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AIR FORCE ROTC DETACHMENT 675

Commissioning Ceremony The University of Oklahoma 16 December 2022

Sequence of Events

US AIR FORCE SONG

Arrival of Official Party

OFF WE GO INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER,

National Anthem Invocation Commanding Officer Remarks Administration of Oath, Pinning of Rank First Salute Air Force Song Reception

CLIMBING HIGH INTO THE SUN;

HERE THEY COME, ZOOMING TO MEET OUR THUNDER, AT ‘EM NOW, GIVE ‘EM THE GUN! DOWN WE DIVE, SPOUTING OUR FLAMES FROM UNDER, OFF WITH ONE HELLUVA ROAR! WE LIVE IN FAME OR GO DOWN IN FLAME. HEY! NOTHING’LL STOP THE U.S. AIR FORCE!

Colonel Justin W. Boldenow United States Air Force Colonel Justin W. Boldenow is Commander, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 675 and Professor of Aerospace Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. In this position, he leads a team of seven Airmen recruiting, educating, training, and evaluating more than 170 prospective officer candidates for commissioned service in the U.S. Air Force and Space Force through academic instruction on organization, history, leadership, doctrine, and communications skills with emphasis on physical fitness and professionalism.

Detachment 675 also serves as the host detachment for cadets from Rose State College, Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma Christian University, Oklahoma Baptist University, Oklahoma City University, and the University of Central Oklahoma. Additionally, he executes Air Force and University budgets and scholarships totaling more than $1 million. Colonel Boldenow received his commission in 1993 as a distinguished graduate of South Dakota State University AFROTC Detachment 780. He has served as a communications engineer, B-1B instructor and evaluator Weapon System Officer (WSO), and operation support squadron director of operations. His staff experience includes tours at the Center and Major Command levels as well as with the Joint Staff Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate. He has served as the Commander, 479th Operations Support Squadron, NAS Pensacola, Florida; Commander, 7th Operations Group, Dyess AFB, Texas; and prior to assuming his current position, he was the Deputy Director of Operations, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. Colonel Boldenow is a Master Navigator with more than 2,800 hours in the T-43, T-37, T-39, B-1B and T-1A aircraft, including more than 125 B-1B combat hours in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.

Christopher B. Mullen

Justin G. Wilson

Lt Christopher B. Mullen is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and graduated from The University of Oklahoma’s Gallogly College of Engineering with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering. He will report to Eglin Air Force Base in Valparaiso Florida as a Developmental Engineer Aeronautical.

Lt Justin G. Wilson is from Norman, Oklahoma and graduated from The University of Oklahoma’s Gallogly College of Engineering with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering. He will report to Hulbert Field Air Force Base in Mary Ester Florida as a Developmental Engineer Astronautical .

Oath Officer – Lieutenant Colonel Rustan S. Schwichtenberg, USAF (ret)

Oath Officer Captain Nelson T. Engle, United States Army

Pinning – Mother and Father Melissa and Brian Mullen, and grandmother Susan A. Dishong

Pinning–Father and brother Troy and Trevor Wilson

First Salute – Master Sergeant Kyle C. Gordinier, USAF (ret)

First Salute- Master Sergeant Danielle R. Ford, USAF