By Auburn University NROTC
AUBURN, Ala., (NNS) -- Two Naval Reserve Officers Training
Corps (NROTC) midshipmen, were commissioned as naval officers at the Auburn
University Nichols Center Wardroom, Aug. 2.
The Navy-option nursing students, Ensigns Mary Catherine
Kelley, 22, from Windermere, Fla., and Randi Danley, 21, from Pensacola, Fla.,
were recognized by Auburn's NROTC Executive Officer Cmdr. Kevin Downey in front
of an audience of more than 30 people.
Downey told those in attendance that he was able to spend
time with each midshipmen prior to their commissioning. He said it was an honor
to teach them leadership skills and offered the newly commissioned officers
advice for their careers.
"The ceremony was a beautiful thing," said one
family member attending the ceremony. "I've never seen the Navy look so
good!"
The successful audience turnout, first salutes from the
unit's Officer Candidate Bryson Wilson and husband of Ensign Danley, U. S.
Marine Corps Cpl. Christopher Danley, and presence of veterans from the Army,
Navy, Air Force, and Marines made the Auburn University NROTC summer 2014
commissioning ceremony a memorable experience for everyone in attendance.
Prior-enlisted parents and grandparents granted sons and
daughters a first salute in honor of their commission.
One father stated, "It fills me with pride to know that
our legacy will be carried on through the careers of these fine young men and
women."
The NROTC program, overseen by Naval Service Training
Command (NSTC) at Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., was established to develop
midshipmen mentally, morally and physically and to imbue them with the highest
ideals of duty, loyalty and Navy core values in order to commission college
graduates as naval officers who possess a basic professional background, are
motivated toward careers in the naval service and have a potential for future
development in mind and character so as to assume the highest responsibilities
of command, citizenship and government.
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