Welcome back to a new school year with us! This school year we have a bunch of training and great events planned by fellow MSIV’s as well as our new cadre. I would like to introduce two special cadets this semester. Cadet Maureen Burns is our Cadet Battalion Commander and Steven Hansmann is our Cadet XO. These two Cadets display great leadership as well as excellent fitness goals for everyone to look up to and achieve some day. Here is a little about both.
“My name is Mo Burns, and I am currently a senior nursing student from Minneapolis, MN. During the past three years but especially my senior year, I am blown away by the experience I have had in ROTC, for so many different reasons. The support, friendship, comradery, excellence, and education I have received has allowed me to participate and excel in different areas of my life. During my time in the FSB, I have participated on the Ranger Challenge 5 and 9 person teams, Northern Warfare team, GAFPB, color guard, and AUSA as well as being a captain and member of the CSB Softball Team. I attended Airborne School in the summer of 2019 and completed CST and NSTP during the summer of 2021. I am extremely grateful for all the opportunities presented to me by the FSB and ROTC, but I am most thankful for the life lessons learned and taught to me by some of the most caring, compassionate, and fierce leaders I’ve ever met. I am also blessed by the incredible classmates, fellow cadets, and friends in the program that have motivated, pushed, and supported me through everything- this is why the battalion has such a history and reputation of excellence. The people.
I’m looking forward to one last incredible year of training! Roll Johnnies.”
“My name is Stephen Hansmann, and I am currently a Political Science major from Farmington, Minnesota. During my time at SJU and in ROTC, I have met some of the best people that I will ever know. By far, the biggest impact ROTC has had on my life was giving me the opportunity to make amazing friends and experience a lot of cool things with them. From winning events like the Bataan Marathon, to getting carried off the Northern Warfare course, to completing an Ironman Triathlon, my friends and teammates have always been the biggest part of my life in the FSB.”
