ers, and University digni-

taries present. Alumni

present included COL

Rob Hedgepeth, COL

Dave Lewis, MAJ Jamie

Clausen, and Mr. Tony

Wolf. Colonel Timothy

Glynn, the G1 for the IA

ARNG was also present.

University guests were

the Deputy Provost, Dr.

Lon Moeller, and the

University of Iowa Alum-

ni Association President

Mr. Jeff Kueter and his

wife Tracy.

Thanks to generous donations on

the part of Alumni and other

friends of the program, we were

able to subsidize the cost of eve-

ry Cadet’s admission. We hope

to continue this trend again next

year.

The 113th University of

Iowa Military Ball was

held on 21 February

2016 on the 2nd floor of

the historic Iowa Memo-

rial Union. Held every

year during the Spring

semester, the University

of Iowa ROTC Military

Ball is the longest run-

ning formal event held

annually on the Iowa

campus. There were

approximately 110 ca-

dets and guests present

for the evening festivi-

ties.

Brigadier General Stephen Far-

men, Commanding General of

the Joint Munitions Command at

Rock Island Arsenal, was the

guest speaker. BG Farmen was

commissioned as a Transporta-

tion officer, and later served as

the Chief of Transportation and

the Commanding General of the

19th Expeditionary Sustainment

Command, Korea.

We were privileged to have sev-

eral alumni, National Guard lead-

To commemorate the 100th

Anniversary of the creation of

ROTC, Cadet Command sent a

request to all host universities to

nominate two of their alumni to

be inducted into the newly creat-

ed ROTC Hall of Fame.

Cadet Command requested that

“one with a distinguished record

of military service and another

who left service but went on to a

distinguished civilian career.”

The two alumni that will repre-

sent the University of Iowa are

MG (r) Stewart Wallace (‘68),

former commander of Cadet

Command, and Justice Arthur

McGiverin (‘51), retired Chief

Justice of the Iowa Supreme

Court.

Congratulations to these two

deserving Hawkeyes. Their biog-

raphies are on pages 4 and 5.

113th Military Ball

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Department Info 2

Wrestling

Military Night

2

Pinter Change of

Command

3

Justice McGiverin

Biography 4

O’Connor-

Hensch Change

of Command

4

Sen Ernst Visit 5

MG Wallace

Biography

5

Post Sponsors 6

Did You Know 8

Cadet Command Hall of Fame

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U P C O M I N G

E V E N T S :

May 13 — Spring

Commissioning

Sep 9 — Game

Ball Run

Oct 1 — Home-

coming

TBD — Alumni

Color Guard

Alumni and Honored Guests at the 113th Military Ball. First Row: LTC (r) David

Deyak (Former PMS), LTC Zach Buettner (‘97; Current PMS), Dr. Lon Moeller

(Deputy Provost and Dean of the Undergraduate College), CPT Korey Keuhl (’08),

LTC (r) Anthony Wolf (‘85). Second Row: 1LT Bryce Parker (’10), COL (r) Dave

Lewis (’89), Jeff Kueter (President of the UIAA), COL Rob Hedgepeth (‘88; Presi-

dent MHBAA), MAJ Jamie Clausen (’07)

Mighty Hawkeye Battalion

Alumni Association

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“It was an honor

to perform this

ceremony in front

of over 8,500 fans

at the wrestling

meet. They were

all supportive and

the cadets were

excited.”

- LTC Zach

Buettner (‘97)

UI Wrestling Military Appreciation Night

Department Information With summer approaching

again, we have some personnel

changes occurring soon at the

Mighty Hawkeye Battalion.

Mr. Allen Moore, our HRA,

transferred to the Veterans

Administration this year. We

have nearly completed the

hiring process for our new

HRA- and we hope it will be a

familiar name.

CPT Rodney Bunyan was se-

lected for promotion to Major

and will be attending ILE at

Fort Leavenworth, KS. While

we will miss him, we wish him

luck with this PCS. All of our

other cadre are remaining until

next summer, and will be ro-

tating through Cadet Summer

Training (CST) at Fort Knox,

KY.

During the first weekend in

April the Mighty Hawkeye

Battalion sent 51 Cadets to

Camp Dodge for the annual

spring FTX.

The FTX was a joint operation

conducted with Northern

Iowa, Iowa State, University of

Nebraska—Lincoln and

Creighton University.

