NY Army National Guard welcomes its newest leaders
Two officers receive ROTC commissions as lieutenants from Hofstra University
OLD BETHPAGE, N.Y. (06/10/2022) — The New York Army National Guard welcomed two of its newest officers during the ROTC commissioning ceremony at the Museum of American Armor, Old Bethpage, New York, May 21, 2022.
The two lieutenants were among eight cadets of the Hofstra University Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program, which includes cadets at various Long Island colleges and universities. The group were administered their officer's oath and new gold bars as commissioned officers in the United States Army in the company of family and friends.
The new officers include:
- 2nd Lieutenant David Zimmerer from Babylon, New York, who commissioned as an infantry officer and will serve with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment located at Camp Smith, New York.
- 2nd Lieutenant Alan Domingo from East Meadow, New York, who commissioned as a cyber operations officer and will serve with Company D, 152nd Brigade Engineer Battalion in Syracuse, New York.
The newly commissioned officers were administered their oath of office by Lt. Col. Collen Burgemaster, Professor Military Science and Commander of Hofstra University ROTC Culper Battalion.
The event keynote speaker was retired Major General Patrick Higgins, a 1980 Hofstra ROTC graduate.
Photos by Capt. Mark Getman, New York Guard State Defense Force.
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Army Lt. Col. Collen Burgemaster, Professor Military Science and Commander of Hofstra University ROTC Culper Battalion, administers the officer oath of office to newly commissioned Army 2nd lieutenants at the Culper Battalion ROTC Commissioning ceremony, at the Museum of American Armor, Old Bethpage, N.Y., on Saturday May 21, 2022.
Army ROTC cadet Alan Domingo Jr, from East Meadow, New York, assigned to the New York Army National Guard's 152nd Brigade Engineer Battalion in Syracuse, NY, celebrates his commissioning as a 2nd lieutenant with his mother, Sungyeal Domingo and father, Alan Domingo Sr, at the Museum of American Armor, Old Bethpage, N.Y., on Saturday May 22, 2021. Domingo also received the Distinguished Military Graduate Award as part of the ceremony.
Hofstra University Army ROTC cadet David N Zimmerer, from Babylon, New York, assigned to the New York Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Battalion, based at Camp Smith in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., is pinned as a 2nd lieutenant by his Uncle former Staff Sgt. Marc Cabibbo and childhood friend Sgt. Christopher Drowns at the Museum of American Armor, Old Bethpage, NY, on Saturday May 21, 2022. Zimmerer received his first salute from Drowns.
