Sharing updates from some of our past CPT Brian Faunce Memorial Fund award winners. Let’s see how they are doing since they graduated from Army ROTC at Penn State.

“Currently I am in Mosul, Iraq with 4-1AD. We are in charge of closing down one of the major bases up here in the north.”
Nicholas Edwards (2010)

“I spent my first 10 months at Fort Lewis as a Platoon Leader in a Rifle Company. I did so well that they moved me to the Recon Platoon. Before moving out here to Fort Lewis, I had completed Ranger and Airborne School down at Georgia. Now I am training with the Recon Platoon in preparation for deployment this spring. We leave for the National Training Center at Fort Irwin in a month.”
James Carite (2009)

“I am doing what I love. I am a Scout Platoon Leader and I recently was promoted to CPT. I just deployed (to Afghanistan) in July of this year and I will be here until next year and then back to good ol’ Germany.”
Tony Nicosia (2008)

News from two of our Penn State alumni and past CPT Brian Faunce Memorial Award winners.

Holly Brewer, our very first award winner in 2004, will be starting law school at the University of Memphis in August. Dan Frechette, award winner 2007, wrote to us from the Last Frontier in Alaska to say he has finished Airborne School, and will be taking command of an artillery battery this month – unit Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment.  He says this is the job he’s wanted since giving up his platoon almost two years ago.

Best wishes Holly and Dan, and thanks for keeping in touch with us!

The mission of the 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 377th Field Artillery Regiment is to reset and retrain the Battalion in order to build lethal sections and platoons prepared for combat operations, serviceable equipment ready for deployment, and strong paratroopers and families able to endure a lengthy deployment.

Two of our Award Winners, Nick Edwards (2010) at left, and Dan Frechette (2007), together at Ft. Sill.  Nick is graduating in January from Officer Basic Course and heading to the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, TX.  Dan started Captains Career Course about three weeks ago now, and he reports it’s going well so far.

Thanks Dan for the update and the photo!