The underclassmen from all

five schools were broken

down and divided into differ-

ent platoons. The Hawkeye

seniors operated a Company

HQ with three platoons. The

Company HQ then ran the

platoons through a series of

five tactical scenarios.

This is the capstone collective

training exercise that prepares

the Juniors for CST at Fort

Knox, KY.

Duty Scholarship. Jessica

serves in the 209th Medical

BN of the IA ARNG.

Emily Jefferson (‘18), is a Hu-

man Physiology major and is

the RA for the ROTC Living

Learning Community. Emily

received a 3 year ROTC Schol-

arship.

On 5 February 2016, the Uni-

versity of Iowa Wrestling team

hosted Military Night during

their duel meet with Indiana.

Military ID card holders re-

ceived free admission to the

meet and T-shirts were given

away to the first 500 fans. The

Hawkeye grapplers didn’t dis-

appoint the crowd as they

whipped the Hoosi-

ers 45-0.

During the intermis-

sion the ROTC PMS

LTC Zach Buettner

(‘97), MAJ Christo-

pher Guderski and

SFC Ricky Crouse

rappelled from the

roof of Carver Haw-

keye Arena. LTC

Buettner then swore

in 3 new cadets into

the ROTC program.

Jessica Elder (‘18),

from Sullivan, IL, and

an Athletic Training

major, received a 3

year Reserve Forces

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UI Army ROTC Professor of Military Science, LTC Zach Buettner (‘97), conducts a swearing in ceremony for Jessica Elder (’18),

Emily Jefferson (’18) and Lucas Roach (’17) during the Intermission of the Iowa/Indiana wrestling meet.

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Lucas Roach (‘17), a Bio-

chemistry major from Al-

toona, IA, is a SMP Cadet

with the 1133rd Transporta-

tion unit in the IA ARNG.

Lucas is pursuing an Active

Duty commission upon grad-

uation.

Info Request

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Dave Pinter Assumes Command of Ft. McCoy

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On 11 MAR, COL David Pinter, Sr.

(‘89) assumed command of Fort

McCoy, WI.

COL Pinter is a native of Decorah, IA

and has a bachelor’s degree from the

UI; a master’s degree in Business and

Policy Studies from Empire State Col-

lege; and a master’s degree in National

Security Strategy from the National

War College.

COL Pinter entered active duty as an

Aviation Officer and served as an avia-

tion Platoon Leader in Korea and the

10th Mountain Division. COL Pinter

served as a Company Commander and

Brigade Operations Officer in the 12th

Aviation Brigade in Germany.

In 2003, COL Pinter entered the Ac-

tive Guard Reserve (AGR) program

and was assigned as an Assistant Pro-

fessor of Military Science at the Uni-

versity of Iowa. Upon completion of

his duties at the UI, COL Pinter

served as the Logistics Officer of the

11th Aviation Command and later as a

Battalion Commander for an aviation

battalion in support of Operation

Iraqi Freedom and Operation Endur-

ing Freedom.

COL Pinter also served on the staff of

the Office of the Chief of the Army

Reserve and the Office of the Assis-

tants to the Chairman of the Joint

Chiefs of Staff for National Guard and

Reserve Matters.

Prior to assuming command of Fort

McCoy, COL Pinter served as the

Division Chief for the Homeland

Defense Division of the Joint Staff J3

Operations Directorate.

UI Army ROTC PMS, LTC Zach Buettner (‘97), rappels from the roof of Carver Hawkeye Arena during the Intermission of the Iowa/Indiana wrestling

meet on 5 Feb 2016.

If you received this newsletter from

the University of Iowa Alumni Associ-

ation, please send an email to MHBAA

Secretary Luke Peters (‘89) at ab-

nhawk@mchsi.com. We would like to

capture your contact information and

send a you a survey to ensure we have

accurate contact information in order

to ensure we keep you up to date

with events we are planning.

Also, if you have Commissioning Cer-

emony Rosters, class pictures, “action

photos”, etc. please forward a copy to

Luke for use in future newsletters and

on the website we are creating. Please

include a description, names and com-

missioning year.

COL Pinter’s deployments include

Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo and

Iraq.

COL Pinter’s awards and decorations

include the Defense Meritorious Ser-

vice Medal, Meritorious Service Medal

with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters, Army

Commendation Medal with 6 Oak

Leaf Clusters, Army Achievement

Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Joint

Staff Identification Badge, Army Staff

Identification Badge, Airborne Wings,

Air Assault Wings, Senior Aviation

Badge, Combat Action Badge and the

Ranger Tab.

