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Celebrating the 50th: UTSA salutes its first commissioned officer in the ROTC

Celebrating the 50th: UTSA salutes its first commissioned officer in the ROTC

Lt. Col. Ruben Candia swears in Raymond Garza.

Editor's Note: UTSA takes a look back at the history that's transformed the university over the last 50 years.

(April 19, 2019) -- Raymond Garza received the first commission granted in the Army ROTC program at UTSA in a ceremony in President Peter Flawn’s office on October 5, 1977.

With the local media documenting the event, President Flawn and Garza’s wife pinned his bars to his uniform.

“This is another first for UTSA,” Flawn said. “The ROTC program is an essential bridge between the military and civilian communities in the United States.”

>> Read the rest of this story and relive other memories from UTSA’s history as we celebrate UTSA’s 50th Anniversary.


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