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PAGE 1 Celebrating Excellence in Duty, Honor, Achievement Since 1891 THE NMMI DISPATCHES N NMMI’s Community E E W T U M T E I News and Events X T I S C N O I D ISPATCHES MILITARY New Mexico Military Institute • Roswell, New Mexico www.nmmi.edu • 2019 MAY EDITION HONORING THE FALLEN Bridges for the Fallen: SGT Sanders Bridge Dedication PAGE 1 MAY 2019 Celebrating Excellence in Duty, Honor, Achievement Since 1891 NMMI DISPATCHES ABOUT THE COVER On April 30, 2019 a ceremony was the steps of Pearson Auditorium held on N. Main Street in honor of for the ceremony, which consisted NMMI 2004 HS Alumnus Christopher of the Invocation by Father Jerick, May 2019 Sanders. The purpose of the ceremony a short speech by Mayor Kintigh D ISPATCHES www.nmmi.edu was to honor a fallen soldier in the and Superintendent Major General naming of a permanent structure Grizzle reading the Bridge Dedication The New Mexico Military Institute is the nation’s oldest under the program, Bridges for the Proclamation. During the reading, state-supported, nationally accredited, co-educational college Fallen. November Troop participated in the preparatory military boarding high school and junior college; Bridges for the Fallen was founded lighting of candles on the bridge and offering four years of high school and the first two years of college. on April 12, 2012 in Harwich, Echo Taps was played. While the final Massachusetts by Rob Mador. The notes fell on the silent spectators, The NMMI Dispatches is a publication of the New Mexico Military intention of the non-profit is to honor the children of SGT Sanders, Cadet Institute Marketing Department. Check out additional articles fallen heroes and their families by Christopher Sanders (of November on wordpress.nmmi.edu/nmmipost. Please send all comments to bringing light to their selfless service Troop) and Jacquelyn, unveiled the [email protected] and sacrifice to our country and sign with handheld spot lights. ensure their legacy is never forgotten. “Since the day of this common • Layout/ Design/ Edit (sort of)- Rodney Austin With NMMI’s November Troop pedestrian bridge’s installation, every • SSAS- Jennifer Rawdon on the bridge, the rest of the Corps cadet at NMMI has crossed over it one • Sports Editor- Geoff Gunn time or another. It is appropriate that of Cadets stood in silence on Main • Printed by the Roswell Daily Record Street, which was closed down for the Sanders family consider this bridge the ceremony. The family of SGT in dedication to their son’s services Special thanks to the NMMI Cadets, Faculty and Staff and the Christopher Sanders was present on and sacrifice. It will be a constant reminder not only to the NMMI Roswell Daily Record for their contributions. Thank you! cadets, but to the public at large of On the Cover one of our son’s selfless servitude to Evening photo of November Troop lining up on Roswell’s Main the community and to his brothers Street bridge during the SGT Sander Bridge Dedication. and sisters in harm’s way. A memorial sign dedicated to the LETTER SUBMISSION POLICY Sanders Bridge shall be placed at the foot of the East side steps. A portion Letters can be submitted to the NMMI Dispatches via the office in Lusk Hall or of it reads: at [email protected]. NMMI Dispatches reserves the right to edit letters for content and length. A name, phone number and email must accompany all letters. ---See SGT Sanders Bridge, pg.12 Anonymous letters or letters under a pseudonym will not be printed. Opinions expressed solely reflect those of the author and do not reflect the opinions of NMMI employees or state employees. N E E W T U M T E I X T I S C A Global Military School N O I MILITARY for Leadership Development PAGE 2 MAY 2019 NMMI DISPATCHES Celebrating Excellence in Duty, Honor, Achievement Since 1891 SOME LEVITATING LEVITY ANOTHER SUCCES S FUL MUCSI By MAJ Steven Young DEPT AR MENT SPRING TOUR Assistant Professor of Mathematics By LTC Steve Thorp NMMI Choral Director & Music Department Chair Cadets in the NMMI Regimental All of the cadet groups did Cadet Colton Claypool (left) and Cadet John McIntyre are holding the Cody Parkey Kicking Bands and Concert Choir, a wonderful job of serving as Bonanza levitating device. accompanied by the cadet drill “Ambassadors” of the Institute. team, the Goss Rifles, represented Members of NMMI Faculty and NMMI faculty member LTC John Cody Parkey, whose playoff game the Institute well during the Music Commandant’s Staff who supported Surgett was an engineer prior to winning attempt struck the upright and Department’s recent spring tour cadet travel included COL Cheryl dedicating himself to the profession then deflected off the crossbar back through northern New Mexico and Martinez, Math Professor and of teaching. His teaching style, as a into the playing the field resulting