Jackrabbit alums become Marine Corps officers

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The 10-week program is a grueling training camp where less than two-thirds of the candidates are able to finish successfully. Following graduation, both SDSU alumni were commissioned as second lieutenants of the U.S. Marine Corps.They both will now attend the Basic School for further military training before their assignments next summer.

 Braga-Henebry graduated from SDSU in 2016 with a double major in geography/geographical information aciences and a minor in music. His platoon received the Drill Champion award for his company at OCS.

 Macki’s hometown is Cambridge, Iowa. Macki was a member of the SDSU wrestling team, and  he graduated with a fisheries wildlife science major. At OCS graduation, he was awarded the Gung Ho award for Delta Company. The award is given to the officer candidate who displayed exceptional leadership qualities during the training schedule.