COL Pinter and his wife Sheila have

four children; Kristien (20), a student

at the University of Iowa; DJ (18),

who will be attending the US Military

Academy at West Point in June; James

(14) and Nikki (12).

Also in attendance were LTC (r) Kyle

Kolthoff (‘89) and LTC (r) Steve

Fredricks (‘69 and Former PMS).

COL David Pinter, Sr. (‘89) receives the Fort McCoy

garrison colors from Joe C. Capps, Installation Management

Command Executive Director to the Commanding General,

on 11 MAR 2016. Photo by J. Langreck

Hawkeyes Change Command at Fort Carson

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On 23 Nov 15, one Hawkeye turned

command of his company over to an-

other Hawkeye when CPT Pat O’Con-

nor (’09) relinquished command of India

Forward Support Company, 1-38 IN to

CPT Jake Hensch (’10) in a Change of

Command ceremony at Fort Carson,

Co.

I FSC was activated in March 2014 start-

ing with 15 soldiers and CPT O’Connor

as it’s first commander. Within 18

months the company’s maintenance and

distribution platoons were trained and

certified in their core competencies as

well as mounted movement to con-

tact culminating in a successful rota-

tion at the National Training Center

in Fort Irwin, CA.

CPT O’Connor is from Dubuque, IA

and was commissioned from UI as a

Second Lieutenant in the Ordnance

Corps in 2009.

CPT O’Connor’s previous assign-

ments include serving as a Platoon

Leader in 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry,

and as a Company Executive Officer

and Assistant Operations Officer, 4th

Brigade Support Battalion. He has

deployed in support of Operation

Enduring Freedom and Operation

Spartan Shield (Kuwait).

CPT O’Connor’s awards and decora-

tions include the Bronze Star, Merito-

rious Service Medal, Army Commen-

dation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster),

Army Achievement Medal, Afghan

Campaign Medal (two campaign

stars), Combat Action Badge and

Airborne Wings.

CPT O’Connor, his wife Cierra

(Nelson) and daughter Adaline are

currently stationed at the Logistics

Officer Career Course, Fort Lee, VA.

CPT Hensch is from Iowa City, IA

and was commissioned from UI as a

Second Lieutenant in the Quarter-

master Corps in 2010.

CPT Hensch’s previous assignments

include serving as a Platoon Leader in

the 94th Brigade Support Battalion;

Company Executive Officer in 2nd

Battalion, 4th Infantry; Rear Provi-

sional Commander in 2nd Battalion,

30th Infantry; Brigade Plans Officer,

43rd Sustainment Brigade; and Sup-

port Ops Officer for the 4th Brigade

Support Battalion. He has deployed in

support of Operation Enduring Free-

dom.

CPT Hensch’s awards and decora-

tions include the Army Commenda-

tion Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster),

Army Achievement Medal, Afghan

Campaign Medal (two campaign

stars).

CPT Hensch and his wife Becky have

one son, Jackson.

Congratulations Hawkeyes!!!

CPT Patrick O’Connor (‘09) (Right) prepares to change com-

mand with CPT Jake Hensch (’10) (Left) at Fort Carson, CO.

Justice (r) Arthur A. McGiverin (‘51) Justice (r) Arthur McGiverin is a

native of Ottumwa, IA. After serv-

ing as the Colonel of Cadets his

senior year, Justice (r) McGiverin

earned a Bachelor’s Degree in

Commerce and was commissioned

as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry

in 1951.

After serving two tours in Korea,

Justice (r) McGiverin returned to

the University of Iowa and earned

his Law Degree in 1956.

Justice (r) McGiverin started his

long and proud career practicing

law in Ottumwa where he later

served as a part-time municipal

judge. In 1965 Justice (r) McGiverin

was appointed as a District Judge in

1965 where he serves as the Assis-

tant Chief Judge and Chief Judge for

the District Court.

In 1978 Gov. Robert Ray appointed

Justice (r) McGiverin to the Iowa

Supreme Court. In 1987 his fellow

Justices elected him as the Chief

Justice, a position he remained in

until his retirement in 2000.

