PLANE TRUTH: HOUSTON’S ONLY AIR
FORCE ROTC PROGRAM
MOVING INTO NEW FACILITY AT UH
The latest Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment
in Texas – and the first ever in
Houston – is moving into new quarters at the University of
Houston.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 3 p.m., Tuesday, Aug.
31, in Room 109 of the Susanna Garrison Building followed by an
open house. The campus community and general public are invited.
Col. John Gaughan, commander of all Air Force ROTC detachments in
the southwest United States, is expected to attend. Also on hand
will be Col. David L. Mintz, an Air Force Academy graduate and highly
decorated F-15 fighter pilot who currently commands the Air Force
ROTC Detachment at UH.
The program, which has approximately 50 student cadets enrolled,
offers individuals the opportunity to become an officer in the Air
Force while earning an academic degree at UH. Those who complete
this program are commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United
States Air Force. Students at Rice University and TSU are also eligible
to participate in the UH-based program.
The Air Force ROTC Detachment at UH is the first such program to
open in Texas in more than a decade. Only two other such detachments
have been activated in Texas since 1952.
“Since Air Force ROTC is all about quality and diversity
in training future Air Force leaders,” said Col. Mintz, “what
better place for that than at UH, with the most ethnically diverse
student body among the nation’s research universities?”
The new facility in the Garrison Building includes a cadet training
room, computer laboratory, study area and offices for the department
staff.
For additional information, visit the Web http://www.uh.edu/afrotc/index.html.
WHAT: |
Open House/Ribbon Cutting of New Air Force ROTC
facility at UH |
WHEN: |
3 p.m., Tuesday, August 31 |
WHERE: |
Room 109, Garrison Building (3855 Holman, near Cullen and
adjacent to Hofheinz Pavilion) |
For more information about UH visit the universitys Newsroom at www.uh.edu/admin/media/newsroom.
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