{"id":1514,"date":"2016-04-06T14:05:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T14:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2018-06-14T16:43:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T16:43:21","slug":"lsu-pershing-rifles-best-in-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/?p=1514","title":{"rendered":"LSU Pershing Rifles: Best in the Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1512\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1512\" src=\"http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/pershing-rifles-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"Back row, from left, retired Col. Clay LeGrande, Todd Dixon, Elijah Jones, Evan McMichael, Roberto Duran, Chris Scheuermann, and Jeb Barr. Front, Logan Futrell and Dimitri Bush.\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/pershing-rifles-300x217.jpg 300w, http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/pershing-rifles-150x108.jpg 150w, http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/pershing-rifles.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back row, from left, retired Col. Clay LeGrande, Todd Dixon, Elijah Jones, Evan McMichael, Roberto Duran, Chris Scheuermann, and Jeb Barr. Front, Logan Futrell and Dimitri Bush.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The National Society of Pershing Rifles, a military honor society for college-level students, recognized the Pershing Rifles of LSU as the \u201cBest Company\u201d nationwide at its annual national convention in March. The distinction recognizes the chapter that displays exceptional performance in service to the local community, as well as an outstanding commitment to military excellence and leadership development.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the LSU organization traveled to Washington, D.C., to compete alongside more than 400 ROTC cadets and midshipmen representing more than fifty-five colleges and universities. The awards presentation took place at the society\u2019s formal dinner, which featured dignitaries including Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Cadet Command Brig. Gen. Sean Gainey and former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs retired Gen. Colin Powell. Powell is an alumnus of the Pershing Rifles organization.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the company are:<br \/>\nDimitri Bush, first-year mechanical engineering major, Lebeau, La.<br \/>\nAntonio Diaz, first-year kinesiology major, Metairie, La.<br \/>\nTodd Dixon, political science senior, New Orleans, La.<br \/>\nRoberto Duran, political science senior, Ft. Worth, Texas<br \/>\nLogan Futrell, first-year philosophy major, Colfax, La.<br \/>\nElijah Jones, construction management sophomore, Franklinton, La.<br \/>\nThomas Landreneau, general business sophomore, Spring, Texas<br \/>\nEvan McMichael, political science junior, Bossier City, La.<br \/>\nSam Nelson, mechanical engineering sophomore,The Woodlands, Texas<br \/>\nEthan Nicosia, landscape architecture junior, New Orleans, La.<br \/>\nJacob Pikul, first-year mechanical engineering major, Warwick, R.I.<br \/>\nBlake Stewart, kinesiology junior, Baton Rouge, La.<br \/>\nChris Scheuermann, information systems and decision sciences, Class of 2015, Alexandria, La.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1940, Pershing Rifles is a student organization that serves as the official honor guard for LSU and the Baton Rouge community. The company can be seen on the field of Tiger Stadium at every home football game presenting the U.S. flag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Society of Pershing Rifles, a military honor society for college-level students, recognized the Pershing Rifles of LSU as the \u201cBest Company\u201d nationwide at its annual national convention. <a class=\"continue\" href=\"http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/?p=1514\">Continue Reading<span> LSU Pershing Rifles: Best in the Nation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3278,"href":"http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions\/3278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olewarskule.lsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}