Mhbaa newsletter jan '16

The near term projects we are

working on are supporting the

Military Ball on 20 February

2016, Spring Commissioning in

May 2016 and recognizing the

100th Anniversary of the crea-

tion of ROTC throughout 2016.

If you have not done so already,

please like us on Facebook

(Mighty Hawkeye Battalion Army

ROTC Alumni Association -

MHBAA)

and Linkedin

(Mighty

Hawkeye

Battalion

Alumni As-

sociation) to

keep up to

date on

MHBAA

activities.

Hopefully all of you had a great

and safe Holiday Season. This is

the first MHBAA Newsletter.

The goal is to publish a newslet-

ter once a quarter to keep all of

our alumni updated on the activi-

ties of the MHBAA and the Army

ROTC Department, encourage

participation and reconnect with

old friends. We do not have

everyone's contact information, if

you know of alumni that did not

receive this please contact Luke

Peters (’89) at

[email protected].

In 2014, after several years of

discussion, the Mighty Hawkeye

Battalion Army ROTC Alumni

Association (MBHAA) was creat-

ed. The purpose of the MHBAA

is to: Promote the Army ROTC

Department; Maintain a connec-

tion to significant Department

events; Provide current cadets

opportunities for mentorship;

Provide opportunities for Alumni

and the Department to interface;

and continue to maintain contact

with classmates post-graduation.

The MHBAA is governed by a 15

person Board of Directors that

serve 3 year terms. 5 Director

seats are up for election/re-

election each year.

On 20 Feb 2015, the University

of Iowa ROTC Department will

host the 113th Military Ball at the

Iowa Memorial Union (IMU). The

Military Ball is one of the oldest

formal events on the UI campus.

The department is once again

accepting donations to assist in

defraying the cost. Last year

alumni donations were able to

cover the cost of every MSI-III

being able to attend. The cost of

attending the Military Ball is

$30.00 per person. If you are

able, please consider sending a

donation to the department. Any

check should be made out to the

“University of Iowa Army

ROTC” and mailed to the de-

partment at 101 South Quad,

Iowa City, IA 52242 Attn: Sharyl

Grim. Please RSVP NLT 1 FEB

2016.

I-Team ‘88 at Ft. Lewis, WA. (L-R) 1st Row: Bob Dixon (’89), Dave Pinter (’89)

2nd Row: Kevin Gamble (’91), Luke Peters (’89); 3rd Row: Brett Chenoweth (‘89),

Jay Pitz (‘90), Kyle Kolthoff (‘89); Back Row: Brian Patterson (‘89)

MHBAA is Up and Running

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Department

Info

2

Alumni Color

Guard

2

Wrestling

Military Night

2

Winter ‘15

Commissioning

3

IMU Leader

Wall

4

ROTC 100 Year

Anniversary

5

Board of

Directors

5

Military Ball

Mighty Hawkeye Battalion

Alumni Association J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

U P C O M I N G

E V E N T S :

Feb 5 - Military

Night, Iowa v.

Indiana Wrestling

Meet

Feb 20 - Military

Ball

May 13 - Spring

Commissioning

P A G E 2

“It was truly an

awesome

experience

presenting the

colors at a sold out

Kinnick Stadium.”

- Dave Lewis (‘89)

Alumni Color Guard

UI Wrestling Military Appreciation Night

Department Information Last summer LTC Zach Buett-

ner (’97) became the 52nd

Professor of Military Science at

the University. The depart-

ment is currently staffed with 4

officers, 2 NCOs and 4 civilian

employees. There are current-

ly 10 MS I (4 contracted), 13

MS II (8 contracted), 18 MS III

and 18 MS IV cadets in the

battalion.

Once again the department

participated in the Annual

Game Ball Run with the Iowa

State University Army ROTC

department. This year the

cadets ran through the towns

of Iowa City, Williamsburg,

Tama, Marengo and Belle

Plaine to collect canned food

items for the Iowa City Shelter

House.

Members of the department

also participated in the Game

Ball Ruck sponsored by the

University of Iowa Veterans

Association (UIVA). This year

the UIVA conducted a 280

mile ruck march, bringing the

game ball from the University

of Minnesota to Kinnick Stadi-

um for the home game on 14

November.

