Air Force ROTC Detachment 115

Lieutenant General John P. Healy

Lt. Gen. John P. Healy is the Chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia, and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. As Chief of Air Force Reserve, he serves as principal adviser on reserve matters to the Secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force Chief of Staff. As Commander of Air Force Reserve Command, he has full responsibility for the supervision of all Air Force Reserve units around the world. Lt. Gen. Healy was commissioned through the ROTC program at the University of Connecticut in 1989. He was part of the initial cadre for the C-17 Globemaster III program and has commanded at the squadron, Vice Wing, and Numbered Air Force level. Additionally, his joint experience includes Division Chief of Current Operations to the U.S. Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, and J7-Director of Exercises and Assessments and Advisor on Reserve Component Affairs for U.S. European Command at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany.

• Entrance of the Official Party
• Entrance of 2026 Graduates
• Color Guard, Presentation of the Colors
• National Anthem, Cadet Evans and Co.
• Invocation, SOMEONE
• Opening Remarks, Lt Col Sean Stumpf
• Guest Speaker, Lt Gen John P Healy
• Commissioning of Second Lieutenants:
• Oath of Office, Lt Col Sean Stumpf
• Pinning of Second Lieutenant Ranks
• First Salute
• Senior Speeches
• Air Force Song
• Closing Remarks
• Reception

"I, [Full Name], having been appointed a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter. So help me God."

For many years, it has been a tradition in the United States Air Force for a newly commissioned officer to give a silver dollar to the first enlisted person who salutes them. The exact origin of this custom is uncertain, however, it probably began before the United States Armed Forces were organized. Many years ago, in the British forces, the enlisted men were given the responsibility to teach their regiment’s history, traditions and customs to new officers.

This custom continued to grow within the British military and newly formed American units. For this wisdom, the officer would give the enlisted person a dollar for his services. This tradition may well be the basis for the modern custom of the gift of the silver dollar for the first salute.