A Dillon native recently was honored with a U.S. Army Cadet Command Incentive Award for excellence.
Capt. Jennifer Maynard was named Cadet Command’s Brigade Nurse Counselor of the Year for 2008.
“It means a great deal for me to receive this award,” she said. “Everyone in ROTC works very hard, so it is nice to be recognized for the work that we do.”
Maynard is a 1999 Dillon High School graduate and four-year, high school ROTC nursing scholarship winner.
“As an ROTC graduate, I have a special place in my heart for this organization,” she said. “This job, as brigade nurse counselor, is actually very important. If you think about it, ROTC is helping to produce the future officers of our Army and I am helping to produce the next generation of Army nurses.”
Maynard’s family is not a stranger to military service. Her father is an Air Force veteran who served during the Vietnam War. Her grandfather fought during World War II’s Battle of the Bulge, where he earned a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and other awards during his career in the Army.
During her five years in the Army, Maynard has served as an ROTC nurse counselor, a staff/charge nurse at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and with the 14th Combat Support Hospital for Task Force Katrina in New Orleans.
She also deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as a staff nurse/assistant head nurse in the emergency room for the 14th Combat Support Hospital.
Maynard received her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Clemson University in 2003. She is in the process of applying for Long Term Health Education and training and graduate school to become a family nurse practitioner for the Army.
Cadet Command is the parent organization of the Army ROTC program and presents the Incentive Awards annually to recognize top performers in the command from across the country. It’s the largest officer producing organization in the armed forces.
Army ROTC units are located at 273 colleges and universities in the country. Students at about 1,200 other institutions of higher learning can participate in Army ROTC training and become second lieutenants through partnership agreements with nearby schools.
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