The Ranger Challenge team

took 2nd place at the TF Chal-

lenge Competition held at

Camp Dodge.

On 5 February, 2016, the de-

partment will conduct a swear-

ing in ceremony during the

intermission of the Iowa-

Indiana wrestling meet. 3 Ca-

dets will be sworn in and ad-

mission is free for military ID

card holders.

Admission to the meet is free

for military ID holders and

dependants with a military ID.

Also, the first 500 fans will

receive an Iowa ROTC/

Wrestling t-shirt.

On 5 February 2016, the de-

partment will swear in 3 Ca-

dets in a ceremony during the

intermission of the Iowa-

Indiana wrestling meet. Former

Wrestlers and UI ROTC

Alumni retired MG Kenneth

Leuer (‘56) and retired COL

Stefafan Banach (‘83) will pro-

vide video comments also.

present the colors. Dave Lewis

said that “it was truly an awe-

some experience presenting

the colors at a sold out game.”

This event was well received

by the football department and

the story was picked up by the

Army PAO.

The Michigan Wolverines will

be the Hawkeye’s opponent at

next season’s Veteran’s Day

game on 12 Nov 2016.

Prior to the annual Veteran’s

Day football game the MHBAA

provided the first alumni color

guard to present the colors.

This year’s game between the

Hawkeyes and Minnesota saw

MSG (r) Dave Stoen (former

Senior NCO of the depart-

ment) was the NCOIC. COL

(r) Dave Lewis (’89), LTC Brad

Cook (‘95), LTC Mark Coble

(‘90) and LTC Mike Brothers

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

COL (r) Stefan Banach (‘83)

MHBAA Partners With The UIAA

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

During our December 2015 meet-

ing, Jeff Kueter, Director of the

University of Iowa Alumni Associa-

tion (UIAA) spoke to the MHBAA

Board of Directors about the bene-

fits of partnering with the UIAA.

The UIAA is reaching out to small-

er alumni organizations, like the

MHBAA, in order to assist the

smaller organizations in what they

want to accomplish and also in-

crease the reach of the UIAA. At

it’s January 2016 meeting the

MHBAA Board of Directors unani-

mously voted to partner with the

UIAA. Partnering with the UIAA

provides numerous benefits to the

MHBAA.

First, the MHBAA will have access

to the UIAA database of alumni.

The UIAA is continually updating

it’s database that includes all gradu-

ates of the university. We are try-

ing to reach out to all of our alumni

but we know there are a great deal

that we have not had contact with

and the UIAA will assist us.

Second, the UIAA will serve as our

bank. Any funds that we bring in

will be stored with the UIAA and

they will file the required paper-

work with the government. We will

still have control over our money

but this will alleviate a lot of re-

quirements on our Treasurer.

Third, the UIAA has people that

will be able to assist us with re-

sourcing and executing events that

we want to sponsor (i.e. 5k run,

golf tournament, etc.).

Continued Page 4 —UIAA

If you were promoted or retired

from either the military or your

civilian job we want to know about

it. Send a brief bio and a picture to

the MHBAA Secretary, Luke Peters

(‘89) and we will make sure it gets

in to the next newsletter.

officer was LTC (r) Deyak and he

received his first salute from MSG

(r) David Stoen.

2LT Anna J. Motyka was commis-

sioned in the Army Nurse Corps.

She is a nursing major from Batavia,

IL. Her commissioning officer was

her brother, LT Nicholas Motyka,

USN, and she received her first

salute from MSG (r) Stoen.

Congratulations to both Lieuten-

ants, always lead from the front.

On 18 December, 2015, the UI

Army ROTC Department commis-

sioned it’s two newest officers in

the Senate Chambers at the Old

Capitol. Former Professor of Mili-

tary Science LTC (r) Dave Deyak

was the keynote speaker.

2LT Matthew J. Ford was commis-

sioned in the Engineer Corps. He is

a Civil Engineering major from

Huntley, IL. His commissioning

Commissioning Winter ‘15

Promotions/Retirements Info Request

If you have Commissioning Ceremony Ros-

ters, class pictures, “action photos”, etc.

please forward a copy to MHBAA Secretary

Luke Peters (‘89). Please include a description,

names and commissioning year. These items

will be used in future newsletters and on the

website we are creating. One of the goals for

the website is to have a list of alumni that

were commissioned by year.

