Update: click here to see the ceremony.
On 17 May (Thursday), the President of the United States will host the the First Joint Commissioning Ceremony at the White House. There will be 55 Cadets taking their oaths and Cadet Bamba from the University of Guam (UOG) will be one of only 23 Army ROTC candidates. It’s an honor to be one of the chosen few and it’s a proud moment for the Cadet & his family, the UOG Army ROTC program and for Guam itself.
Personally, it warms my heart that Cadet Bamba was chosen. I’ve had a chance to meet him a few times and he is a confident, very competent yet humble young man.
I hope the Guam media is all over this story ~ the Pacific Daily News headlines this morning was all about rampant youth violence and I would so prefer to see a good news headline tomorrow or Friday regarding the honor of being commissioned by President Bush.
Displaced Beachbums 
Yes, I agree that we do not hear enough of the good that our young people are doing.
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