The First issue of the MHBAA News Letter

1. The near term projects we are
working on are supporting the
Military Ball on 20 February
2016, Spring Commissioning in
May 2016 and recognizing the
100th Anniversary of the crea-
tion of ROTC throughout 2016.
If you have not done so already,
please like us on Facebook
(Mighty Hawkeye Battalion Army
ROTC Alumni Association -
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Battalion
Alumni As-
sociation) to
keep up to
date on
MHBAA
activities.
Hopefully all of you had a great
and safe Holiday Season. This is
the first MHBAA Newsletter.
The goal is to publish a newslet-
ter once a quarter to keep all of
our alumni updated on the activi-
ties of the MHBAA and the Army
ROTC Department, encourage
participation and reconnect with
old friends. We do not have
everyone's contact information, if
you know of alumni that did not
receive this please contact Luke
Peters (’89) at
abnhawk@mchsi.com.
In 2014, after several years of
discussion, the Mighty Hawkeye
Battalion Army ROTC Alumni
Association (MBHAA) was creat-
ed. The purpose of the MHBAA
is to: Promote the Army ROTC
Department; Maintain a connec-
tion to significant Department
events; Provide current cadets
opportunities for mentorship;
Provide opportunities for Alumni
and the Department to interface;
and continue to maintain contact
with classmates post-graduation.
The MHBAA is governed by a 15
person Board of Directors that
serve 3 year terms. 5 Director
seats are up for election/re-
election each year.
On 20 Feb 2015, the University
of Iowa ROTC Department will
host the 113th Military Ball at the
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU). The
Military Ball is one of the oldest
formal events on the UI campus.
The department is once again
accepting donations to assist in
defraying the cost. Last year
alumni donations were able to
cover the cost of every MSI-III
being able to attend. The cost of
attending the Military Ball is
$30.00 per person. If you are
able, please consider sending a
donation to the department. Any
check should be made out to the
“University of Iowa Army
ROTC” and mailed to the de-
partment at 101 South Quad,
Iowa City, IA 52242 Attn: Sharyl
Grim. Please RSVP NLT 1 FEB
2016.
I-Team ‘88 at Ft. Lewis, WA. (L-R) 1st Row: Bob Dixon (’89), Dave Pinter (’89)
2nd Row: Kevin Gamble (’91), Luke Peters (’89); 3rd Row: Brett Chenoweth (‘89),
Jay Pitz (‘90), Kyle Kolthoff (‘89); Back Row: Brian Patterson (‘89)
MHBAA is Up and Running
I N S I DE TH I S
I S S UE :
Department
Info
2
Alumni Color
Guard
2
Wrestling
Military Night
2
Winter ‘15
Commissioning
3
IMU Leader
Wall
4
ROTC 100 Year
Anniversary
5
Board of
Directors
5
Military Ball
Mighty Hawkeye Battalion
Alumni Association
J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
UP COM I N G
E VE N TS :
 Feb 5 - Military
Night, Iowa v.
Indiana Wrestling
Meet
 Feb 20 - Military
Ball
 May 13 - Spring
Commissioning

2. P A G E 2
“It was truly an
awesome
experience
presenting the
colors at a sold out
Kinnick Stadium.”
- Dave Lewis (‘89)
Alumni Color Guard
UI Wrestling Military Appreciation Night
Department Information
Last summer LTC Zach Buett-
ner (’97) became the 52nd
Professor of Military Science at
the University. The depart-
ment is currently staffed with 4
officers, 2 NCOs and 4 civilian
employees. There are current-
ly 10 MS I (4 contracted), 13
MS II (8 contracted), 18 MS III
and 18 MS IV cadets in the
battalion.
Once again the department
participated in the Annual
Game Ball Run with the Iowa
State University Army ROTC
department. This year the
cadets ran through the towns
of Iowa City, Williamsburg,
Tama, Marengo and Belle
Plaine to collect canned food
items for the Iowa City Shelter
House.
Members of the department
also participated in the Game
Ball Ruck sponsored by the
University of Iowa Veterans
Association (UIVA). This year
the UIVA conducted a 280
mile ruck march, bringing the
game ball from the University
of Minnesota to Kinnick Stadi-
um for the home game on 14
November.
The Ranger Challenge team
took 2nd place at the TF Chal-
lenge Competition held at
Camp Dodge.
On 5 February, 2016, the de-
partment will conduct a swear-
ing in ceremony during the
intermission of the Iowa-
Indiana wrestling meet. 3 Ca-
dets will be sworn in and ad-
mission is free for military ID
card holders.
Admission to the meet is free
for military ID holders and
dependants with a military ID.
Also, the first 500 fans will
receive an Iowa ROTC/
Wrestling t-shirt.
On 5 February 2016, the de-
partment will swear in 3 Ca-
dets in a ceremony during the
intermission of the Iowa-
Indiana wrestling meet. Former
Wrestlers and UI ROTC
Alumni retired MG Kenneth
Leuer (‘56) and retired COL
Stefafan Banach (‘83) will pro-
vide video comments also.
present the colors. Dave Lewis
said that “it was truly an awe-
some experience presenting
the colors at a sold out game.”
This event was well received
by the football department and
the story was picked up by the
Army PAO.
The Michigan Wolverines will
be the Hawkeye’s opponent at
next season’s Veteran’s Day
game on 12 Nov 2016.
Prior to the annual Veteran’s
Day football game the MHBAA
provided the first alumni color
guard to present the colors.
This year’s game between the
Hawkeyes and Minnesota saw
MSG (r) Dave Stoen (former
Senior NCO of the depart-
ment) was the NCOIC. COL
(r) Dave Lewis (’89), LTC Brad
Cook (‘95), LTC Mark Coble
(‘90) and LTC Mike Brothers
M I G H T Y H A W K E Y E B A T T A L I O N
COL (r) Stefan Banach (‘83)

3. MHBAA Partners With The UIAA
P A G E 3V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
During our December 2015 meet-
ing, Jeff Kueter, Director of the
University of Iowa Alumni Associa-
tion (UIAA) spoke to the MHBAA
Board of Directors about the bene-
fits of partnering with the UIAA.
The UIAA is reaching out to small-
er alumni organizations, like the
MHBAA, in order to assist the
smaller organizations in what they
want to accomplish and also in-
crease the reach of the UIAA. At
it’s January 2016 meeting the
MHBAA Board of Directors unani-
mously voted to partner with the
UIAA. Partnering with the UIAA
provides numerous benefits to the
MHBAA.
First, the MHBAA will have access
to the UIAA database of alumni.
The UIAA is continually updating
it’s database that includes all gradu-
ates of the university. We are try-
ing to reach out to all of our alumni
but we know there are a great deal
that we have not had contact with
and the UIAA will assist us.
Second, the UIAA will serve as our
bank. Any funds that we bring in
will be stored with the UIAA and
they will file the required paper-
work with the government. We will
still have control over our money
but this will alleviate a lot of re-
quirements on our Treasurer.
Third, the UIAA has people that
will be able to assist us with re-
sourcing and executing events that
we want to sponsor (i.e. 5k run,
golf tournament, etc.).
Continued Page 4 —UIAA
If you were promoted or retired
from either the military or your
civilian job we want to know about
it. Send a brief bio and a picture to
the MHBAA Secretary, Luke Peters
(‘89) and we will make sure it gets
in to the next newsletter.
officer was LTC (r) Deyak and he
received his first salute from MSG
(r) David Stoen.
2LT Anna J. Motyka was commis-
sioned in the Army Nurse Corps.
She is a nursing major from Batavia,
IL. Her commissioning officer was
her brother, LT Nicholas Motyka,
USN, and she received her first
salute from MSG (r) Stoen.
Congratulations to both Lieuten-
ants, always lead from the front.
On 18 December, 2015, the UI
Army ROTC Department commis-
sioned it’s two newest officers in
the Senate Chambers at the Old
Capitol. Former Professor of Mili-
tary Science LTC (r) Dave Deyak
was the keynote speaker.
2LT Matthew J. Ford was commis-
sioned in the Engineer Corps. He is
a Civil Engineering major from
Huntley, IL. His commissioning
Commissioning Winter ‘15
Promotions/Retirements Info Request
If you have Commissioning Ceremony Ros-
ters, class pictures, “action photos”, etc.
please forward a copy to MHBAA Secretary
Luke Peters (‘89). Please include a description,
names and commissioning year. These items
will be used in future newsletters and on the
website we are creating. One of the goals for
the website is to have a list of alumni that
were commissioned by year.
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Association

