Colonels promotion
(Left to right) Lt. Col. Bob Gellner, Lt. Col. Joey Laws, Col. Dan Cooley, retired Col. Richard Evans, Col. Jason Camilletti, Lt. Col. Julie Wiemer, and Lt. Col. Meredith Camilletti gather for Cooley and Camilletti’s shared promotion ceremony at the Air Force Memorial May 5. Just before he retired nearly two decades ago, Evans, a former West Virginia University aerospace science professor and Detachment 915 commander, promoted the former West Virginia University Air Force ROTC cadets to second lieutenant upon their graduation in 1999, and the three reunited for Evans to ceremonially promote the Detachment 915 Mountaineers again to colonels in 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo/released)