James Garman served as Basic

Camp Leader/Trainers. CDTs

Emily Alvarado and Kellar Jacobs

served as Opposing Forces

(OPFOR) for Advanced Camp.

CDT Sotirios Econopouly complet-

ed Cadet Field Training. 49 Ca-

dets ended the semester earning

an award for high Army Physical

Fitness Test scores (between

270 to 300).

Saving the best for last, the

RWB ended the semester with a

winter commissioning ceremony,

promoting four of our cadets to

Second Lietenant. 2LT Thomas

Duffy branched Engineer, PA

National Guard. 2LT Shane

Schmauder branched Military

Intelligence, PA National Guard.

2LT Kristoffer Weary branched

Adjutant General, PA National

Guard. 2LT James Garman

branched Field Artillery, US Army.

Each Fall Semester, the Royal

Warrior Battalion (RWB) takes

great pride in recognizing our

cadets’ achievements during

the preceding summer. This

past summer, 24 cadets gradu-

ated Cadet Advanced Camp.

CDTs Malcom Lumia, Joe

Merolla, Martin Roddy, and

Ryan Walker graduated Cadet

Basic Camp. CDTs Ryan Haley

and Tanner Sterner graduated

Air Assault School. Three ca-

dets participated in Project

Global Officer language pro-

grams; CDT Regina Kruegler in

India and CDTs Mackenzie

Murray and Alec Sullivan with

the University of North Georgia.

Eight cadets completed Cultur-

al Understanding and Lan-

guage Proficiency Programs;

CDT Natania Feliciano in Thai-

land, CDT Brendan Hayes in

Vietnam, CDT Daniel Lettieri in

Mongolia, CDT Kayla Moschetti

in Senegal, CDT Logan Pisciotti

in Lithuania, CDT Sarah Robin-

son in Peru, CDT Nathan Rubio

in Estonia, and CDT Michael

Shott in Nepal. Eight cadets

completed Cadet Troop Leader

Training; CDT Angelina

Bertrand with 3rd Brigade,

10th Mountain Division at Fort

Polk, LA; CDT Rosie Carillo with

the 82nd Airborne Division

Sutainment Brigade at Fort

Bragg, NC; CDTs Robert Farber

and Derek Fisher with 2nd

Brigade Combat Team, 82nd

Airborne Division, at Fort Bragg,

NC; CDT Shon McClean with

2nd Infantry Division in Korea;

CDT Jason Palauskas with the

160th Special Operations Avia-

tion Regiment (SOAR) at Fort

Campbell, KY; CDT Edwin

Paramo with the US Army Medi-

cal Department Activity

(MEDDAC) at Fort Stewart, GA;

and CDT Jibrael Robinson with

3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Divi-

sion at Fort Bliss TX. CDT

Nehlig completed Nurse Sum-

mer Training Program. CDT

Drozd completed an Army Med-

ical Department internship.

CDTs Theodore Oczkowski and

Celebrating Success and Awarding Excellence

Turkey Bowl 2018

This November, the Royal Warrior Battalion

(RWB) held its annual Turkey Bowl. Each compa-

ny within the Battalion met at East Stroudsburg

University to compete in

and ultimate football

competition, playing

each other company. C

Company from the South

Campuses of the RWB

won all three games

against the other compa-

nies and thus claimed

the highly coveted Turkey Bowl trophy, designed

and crafted by our very own CPT David Sherman.

The trophy, adorned with a RWB challenge coin,

is modeled after the Vince

Lombardi super bowl trophy

and resembled a cooked

turkey stitched up like a foot-

ball. The trophy will remain

displayed at the South Cam-

pus Army ROTC office until

the next Turkey Bowl.

Fall Semester 2018

Army ROTC

Fall Semester 2018

Inside this issue:

Cadet Summer Training

Summary

1

Turkey Bowl ‘18 1

Winter Commissioning

Ceremony

1

Roll Call: Alumnus —

COL Jason Silvernail

2

RWB Program and

Contact Information

3

Upcoming Events 4

SOUND OFF!

The Cadets of the Royal Warrior Battalion are some of the finest scholars, athletes and student leaders our ten

campuses have to offer.

2010, earning him both a Doctor

of Science degree from Baylor

University and Fellow status in

the American Academy of Ortho-

pedic Manual Physical Thera-

pists. His clinical and academic

credentials place him in the top

0.5% of physical therapists in the

United States.