Justice (r) McGiverin served as the

President of the Conference of

Chief Justices, Chairman of the

Board of Directors of the National

Center for State Courts and as a

member of the Board of Directors

of the State Justice Institute.

Justice (r) McGiverin lives in Iowa

City.

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rations include the Defense Superi-

or Service Medal, Legion of Merit (3

Oak Leaf Clusters), Bronze Star w/

V (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Purple

Heart, Meritorious Service Medal (4

Oak Leaf Clusters), Air Medal (5th

Award), Joint Service Commenda-

tion Medal, Army Commendation

Medal w/V (1 Oak Leaf Cluster),

Army Achievement Medal, and the

Ranger Tab.

Upon retirement from active duty,

MG(r) Wallace became the Vice

President for Business Develop-

ment, International Group, MPRI,

Inc. In 2004, MG(r) Wallace the

Senior Vice President of Ship Ana-

lytics, Inc. In 2005, Ship Analytics,

Inc. merged with Simulation Tech-

nology Solutions and MPRI Simula-

tions and MG(r) Wallace continued

as Senior Vice President of this

group until 2006 when he retired

from full time employment. MG(r)

Wallace currently works part time

and manages a contract in Egypt for

Engility Corporation (formerly

MPRI).

MG(r) Wallace’s advice for others

is:

1. You can always do more than

you think you can;

2. Teams can always do more

than individuals;

3. Whenever two or more indi-

viduals are together, someone

is in charge by virtue of posi-

tion, rank, personality or

agreement;

4. When in charge...take charge

and execute (attack).

MG(r) Wallace has two grown

children and currently lives in

Olympia, WA and Tucson, AZ.

MG(r) Stewart Wallace was born in

Iowa City and graduated from Britt

High School in 1963. He received

his Bachelors of Business Admin-

istration and was commissioned as

a Second Lieutenant of Armor in

1968.

While at the University of Iowa,

MG(r) Wallace was one of the first

ROTC scholarship winners, earning

a two year scholarship. MG(r)

Wallace was also the Army ROTC

Brigade Commander, President of

Delta Chi Fraternity, a student

Senator and Treasurer of the Inter

Fraternity Council.

During his 28 year career in the

Army, MG(r) Wallace served in the

following command positions: Com-

pany Commander, 11th Armored

Cavalry Regiment (Vietnam); Com-

pany Commander, 8th Infantry

Division (Germany); Battalion Com-

mander, 4/68 Armor, 8th Infantry

Division (Germany); Commander,

1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division

(Korea); Deputy Commanding Gen-

eral, I Corps; and Commanding

General U.S. Army Cadet Com-

mand. MG(r) Wallace held the fol-

lowing key staff positions: Executive

Assistant to the Commander in

Chief, United Nations Command

Korea; Assistant Division Com-

mander, 4th Infantry Division; and

Director of Army Training, Depart-

ment of the Army.

MG(r) Wallace’s military education

includes the Armor Officer Basic

Course, Infantry Officer Advance

Course, Command and General

Staff Course and the Army War

College.

MG(r) Wallace’s awards and deco-

MG (r) Stewart Wallace (‘68)

M I G H T Y H A W K E Y E B A T T A L I O N A L U M N I A S S O C I A T I O N

UI Army ROTC Cadets provided the Color Guard for the Iowa/Indiana Wrestling Meet on 5 Feb 2016.

2016 Mighty Hawkeye Battalion and Cadre

P A G E 6 V O L U M E I , I S S U E 2

Post Sponsors

M I G H T Y H A W K E Y E B A T T A L I O N A L U M N I A S S O C I A T I O N

Would you like to assist new Hawkeyes

coming to your duty location? If so please

contact MHBAA Secretary Luke Peters

(‘89). We will put your information in the

newsletter so fellow Hawkeyes can make

contact with you and get Intel on their new

duty location.

