Lincoln Land Chapter
Military Officers Association of America
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The Lincoln Land Chapter is an affiliate of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA).
MOAA and its affiliated councils and chapters are non-partisan.
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JROTC/ROTC MOAA AWARDS
April/May 2024
Lincoln Land MOAA Chapter now has a history of supporting the JROTC/ROTC program, transferred and sustained from the long-standing program sponsored by the former East Central Illinois MOAA Chapter. There have been various Chapter awards, scholarship endowments to Senior class JROTC cadets, and the MOAA medal to Junior class cadets for both JROTC and ROTC.
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This year's 2024 awards were presented as follows:
University of Illinois:
Certificates, MOAA medals, and checks were presented on 25 April by Lincoln Land Chapter President Dave Knieriem, Major, USAF (Ret). ​
Army ROTC Cadet Thomas Franklin​
Navy ROTC Midshipman Samuel Base
Air Force ROTC Cadet Griffen Costello
Air Force ROTC Professor of Aerospace Studies (PAS) Lt Col Scalzitti, USAF and Maj Knieriem (Ret)
University of Illinois Air Force ROTC Detachment 190
Major Dave Knieriem(Ret) was honored by a photo op with the Cadets and AFROTC PAS after the awards ceremony.
Dave was the ROTC Detachment 190 Cadet Commander 50 years ago in Spring 1974.
It was an honor and privledge to be with this group of great future Air Force Leaders!
Eastern Illinois:
Certificate, MOAA medal, and check were presented on 25 April by Chapter 2nd Vice President and ROTC/JROTC Liasion Jim Forman, Lt Col, USAF (Ret)​
Army ROTC Cadet Dillon Dismas
Mattoon High School:
Certificates, MOAA medal and check were presented on 2 May by Chapter 2nd Vice President and ROTC/JROTC Liasion Jim Forman, Lt Col, USAF (Ret)
Army JROTC
MOAA Award
Cadet Shelby Pickering
Army JROTC
Scholarship Award
Cadet ELizabheth Honn
Awainting Information and Photos from:
Richland High School and Danville High School: