Oct 18, 2014 2 min read

Jesse P. Martin has received an Army ROTC scholarship to attend Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit, Pittsburgh. The scholarship includes tuition and fees, as well as an annual book allowance and a monthly stipend for up to 10 months of each school year the scholarship is in effect. Upon graduation from college and completion of the ROTC program requirements, the student receives a bachelor’s degree and is commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army. All scholarship students incur a military service obligation of eight years, which may be fulfilled by either serving on active duty or in the reserve components of the Army. Martin is a 2013 graduate of Bentworth High School, and his parents are Gary J. and Brenda J. Martin of Scenery Hill.

Joshua A. Wolfe, an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadet at California University of Pennsylvania, has graduated from the Leader Development and Assessment Course at Fort Knox, Ky. Cadets usually attend LDAC between their junior and senior years of college, and they must complete the course to qualify for commissioning. Upon successful completion of the course, the ROTC program and graduation from college, cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army, Army National Guard or Army Reserve. Wolfe is a 2011 graduate of Jefferson-Morgan Middle/Senior High School, and his mother is Shara Wolfe of Rices Landing.