LEXINGTON, Va., May 16 -- Virginia Military Institute issued the following news release:
LEXINGTON, Va., May 16, 2026-Virginia Military Institute commissioned nearly 140 cadets into the armed services at the annual Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) joint commissioning ceremony May 15 in Cameron Hall. The ceremony was livestreamed for family and friends who could not attend the event in person.
Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney, 13th vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation's second highest-ranking military officer, who arrived to post by helicopter, offered the commissioning officer remarks and administered the oath of office to the cadets beginning their journey of military service as second lieutenants in the U.S. Air Forc...