Century of Service ROTC and JROTC transcript.pdf

Century of Service: ROTC and JROTC

A discussion about the history of the ROTC and JROTC with guests Colonel Andy Morgado, Colonel Daniel L. Baggio (Retired), and Dr. Arthur Coumbe. Presented in partnership with the U.S Army Public Affairs, Midwest.

The Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), as it exists today, began with President Wilson signing the National Defense Act of 1916. Although military training had been taking place in civilian colleges and universities as early as 1819, the signing of the National Defense Act brought this training under single, federally-controlled entity: The Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Army ROTC is the largest officer-producing organization with the American military, having commissioned more than half a million second lieutenants since its inception.

COLONEL ANDY MORGADO  Colonel Andy Morgado was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Armor in 1994 from the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Government, and was a Distinguished Military Graduate. In twenty years of Army service, he has served on three deployments to Iraq; two operational deployments to Korea; and served in a variety of command and staff positions in the continental United States. From March 2003 to March 2004, he deployed to Iraq as a Cavalry Troop Commander; served as the Liaison to Iraqi President Jalal Talibani; and later served as a Tank Battalion Operations Officer. He returned to Iraq in 2006 as a Division Maneuver Planner and later served as a Combined Arms Battalion Operations Officer until his return to the United States in November 2007. He served as the Professor of Military Science at Siena College in Albany, New York (included Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and University at Albany) from 2008 to 2010. Colonel Morgado commanded the 4th Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment from 2010 to 2012 where he deployed the battalion to combat in Iraq in 2011. Most recently he served as the G3 (Operations Officer) for the Brigade Modernization Command.In addition to his undergraduate education at Lehigh University, Colonel Morgado graduated cum laude from Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont with a Master of Arts in Diplomacy in 2006. Also in 2006, he earned a Masters of Military Art and Science from the United States Army Command and General Staff College, School of Advanced Military Studies, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He has just completed his Senior Service College curriculum with the Advanced Strategic Leadership Studies Program at Fort Leavenworth. He is also a graduate of the Armor Officer Basic Course and the Aviation Captains’ Career Course. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, with two oak leaf clusters; the Army Commendation Medal for valor, with silver oak leaf cluster; the Parachutist badge; and the Combat Action Badge. Colonel Morgado’s special skills include a working proficiency in European Portuguese.

COLONEL (R) DANIEL L. BAGGIO is the Director of Military Instruction for the Chicago Public Schools. He is the chief administrator and instructional leader, responsible for resourcing and leading 45 JROTC programs in high schools across Chicago, with accumulative enrollments of approximately 10,000 cadets. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Physical Education in 1982. He also earned a Master’s of Art in Human/Speech Communication from the University of Northern Colorado in 1993 and a Master’s of Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College in 2006. Colonel Baggio enlisted in the Wisconsin National Guard (WIARNG) in 1979 as a Private First Class of Infantry. He entered active duty as a Regular Army officer in 1983. On January 04, 2010 he became the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) Chief of Public Affairs and culminated his Regular Army career in that position on April 1, 2013. Colonel Baggio’s 30 years on active duty include 11 years overseas in command and staff positions in Korea, Japan, Belgium, and Turkey. His wartime public affairs experience includes 14 months in Iraq with the Army’s Third Armored Corps (III Corps) and multiple short deployments with NATO in the Balkans – including duty in Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, and Bosnia. Other highlights include two rotations as an infantry company commander in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the border between South and North Korea; a tour in The 3rd US Infantry (The Old Guard) – the Army’s Official Honor Guard and Escort to the President; and 4 joint and combined service assignments. His decorations include decorations include the Combat Action Badge, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star Medal, among others.

DR. ARTHUR COUMBE: Dr. Coumbe is an Associate Professor of History and a researcher/historian in the Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis. Dr. Coumbe earned a B.S. in National Security and Public Affairs from the U.S. Military Academy in 1973 and Ph.D. in History from Duke University in 1985. Previously, Dr. Coumbe was the Historian for the U.S. Army Cadet Command, the organization responsible for the management of the Army’s ROTC program.  He has also taught history at a number of colleges and universities on an adjunct basis.  A military historian by training, Dr. Coumbe’s primary research interests are officer education and management, officer accessions, and the religious history of the U.S. Military Academy