in central Colorado. The Concert Band, hornist; LTC Nancy Hein, Biology mathematics, physics, and engineering a devastating one point loss to the HQ Live! Jazz Band, Concert Choir Professor and bassoonist; and CPT educator, has always been project based Philadelphia Eagles. Hitting the upright ensuring a connection between dry is not uncommon, but deflecting off and Vocal Ensemble performed Margaret Novak, HQ Troop TLA. “answer in the back of book” equations the upright and the crossbar is an on the Santa Fe Plaza, a National The Goss Exhibition Drill Team was and something intriguing in the real extremely rare event! Historic Landmark in downtown supervised by sponsor CSM Ron world. Santa Fe, at the Colorado State Fabec, NMMI JROTC Instructor and Credit to LTC Surgett for extending Veterans Home in Aurora, CO, and tubist. LTC Steve Thorp directed the One such project tasked his the latitude and flexibility for such a at the Colorado Military Academy, Concert Choir and Vocal Ensemble, students to create a device where the project to be produced. Many Science a military-styled elementary and and CPT Bill Lamb directed the manipulation of electrostatic field Labs are monotonous step-by-step middle school associated with the Regimental Concert Band, Jazz forces causes an object to levitate. An exercises which leave little leeway Civil Air Patrol located in Colorado Band, and the combined band and object that is levitating appears to be for creativity or innovation. Cadet Springs, CO. choir selections. defying the force of gravity while being Claypool’s choice for this project is a suspended in midair. The object’s humorous idea, not intended to mock floating motion in space is due to the the Bear placekicker, requiring critical electrostatic force acting on it being thinking to design and implement. stronger than our planet’s gravitational Colton recreated the “Double Doink” force. project to mitigate the pain he felt as a One of his more imaginative students diehard Bear’s fan in a contest where a decided he wanted that object to be a win was literally centimeters away! metal football. Cadet Colton Claypool Finally, Colton’s Physics project produced some levity (along with did not escape the attention of Denver the levitation) and guided a “metallic Bronco linebacker Joe Jones. Cadet football” toward an upright simulating Claypool contacted Jones and Jones the “Double Doink” from the 2018 then produced a video lauding the NFC Wild Card game. NMMI cadet’s effort. Readers may recall the misfortunes The link to Jones’ video is (https:// of the Chicago Bear placekicker, www.cameo.com/v/3twyoAf_j ). MAY 2019 PAGE 3 Celebrating Excellence in Duty, Honor, Achievement Since 1891 NMMI DISPATCHES From the desk of the Superintendent EARLY COMMISSIONING PROGRAM When LTC (NMMI) Danny promotions, discharges, all NMMI commissioned when any of Armijo and I are traveling around factor into the number of new our Alumni were here, was based the country as part of the Alumni lieutenants that will be needed on a quota provided by Cadet Outreach program, I always on an annual basis. Once Command, not based on how include in my updates the status that number is determined, many we wanted to recruit and of the Early Commissioning the number that will be commission. Program. I report the number commissioned from West Point Recently an effort was made of second lieutenants we is subtracted, a number that by Cadet Command to close commission each year, whether will be commissioned through a number of low performing we meet our mission as assigned ROTC units across the country. by United States Army Cadet School (OCS), is determined and Command, etc. Federal Officer Commissioning units that produce less than Frequently when I report that that will be commissioned What14 lieutenants defines “low annually. performing” Cadet we have commissioned between subtracted and finally a number Command produced a list of 13 30 and 35 new lieutenants, Corps (ROTC) will be determined. ROTC units or schools and sent aware of. As indicated above, I get verbally attacked with throughThat number Reserve is given Officer to UnitedTraining them letters of termination. As the size of the Institution has comments about what has States Cadet Command. Cadet typical, Cadet Command failed no correlation to the number happened to the program. The Command takes that number to recognize the power of the of lieutenants they produce. Alumni in the room throw out the and breaks it down between Congressional Delegation of each I was invited to attend the number of lieutenants that were their 273 ROTC units across state. Soon they had to rescind commissioning ceremony at the commissioned when they were the country and assigns each a their letter. University of New Mexico, an at NMMI and equate that number quota.

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