Our current post sponsor’s are:

Carlisle Barracks

COL Scott Sanborn (‘85)

s2sanborn@yahoo.com

Ft. Bliss, TX

MAJ John Osterson (‘01)

stinger8278@yahoo.com

910-273-3509

Ft. Carson, CO

CPT Greg Horsley (‘11)

Gregory.r.horsley.mil@mail.mil

Ft. Hood, TX

MAJ Chris Neels (‘00)

Chrisneels@hotmail.com

913-660-6149

Ft. Irwin, CA

CPT Thomas Fite (‘11)

tjfite6@gmail.com

641-680-3669

Ft. Lee, VA

CPT Pat O’Connor (‘09)

patrick.k.oconnor.mil@mail.mil

563-543-8556

Ft. Lewis, WA

CPT Jacob Halverson (‘14)

Jacob.j.halverson@gmail.com

1LT Alexander Herink (‘12)

ajherink@yahoo.com

Ft. Polk, LA

1LT Matt Beary (‘14)

Matthew-beary@outlook.com

815-302-0587

Ft. Shafter, HI

LTC Matt Anastasi (‘98)

anastasi96@gmail.com

931-216-9723

CPT Bobby Baythavong (‘06)

bobbybathavong@gmail.com

706-761-2401

Ft. Sill, OK

MAJ Katie Hanna (‘94)

katiebhanna@gmail.com

580-583-6485

Spring Commissioning

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17 Cadets are on track to be com-

missioned as Second Lieutenants in

the U.S. Army on Friday 13 May,

2016. For the first time the com-

missioning ceremony will be held in

the Kinnick Stadium Press Box. The

Department is excited to hold this

important ceremony at such an

iconic location on campus.

BG Warm, IA ARNG, will be the

guest speaker.

Clyde Simms (‘66)

Bernie Stone (‘94)

Richard Tyner (‘70)

Steve Vacroe (‘75)

Jim VandeKamp (‘66)

Jeff Will (‘89)

We are continually trying to recon-

nect/connect with our alumni. Here

are the alumni we have “found”

since the January Newsletter:

Katie (Boesen) Hanna (‘94)

Jacob Hensch (‘10)

Shawn Levsen (‘89)

Tom Norris (‘89)

Todd Schwartz (‘89)

In 2014, Ernst became the first

woman elected to a national office

from the state of Iowa and is also

the Senate’s first female combat

veteran.

On 6 FEB, Sen Joni Ernst (R-IA)

visited the UI Army ROTC depart-

ment.

Ernst received her commission in

1993 from the Iowa State Universi-

ty Army ROTC program and

served for 23 years in the Iowa

Army National Guard retiring in

2015.

Ernst spoke with Cadets about her

experiences as an officer in the

Iowa Army National Guard includ-

ing her deployment as a Company

Commander in 2003-2004.

Senator Ernst Visits the Hawkeye Battalion

Reconnections

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Info Request If you were promoted, if you

retired, if you assumed/changed

command, we want to know

about it. Please provide info (bios,

names, commissioning year, etc.)

and pictures via email to MHBAA

Secretary Luke Peters (‘89) at

abnhawk@mchsi.com.

Due to space considerations, the

Department asks that any alumni that

plan to attend contact the Depart-

ment first in order to ensure there is

adequate space for family members.

PMS LTC Zach Buettner (‘97) presents Sen. Joni Ernst a

Hawkeye Battalion T-Shirt

President Rob Hedgepeth (’88) rhedgepeth@bbsae.com

Vice President Dave Lewis (’89) lewisgdave@gmail.com

Secretary Luke Peters (’89) abnhawk@mchsi.com

Treasurer Joe Poch (’09) joe-poch@uiowa.edu

Members Scott Ayres (’83) sayres@mchsi.com

Brad Cook (’95) bjasonc73@yahoo.com

Dave Deyak (Fmr PMS) david.j.deyak@gmail.com

Steve Fredericks (’69; Fmr PMS) stevefredericks@mchsi.com

Todd Jacobus (’88) todd.jacobus@gmail.com

Dave Pinter (’90) pinterdskdjn6@gmail.com

Walter Prentice (’69) w.prentice@sbcglobal.net

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DID YOU KNOW—LT Percy E. Van Nostrand was the first Hawkeye commissioned in the

regular army in peacetime. LT Van Nostrand was commissioned in 1912 and previously served

in the 54th Iowa Infantry. At the time of the publishing of the yearbook, LT Van Nostrand was

serving on the Mexican border. Picture from the 1914 Hawkeye Yearbook, p. 135.

Army ROTC polo shirts and pullover wind-

breakers are now available. Polo shirts are

$25.00 and windbreakers are $30.00. You can

either stop in at the department and buy them

or you can have them shipped (shipping costs

will be added). Checks should be made out to

University of Iowa Army ROTC and mailed to

the ROTC Department at 112 South Quad,

Iowa City, Iowa 52242.

Polos/Windbreakers