Second Lieutenant Shenelle Gabrielle, right, receives her first salute from Master Sergeant Russell Keller, Senior Military Instructor.
University of the Virgin Islands Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Cadet Shenelle Gabrielle was commissioned into the United States Army on December at a ceremony held on the St. Thomas Campus.
Gabrielle now holds the rank of second lieutenant and will serve in the Active Army Component as a Signal Branch Officer.
She is the first UVI student from the ROTC Program on the St. Thomas Campus to become an active duty commissioned officer. Gabrielle earned a bachelors’ degree in Computer Science from UVI in 2012. A news release is available from the Media Section of the UVI website – http://www.uvi.edu – and from this direct link.
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