Like the MHBAA on LinkedIn:

Mighty Hawkeye Battalion Alumni

Association

Spring Commissioning

P A G E 4 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

16 Cadets are on track to be com-

missioned as Second Lieutenants in

the U.S. Army on Friday 13 May,

2016, at the National Guard Ar-

mory in Iowa City.

If you can attend please do so to

welcome the newest generation of

Hawkeye warriors.

charge us a fee for these services

unless the organization (or event)

becomes large enough that it is

taking a lot of their time. In the

event that the UIAA does charge us

a fee it will be nominal to cover

costs.

Mr. Kueter only asks that our mem-

bers consider joining the UIAA.

Finally the UIAA will help “spread

the word” of our organization. They

will be able to run articles and ad-

vertise events for us in their news-

letter. They will also set up and

maintain our website which will be

linked in with the main UIAA web-

site. The content will be ours and

they will maintain it.

At this time the UIAA will not

record of 86-5-2 and was a two

time All-American. In 2002, MG (r)

Leuer was inducted into the Na-

tional Wrestling Hall of Fame of

Outstanding Americans.

MG (r) Leuer served 32 years as an

Infantry officer in the U.S. Army. In

1974, MG (r) Leuer was tasked

with forming the modern day Rang-

er Battalions and co-authored the

“Ranger Creed”.

MG (r) Leuer’s awards and decora-

tions include: Defense Superior

Service Medal, Legion of Merit,

Bronze Star Medal (2 OLC) and the

Combat Infantryman Badge.

On 12 November, 2015, the Iowa

Memorial Union (IMU) unveiled its

new Leader Wall. This year ROTC

alumni MG (r) Kenneth Leuer (‘56)

was inducted.

MG (r) Leuer graduated with a

degree in business administration

and was an All-American wrestler

for the Hawkeyes. MG (r) Leuer

finished his senior season undefeat-

ed winning the Big Ten and NCAA

championships at 191 pounds. MG

(r) Leuer finished his career with a

IMU Leader Wall

UIAA - from page 3 Post Sponsors Would you like to assist new Haw-

keyes 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 loca-

tion.

Class of ‘89. Picture submitted by Luke Peters (‘89)

On June 3, 1916, Congress author-

ized the creation of the Reserve Of-

ficer Training Corps (ROTC). While

military training was not new to col-

lege campuses, this Congressional Act

sought to expand and standardized

military training on campuses.

President Rob Hedgepeth (’88) [email protected]

Vice President Dave Lewis (’89) [email protected]

Secretary Luke Peters (’89) [email protected]

Treasurer Joe Poch (’09) [email protected]

Members Scott Ayres (’83) [email protected]

Brad Cook (’95) [email protected]

Dave Deyak (Fmr PMS) [email protected]

Steve Fredericks (’69; Fmr PMS) [email protected]

Todd Jacobus (’89) [email protected]

Dave Pinter (’90) [email protected]

Walter Prentice (’69) [email protected]

Anthony Reynolds (’10) [email protected]

Vance Stewart (’85) [email protected]

Scott Stribe (’10) [email protected]

Tony Wolf (’85) [email protected]

100 Year Anniversary of ROTC

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Alumni Association - MHBAA

MHBAA Board of Directors

With the 100th anniversary of the

creation of ROTC the MHBAA and

the Department want to ensure that

this event is properly recognized.

Army ROTC has impacted the lives

of everyone receiving this newsletter

and we hope that you will be able to

celebrate the proud history of ROTC

at the University of Iowa.

Some of the events that we initially

talked about for the 2016-2017 school year are:

Participation in the Annual Game Ball Run.

Tailgates at home football

games.

A 5k run.

Recognition at the Annual Veteran’s Day Football game.

This year’s game is on 12 November, 2016 against

Michigan. We hope to have a pregame recognition of Army

ROTC and the 2nd edition of the Alumni Color Guard.

Governor’s Proclamation in

conjunction with the depart-ments from ISU and UNI

recognizing the 100th year of ROTC.

Any other recommendations should be forwarded to a Board Member. DID YOU KNOW— The UI Military Department had a two gun Artillery Battery until

1905. Picture from 1901 Hawkeye yearbook, p.158.

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