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Senior students who are part of the Fox Valley Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) are looking forward to their military roles following graduation from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.

The students worked over the past four years to earn as many accessions points as possible to make themselves more competitive when it came time for branch (job) selection. Accession points are earned through grade-point average, physical fitness score, volunteer hours, employment and attending additional military training. The cadets are ranked among all other cadets in the country, so every point is important.

During senior year cadets rank the 15 branches they want and, depending on their accession points compared with other cadets in the nation, they then are assigned the job they will have in the Army.

“During my time at UWO, I was enrolled in the ROTC program all four years,” Cadet Kenya Kaldunski said. “Upon graduation, I will attend law school at Marquette University and commission into the Wisconsin Army National Guard as a CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist) 2nd Lt.”

ROTC is a program with curriculum focused on leadership skills and professional knowledge subjects in the Army. They include team-building, time management, leadership, physical fitness, land navigation and weapons training. The Fox Valley ROTC battalion is comprised of cadets from UW-Green Bay, Marian University, Ripon College, St. Norbert University and host school UWO.

The program provides college-trained officers for active duty Army, U.S. Army Reserve and the Army National Guard. Upon graduation, cadets earn their commission as 2nd lieutenants.

Following are the UWO senior ROTC cadets and their assignments:

  • Cadet Alexis Bodway, graduated and commissioned in December 2021.  An English major from Neenah, Bodway is entering active duty and is assigned to the Chemical Corps with the HHT, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment at Knoxville, Tennessee.
  • Cadet Kenya Kaldunski, who will graduate and commission in May, is a political science major from Athens, Wisconsin. Kaldunski will serve with the Wisconsin Army National Guard and is assigned to the Chemical Corps with the HHC, 173rd Engineer Battalion at Wausau.
  • Cadet Mitchell Kudick, who will graduate and commission in May, is a physical education major from Kewaunee. Kudick will serve in active duty infantry with the U.S. Army and his first duty location will be Ft. Benning, Georgia.
  • Cadet Steven Schlosser Jr., who serves as cadet battalion commander, will graduate and commission in May. A  criminal justice major from Fond du Lac, he will serve with the Wisconsin Army National Guard and is assigned to the 1157th Transportation Company at Oshkosh.
  • Cadet Alexis Souksavath, of Madison, will graduate and commission in May. Souksavath, who will have a master’s degree in biology, is assigned to the Chemical Corps with the HHT, 1st Squadron, 105th Cavalry, of the Wisconsin Army National Guard in Madison.

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