Diamond Promotion Ceremony -Andrzejek'17 named Cadet Colonel

Eli Andrzejek'17 promoted to serve as the 102nd Raider Brigade Commander.

At the annual JROTC Diamond Promotion Ceremony, Eli Andrzejek'17 of Blaine, MN received the highest rank of Cadet Colonel and was assigned duties as the Brigade Commander.  He is the 102nd in a line of leaders that stretches back 99 years to the founding of our military program in 1917. 

He joins 13 of his classmates who also earned promotion to diamond rank, so named for the diamond shape of the insignia.  These 14 cadets will lead the corps through numerous activities and events culminating in the Twilight Parade on May 10, 2017.

The Cretin-Derham Hall Raider Brigade will begin to commemorate its centennial in the spring of 2017.

Brigade S1:Cadet Major Connor DeBorde

Brigade S2: Cadet Major Nicholas Neumann

Brigade S3: Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Riley Domler

Brigade S4: Cadet Major Zachary Johnson

Brigade S5: Cadet Major Walter Cleveland

1^st Battalion Executive Officer: Cadet Major Allison Rudolph

2^nd Battalion Executive Officer: Cadet Major Thomas Sheehan

3^rd Battalion Executive Officer: Cadet Major Elizabeth Hingsberger

2^nd Battalion S3: Cadet Major Samuel Miller

Commander, 1st Battalion: Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Frank Kimlinger

Commander, 2nd Battalion: Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Jack Calkins

Commander, 3^rd Battalion: Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Jack Spencer

Brigade Executive Officer: Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Josh Goldberg