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A Wave ofNROTCWhite and BlueThe newly commissioned Navy ensigns gatherfor their class portrait.BY IRENE BURGOAsea of traditional U.S. Navy dress white uniforms, interspersedwith seven dress blues of the U.S. Marine Corps,greeted parents and friends in the Villanova Room of theConnelly Center as the NROTC Unit held its Commissioningceremony for the Class of 2006.The May 19 event began with a procession headed by thecolor guard and followed by Villanova University administrators.Navy Cmdr. Douglas B. “Buck” Buchanan Jr., assistant professorof naval science and the Unit’s executive officer, welcomedeveryone and announced the official party members as they processedto the stage. He told the audience that 30 members of theClass of 2006 were being commissioned as ensigns in the Navyand six as second lieutenants in the Marine Corps.The Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A., ’75 A&S, chaplain for theNROTC Unit and chair of Villanova’s theatre department, gavethe invocation (Father Donohue on June 1 took office as Universitypresident). Earlier that afternoon, Father Donohue had celebratedthe Commissioning Mass in the St. Thomas of Villanova Church.Cmdr. Buchanan hosted the Commissioning ceremony withMarine Col. Glenn L. Wagner, chair of Villanova’s naval sciencedepartment and commanding officer of the NROTCUnit. Col. Wagner introducedNavy Adm. William J.Fallon ’67 A&S, commanderof the United States PacificCommand (PACOM), whowas the keynote speaker andCommissioning officer.Adm. Fallon is the seniorcommander of U.S. militaryforces in the Pacific and IndianOcean area. PACOM, a unified(From left) Among those takingpart in the Commissioningceremony were Adm. William J.Fallon ‘67 A&S, commander of theUnited States Pacific Command;the Rev. Edmund J. Dobbin, O.S.A.,Villanova University president;and Col. Glenn L. Wagner,commanding officer of Villanova’sNROTC Unit.command, includes about300,000 military personnel fromthe Army, Navy, Air Force andMarine Corps, a total of about20 percent of all active dutyU.S. military forces.Fallon praised the men andwomen NROTC graduates whohave chosen to serve theircountry, then administered theCommissioning oath, which is the final step of years of NROTCstudy, training and dedication. Fallon presented certificates of commissioning,shook hands and posed for a photo with each graduate.Fallon reminded the newly commissioned officers that theyare challenged to a high standard of excellence set by the manyesteemed Villanovans who have served their country in the military.He mentioned several colleagues and friends, among themMarine Corps Gen. Anthony C. Zinni (Ret.) ’65 VSB, formercommander of the United States Central Command; NavyAdm. Walter F. Doran (Ret.) ’67 A&S, former commander ofthe Pacific Fleet; and Marine Corps Gen. P.X. Kelley (Ret.) ’50VSB, former commandant of the Marine Corps. Fallon alsomentioned the late Navy Vice Adm. Arthur K. Cebrowski(Ret.) ’64 A&S, former director of the Office of ForceTransformation for the U.S. Department of Defense and formerpresident of the Naval War College.“There is a really tight network of Villanova graduates who haveserved in the military,” Fallon noted. “I can see the impact on myprofession from the leaders in the Navy and Marine Corps whohave come out of this school—people who are really wonderfulexamples for anyone inthis country. People likethese have had a hugeinfluence on the world.”Nadia E. Nauss ’06A&S, recipient of the2006 Chief of NavalOperations DistinguishedGraduate Award forVillanova, was the Unit’sCommencement speaker.During the conclusionof the ceremony,parents and family memberswere invited to pinthe shoulder boards onthe uniforms of theirsons and daughters whoEnsign Nicholas H. Ferraioli ’06 A&S, whowill be training as naval aviator, talkswith a guest at the reception.had been commissioned. Immediately following, the new officersgathered for a class photo then assembled for the traditionalcommissioned officer’s first salute.(See page 49 for Army ROTC Commissioning)44 Villanova Magazine
