Special Orders: Leadership Designations and Promotions Announced 21 August 2024

Special Orders: Leadership Designations and Promotions Announced 21 August 2024

Special Order  No. 1 

Mexico, Missouri

21 August 2024                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Upon the approval of the Designation Board, the following designations are made for the 2024-2025 school year and are hereby authorized for the 136th Corps of Cadets:  

Band Company

  • Executive Officer Mu Ye
  • Platoon Leader Irmuun Ganbat
  • Platoon Sergeant Jacob Stallone
  • Supply Sergeant YiChen Chen
MMA cadets at their promotion ceremony, August 2024

Bravo Company        

  • Executive Officer Erdembayar Munkhbolor
  • Platoon Leader Alexander McBride
  • Platoon Leader Kyran Carter
  • Platoon Sergeant Emilio Jose Gomez
  • Platoon Sergeant Lukas Joiner
  • Squad Leader Daniel Bravo
  • Squad Leader Nicholas Kavalenka
  • Squad Leader John Farley
  • Supply Sergeant Kennedy Barchigei

Charlie Company

  • Platoon Leader Logan Lockhart Guditis 
  • Platoon Leader Deonte Kerns 
  • Platoon Leader Trey Rudolph
  • Platoon Sergeant Nathaniel Summers 
  • Platoon Sergeant Erick Bond 
  • Platoon Sergeant Bryce McIlwain
  • Squad Leader Bryan O’Dwyer-Moore
  • Squad Leader Jonathan Liberman Saadia
  • Squad Leader Aidan Maristany-Diaz
  • Supply Sergeant Amarbayasgalan Enkbaatar

Echo Company

  • Platoon Leader Jonathan Valesa 
  • Platoon Leader Cooper Johnston
  • Platoon Leader Buyankhishig Batbold
  • Platoon Sergeant Zachary Tillock
  • Platoon Sergeant Harrison Davis
  • Platoon Sergeant Mateo Eaton Villarreal
  • Squad Leader Tru Jones
  • Squad Leader Blake Krull
  • Squad Leader William Bishop
  • Supply SergeantWilliam Larson 

Special Assignments

  • Battalion Armorer Johnathan Valesa
  • Assistant Armorer Erick Bond
  • HistorianJacob Pehle

Special Order  No. 2

Mexico, Missouri 21 August 2024

Upon the approval of the commandant, the following promotions will go into effect on 21 August for the school year 2024-2025.

MMA cadets at their promotions ceremony, special order No. 2

Private Second Class

  • William Bishop, Jonathan Liberman Saadia

Sergeant

  • Erick Bond, Harrison Davis, Mateo Eaton Villarreal, Emilio Jose Gomez, Nathaniel Summers

Staff Sergeant   

  • Buyankhishig Batbold, Triet Bui, Kyran Carter, Irmuun Ganbat, Cooper Johnston, Jonathan Valesa

Sergeant First Class     

  • Aaden Bado, Dallas Grantz, Michael Pfeifer, River Punab-Mitchell, Erdembayar Munkhbolor, Clayton Reich, Khas-Erdene Sod-Erdene, Duane Thompson, John Trippe, Mu Ye 

Second Lieutenant   

  • Kruze Hagan, Malachi Imrie, Alexander Pro, Adam Swenson, Khuslen Turmunkh  

First Lieutenant    

  • Mason Brooks

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Missouri Military Academy Cadet Battalion Command stands at attention during a promotions ceremony

                   

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