MSU AFROTC earns top award

STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State University’s Air Force ROTC detachment has received the national 2016 Team Excellence Award for AFROTC, according to the Air Force’s Headquarters for Air Force ROTC. The detachment is under the command of Lt. Col. Joseph Cassidy, a professor of aerospace studies in MSU’s College of Arts and Sciences. Cassidy said support from the university and organizations such as the G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Center for America’s Veterans, and community partners, including Columbus Air Force Base, make MSU’s detachment one of the best in the country. The national award comes shortly after Detachment 425 earned the Air Force ROTC Team Excellence Award for the Air Force ROTC Southwest Region. (Source: Mississippi State University 01/25/17)