4. Spring Commissioning
P A G E 4V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
16 Cadets are on track to be com-
missioned as Second Lieutenants in
the U.S. Army on Friday 13 May,
2016, at the National Guard Ar-
mory in Iowa City.
If you can attend please do so to
welcome the newest generation of
Hawkeye warriors.
charge us a fee for these services
unless the organization (or event)
becomes large enough that it is
taking a lot of their time. In the
event that the UIAA does charge us
a fee it will be nominal to cover
costs.
Mr. Kueter only asks that our mem-
bers consider joining the UIAA.
Finally the UIAA will help “spread
the word” of our organization. They
will be able to run articles and ad-
vertise events for us in their news-
letter. They will also set up and
maintain our website which will be
linked in with the main UIAA web-
site. The content will be ours and
they will maintain it.
At this time the UIAA will not
record of 86-5-2 and was a two
time All-American. In 2002, MG (r)
Leuer was inducted into the Na-
tional Wrestling Hall of Fame of
Outstanding Americans.
MG (r) Leuer served 32 years as an
Infantry officer in the U.S. Army. In
1974, MG (r) Leuer was tasked
with forming the modern day Rang-
er Battalions and co-authored the
“Ranger Creed”.
MG (r) Leuer’s awards and decora-
tions include: Defense Superior
Service Medal, Legion of Merit,
Bronze Star Medal (2 OLC) and the
Combat Infantryman Badge.
On 12 November, 2015, the Iowa
Memorial Union (IMU) unveiled its
new Leader Wall. This year ROTC
alumni MG (r) Kenneth Leuer (‘56)
was inducted.
MG (r) Leuer graduated with a
degree in business administration
and was an All-American wrestler
for the Hawkeyes. MG (r) Leuer
finished his senior season undefeat-
ed winning the Big Ten and NCAA
championships at 191 pounds. MG
(r) Leuer finished his career with a
IMU Leader Wall
UIAA - from page 3 Post Sponsors
Would you like to assist new Haw-
keyes coming to your duty location? If
so please contact MHBAA Secretary
Luke Peters (‘89). We will put your
information in the newsletter so fellow
Hawkeyes can make contact with you
and get Intel on their new duty loca-
tion.
Class of ‘89. Picture submitted by Luke Peters (‘89)

5. On June 3, 1916, Congress author-
ized the creation of the Reserve Of-
ficer Training Corps (ROTC). While
military training was not new to col-
lege campuses, this Congressional Act
sought to expand and standardized
military training on campuses.
President Rob Hedgepeth (’88) rhedgepeth@bbsae.com
Vice President Dave Lewis (’89) lewisgdave@gmail.com
Secretary Luke Peters (’89) abnhawk@mchsi.com
Treasurer Joe Poch (’09) joe-poch@uiowa.edu
Members Scott Ayres (’83) sayres@mchsi.com
Brad Cook (’95) bjasonc73@yahoo.com
Dave Deyak (Fmr PMS) david.j.deyak@gmail.com
Steve Fredericks (’69; Fmr PMS) stevefredericks@mchsi.com
Todd Jacobus (’89) todd.jacobus@gmail.com
Dave Pinter (’90) pinterdskdjn6@gmail.com
Walter Prentice (’69) w.prentice@sbcglobal.net
Anthony Reynolds (’10) anthony.t.reynolds@gmail.com
Vance Stewart (’85) vance.stewart@verizon.net
Scott Stribe (’10) scott.a.stribe@gmail.com
Tony Wolf (’85) Anthony-wolf@uiowa.edu
100 Year Anniversary of ROTC
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With the 100th anniversary of the
creation of ROTC the MHBAA and
the Department want to ensure that
this event is properly recognized.
Army ROTC has impacted the lives
of everyone receiving this newsletter
and we hope that you will be able to
celebrate the proud history of ROTC
at the University of Iowa.
Some of the events that we initially
talked about for the 2016-2017
school year are:
 Participation in the Annual
Game Ball Run.
 Tailgates at home football
games.
 A 5k run.
 Recognition at the Annual
Veteran’s Day Football game.
This year’s game is on 12
November, 2016 against
Michigan. We hope to have a
pregame recognition of Army
ROTC and the 2nd
edition of
the Alumni Color Guard.
 Governor’s Proclamation in
conjunction with the depart-
ments from ISU and UNI
recognizing the 100th
year of
ROTC.
Any other recommendations
should be forwarded to a Board
Member.DID YOU KNOW— The UI Military Department had a two gun Artillery Battery until
1905. Picture from 1901 Hawkeye yearbook, p.158.