Prior to his assignment to

Walter Reed, he served on the US

Army Performance Triad team at

the Office of the Surgeon General

as the Army Surgeon General’s

Subject Matter Expert on exer-

cise, fitness, and musculoskele-

tal medicine. He has had a wide

variety of clinical and operational

assignments in his military ca-

reer, and over 27 years of Army

service in both the enlisted and

officer ranks. COL Silvernail has

served in medical and operation-

al units in locations around the

world. He has spent 21 months

in hostile fire zones in support of

operational and combat missions

in the Middle East and in South

Asia.

COL Silvernail is a board-

certified Orthopedic Clinical Spe-

cialist from the ABPS and a Certi-

fied Strength and Conditioning

Specialist with the NSCA. Key

For this semester’s throw back

roll call, we wish to highlight for-

mer Royal Warrior Battalion alum-

nus, Colonel Jason Silvernail. COL

Silvernail is the Assistant Chief of

Staff, Walter Reed National Mili-

tary Medical Center in Bethesda,

MD. Immediately prior to his selec-

tion as the Assistant Chief of Staff,

COL Silvernail served as the Chief

of the Physical Therapy Service.

COL Silvernail is originally from

the Houston, Texas area. After

enlisting in the US Army at age 17,

he was selected for a ROTC schol-

arship to attend college. He re-

ceived his Bachelor of Science

and his commission as a Second

Lieutenant at the University of

Scranton Pennsylvania in 1996.

He stayed on for graduate school

and earned a Master of Physical

Therapy degree in 1997, and he

has been in practice as a physical

therapist since then. COL Silver-

nail completed his Doctor of Physi-

cal Therapy degree from the Uni-

versity of Scranton in 2006 and

was inducted into the Alpha Sigma

Nu academic honor society. He

was selected for the prestigious

Army-Baylor Doctoral Fellowship in

Orthopedic Manual Physical Thera-

py at Fort Sam Houston for sub-

specialty training and graduated in

military awards and recognitions

include the Bronze Star Medal,

the Meritorious Service Medal,

the Meritorious Unit Commenda-

tion, the Surgeon General’s ‘A’

Proficiency Designator, the Expert

Field Medical Badge, and the

German Armed Forces’ Military

Proficiency Badge in Gold, among

others. COL Silvernail is a mem-

ber of the prestigious Order of

Military Medical Merit. He is a

graduate of the US Army’s Com-

mand and General Staff College.

COL Silvernail is married to

Carolyn T. Silvernail MS, MFA; a

photographer, filmmaker, and

professor at American University.

They live in the Washington DC

area and enjoy hiking, fitness, and

ballroom dancing.

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ROLL CALL! COL Jason Silvernail

Partner with Us!

For more information re-garding the scholarship fund or if you would like to make a contribution, please contact

Trish Krisiak

Director of Stewardship & Donor Relations

Division of University Ad-vancement

570-941-7724

patri-cia.krisiak@scranton.edu

Gifts may also be made online using our secure giving site:

scranton.edu/makeagift

30 MAR—Superlab 1 (Basic Rifle Marksmanship)

4-7 April—Spring Field Training Exercise @ Fort Indiantown Gap

13 April—Superlab 2

27 April—Royal Warrior Battalion Military Ball (Dining Out) @ Genetti Manor in Dickson City

Rock Hall

419 Monroe Avenue

Scranton, PA 18510

Professor of Military Science

LTC William G. White

Phone: 570-941-7457

Email: william.white2@scranton.edu

Senior Military Science Instructor

MSG Joseph A. Gonzalez

Email: joseph.gonzalez@scranton.edu

Recruiting Operations Officer

MAJ(R) Bill Ramsey

Phone: 570-301-4986

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Who We Are:

The Royal Warrior Battalion is comprised of several cadets from 10 colleges and universities located throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania. Headquartered at the University of Scranton, the Royal Warrior Battalion has a distinguished history producing offic-ers who have served the Army and the Nation at every rank from Second Lieutenant thru Lieutenant General. Many of our gradu-ates and commissionees have gone on to enjoy success following their military service in politics, business, education and other en-deavors.

What We Do:

Our mission is to successfully Commission Cadets into the U.S.

Army and prepare them for success within the United States Mili-

tary as an Officer.