hometown: Plainfield, IL
DOB:
28 Jul 1988
Major:
Criminology
Reason For Joining AFROTC:
To serve my country, and to lead others who feel the same way.
Other Activities:
Honor Guard
Favorite Saying: "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." -John Stuart Mill
 
 
Michelle Laning
Hometown: Lindenhurst, IL
DOB:
27 Mar 1988
Majors:
Biology and Chemistry
Reason For Joining AFROTC:
Career experience, opportunity and to serve my country
Part of AFROTC I Love The Most:
Working with and learning from the other cadets and cadre.
Other Activities:
House Council, Crusdarettes, Pre-Med Club
Favorite Saying: "Oh, the places you'll go..."
 
 
Erich Maul
Hometown: Munster, Indiana
DOB: 25 Feb 1988
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Reason for Joining AFROTC: I want to be a pilot in the world's greatest Air and Space Power.
Part of AFROTC I Love the Most: Meeting new people who share the same passion as I do for the Air Force.
Other Activities: I am currently Active Reserve in the U.S. Air Force.
Favorite Saying: "HUA!"

 
 
Joel Soto
Hometown:
DOB:

Major:
Electrical Engineering
Reason For Joining AFROTC:
Part of AFROTC I Love The Most:

Other Activities:

Favorite Saying:
 
 
Elyse Steuer
Hometown: Alpharetta, GA
DOB:
17 Jun 1988
Major:
Meteorology
Reason For Joining AFROTC:
To start a career in meteorology an to serve my country
Other Activities:
Cheerleading, House Council

 
 
Andrew Vereb
Hometown: Valparaiso, IN
DOB:
13 Nov 1987
Major:
Exploratory
Other Activities:
Honor Guard



 
 
Chris Westfall
Hometown: St. Charles, MO
DOB:
19 Nov 1988
Major:
Meteorology
Reason For Joining AFROTC:
career opportunities and to serve my country
Other Activities:
intramural soccer
Favorite Saying: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
 
 
Andrew Zimmer
Hometown: Okinawa City, Japan
DOB:
9 May 1988
Majors:
Meteorology and Japanese
Reason For Joining AFROTC:
The scholarship opportunity and knowing
that I'll be employed right after college.
Part of AFROTC I Love the Most: The scholarship opportunity and knowing that I'll be employed right after college.

Other Activities:
Campus Crusade, Racquetball
Favorite Saying:
"They say there's no one older than a high school senior, but no one younger than a college freshman." -Taylor Townsend


 

 

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