Heartfelt Hug for a New Officer

Kate Maffey ’16 receives a hug from her father after her parents, John and Christine Maffey, pinned second-lieutenant bars on her shoulders during the Army ROTC officer-commissioning ceremony May 31 in Nassau Hall. Maffey, a Near Eastern studies major, will be stationed in Vilseck, Germany, as a military-intelligence officer. Six members of the Class of ’16 were commissioned as Gen. Mark Milley ’80, the Army chief of staff, delivered the address.