Eyes on China and the PacificAs commander of the U.S. forces in the Asia-Pacific theater—the strategicallyvital region that includes China, Korea, Japan, India and eastern Russia—Navy Adm. William J. Fallon ’67 A&S faces a challenge every day.INTERVIEW BY IRENE BURGOIn celebrating the Commissioning on May 19 of theVillanova NROTC Class of 2006 into the U.S. Navy andU.S. Marine Corps, Navy Adm. William J. Fallon ’67 A&Swas the Commissioning officer and keynote speaker. In winter2005, the four-star admiral and NROTC alumnus wasappointed commander of the United States Pacific Command(PACOM). In introducing Adm. Fallon, Marine Corps Col.Glenn L. Wagner, who is the NROTC Unit’s commanding officer,noted that the admiral had risen to the zenith of his career. Couldthat be an understatement?After graduating from Villanova, where Fallon majored insocial sciences and minored in physics, he was commissioned asan ensign in the Navy. He served first as a naval flight officer inVietnam. During his career, he logged more than 4,800 flighthours in tactical jet aircraft. His duties commanding units havetaken him to the Arabian Gulf, the Mediterranean and Bosnia,among other locales. He has served as commander of the SecondFleet and the Striking Fleet Atlantic. From October 2000 toAugust 2003, he was vice chief of Naval Operations. FromOctober 2003 to February 2005, he was commander of the U.S.Fleet Forces Command and U.S. Atlantic Fleet (see the Winter2004 Villanova Magazine).The four-star admiral has traveled the globe and met theSultan of Brunei and other world leaders. In February 2001, hewas the U.S. representative sent by President George W. Bush toapologize formally to Japan when a U.S. submarine accidentallysank a Japanese fishing trawler. This year, Fallon visited Chinaduring the week of May 7 to meet with the country’s top militaryand foreign ministry officials. The purpose of the visit was tostrengthen ties and establishopen dialoguebetween the two countries’armed forces.As one of the Pentagon’sfive combatant commanders,Fallon reports directlyto Secretary of DefenseDonald H. Rumsfeld. Ascommander of PACOM,Fallon is the senior commanderof U.S. militaryforces in the Asian, Pacificand Indian ocean region.His area of responsibilityincludes more than 50 percentof the Earth’s surfaceand some 105 millionsquare miles. At PACOM’sheadquarters at Camp H.M.Smith on Oahu, Hawaii—with a sweeping view abovePearl Harbor—the staffconsists of about 700 Army,A Villanova NROTC alumnus whoseresponsibilities now stretch acrossmore than half of the Earth’ssurface, Navy Adm. William J. Fallon’67 A&S came to Villanova for theNROTC Commissioning in May.He addressed the Navy’s futureleaders—his fellow Villanovans.Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps officers and enlisted personnel,as well as 300 civil service employees.During his visit to campus, Fallon graciously agreed to beinterviewed by Villanova Magazine.PAOLA NOGUERAS (ALL)Q: (Irene Burgo): Would you describe your areas of commandand responsibilities?A: (Navy Adm. William J. Fallon ’67 A&S): I report directly to thesecretary of Defense and my area of responsibility is the Asia-Pacific theater. It stretches from the West Coast of the UnitedStates through the Pacific Ocean and a good part of the IndianOcean. The area includes Madagascar, Mauritius and theComoros Islands off the east coast of Africa. On land, the India-Pakistan border is the line of demarcation. India, East Asia,China, Mongolia, the eastern part of Russia, Japan, Korea, all ofSoutheast Asia, the islands in the Pacific, Antarctica and thesea areas around that continent, plus part of the Arctic Oceannorth of Russia, are included.My responsibilities include the several hundred thousandU.S. men and women in uniform and support of U.S. policies inthe region to enable security and stability. Our objective is toenable security and stability in the region.There are 43 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, and it’svery interesting for a lot of reasons. First, from a social standpoint,60 percent of the world’s population lives in this area,in four of the world’s five most populous countries. From theeconomic standpoint, more than half of the world’s GDP isgenerated in this region. Four of the five largest national GDPsare in this area.Spring/Summer 2006 45
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