MOAA medal presentation to Cadet Juliana Figueroa presented at the Saint Joseph University AFROTC awards ceremony.

MOAA Awardee: Cadet Merritt Sullivan

On April 23, 2024, Widener University’s Army ROTC Dauntless Battalion and the Valley Forge MOAA Chapter awarded the MOAA ROTC Medal to Cadet Merritt Sullivan for having demonstrated exceptional potential for Military Leadership.

Aside from Cadet Sullivan’s academic accomplishments, she is recognized for her competitiveness and contributions in ROTC, including her broad vision, passion and experience over the past 4 years. 

Picture taken of Cadet Merritt Sullivan (seen center with LTC James R. Pescoe, USA Professor of Military Science, Widener University and LTC George Sucher-RET USAR (Widener ’81) MOAA Chapter at the Award Presentation 

ROTC Award

This was the MOAA ROTC award.  Presented by Howard Crawford, CAPT, USAF, MSC (Ret) to VFMC ROTC Cadet Camacho along with LTC Brandon Drobenak, Professor of Military Science and Col Stuart Hegelson, COL, USMC (Ret), President of Valley Forge Military Academy and College in Wayne, PA.  This was presented at the annual award ceremony for MS III’s in the ROTC program.

The Valley Forge Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America is proud to carry MOAA’s mission to the hundreds of ROTC cadets and midshipmen throughout the Delaware Valley.

This November, the scholarship committee completed the selection process for the annual Liberty Bell scholarship. ROTC units from local universities and the military college were each invited to nominate a candidate; high school JROTC units were also invited to compete.  The units were from the Valley Forge Chapter’s Delaware Valley area.  The response from the JROTC units has very good. After evaluating each candidate’s application, essay and letter of recommendation; the committee conducted interviews by zoom.  All of the candidates had stellar military, academic and citizenship achievements.  The scholarship committee will recommend to the Chapter’s Board for approval an outstanding candidate. 

Presentation at Leadership lab – Villanova NROTC                     We awarded MIDN 1/C Dudrear with the Valley Forge Chapter’s     Certificate of Merit.