{"640887":{"#nid":"640887","#data":{"type":"news","title":"First Georgia Tech Students, ROTC Officers, Join U.S. Space Force","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has its first members of the U.S. Space Force.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo officers in Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s Air Force ROTC detachment have transferred to the newest military branch, along with a Ph.D. student in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECapt. Chloe Babcock, an instructor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/afrotc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAir Force ROTC Detachment 165\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and a master\u0026rsquo;s student in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, was the first Georgia Tech graduate student to transfer to the Space Force, in September.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMajor Brian Stewart, a Ph.D. student in the Nunn School,\u0026nbsp;followed a month later.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, three ROTC cadets from Georgia Tech have been commissioned into the Air Force with plans to transfer to the Space Force this year. Melody Marshall Wolfson, AE 2020, and John Willingham, AE 2021, commissioned into the Air Force after graduation and joined the Space Force in May. Joshua Hammonds, ME 2020, is commissioned into the Air Force and is scheduled to join the Space Force in November.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m looking forward to using the skills and education I have cultivated here to continue Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s legacy of outstanding service to the military and the nation,\u0026quot; Hammonds said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about these new Space Force members, read the full feature at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/features\/georgia-tech-space-force-members\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/features\/georgia-tech-space-force-members\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThree members of Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s Air Force ROTC detachment and a Nunn School Ph.D. student have transferred to the U.S. Space Force. A cadet will join them in December.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three members of Georgia Tech\u0027s Air Force ROTC detachment and a Nunn School Ph.D. student have transferred to the U.S. Space Force. A cadet will join them in December. "}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2020-11-02 19:42:49","changed_gmt":"2021-09-22 00:23:09","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-11-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-11-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"640885":{"id":"640885","type":"image","title":"Space Force","body":null,"created":"1604345456","gmt_created":"2020-11-02 19:30:56","changed":"1604345456","gmt_changed":"2020-11-02 19:30:56","alt":"","file":{"fid":"243578","name":"sf tape square.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sf%20tape%20square.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sf%20tape%20square.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3755560,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sf%20tape%20square.jpg?itok=o2097L3z"}}},"media_ids":["640885"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"915","name":"ROTC"},{"id":"178709","name":"Space Force"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMichael Pearson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmichael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}