Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth Cisne
Professor of Military Science & Department Chair
Active Duty United States Army

Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth M. Cisne is the Professor of Military Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Lieutenant Colonel Cisne is a basic-branch Adjutant General's Corps Officer commissioned through the ROTC program at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo , where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and Distinguished Military Graduate honors in 1989.

After completing her basic course, Lieutenant Colonel Cisne served as battalion adjutant with the 1190th Signal Battalion in Panama and later as TAC officer and instructor/writer to the Adjutant General and Finance Officer Basic Course programs at Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN. Following her advanced course in 1993, Lieutenant Colonel Cisne served in Germany as a personal manager with the 21st Theater Army Area Command and later commanded the 115th AG Company (Postal), deploying that company to Bosnia in support of deployed IFOR forces.

Lieutenant Colonel Cisne then entered the Foreign Area Officer training program, completing the Basic Chinese Mandarin course at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey , CA , In-Country Training in Singapore and a Master of Arts degree in Asian Studies at the University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , MI .

In January 2001, Lieutenant Colonel Cisne transferred to the 377th Theater Support Command, USAR, as a personnel plans and operations officer. While serving with this command, she was deployed to Afghanistan and Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Prior to her current duties, Lieutenant Colonel Cisne was assigned as Commander, New Orleans Military Entrance Processing Station.

Lieutenant Colonel Cisne is also a graduate of the Command and General Staff College and holds additional masters degrees in Education and Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma .

Prior to her commissioning, Lieutenant Colonel Cisne served for three years on enlisted active Army duty in Germany as a signaleer and served for three years with the 415th Civil Affairs Company, USAR, Kalamazoo, MI.

Her awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (3 awards), the Army Commendation Medal (4 awards) and the Army Achievement Medal (5 awards). Her permanent unit awards are the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, the Meritorious Unit Commendation and the Army Superior Unit Award. She holds Airborne, Air Assault, Instructor and Master Fitness Trainer skills qualifications.

 

 

Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Lindsay
Assistant Professor of Military Science
Iowa Army National Guard

Lieutenant Colonel Lindsay's most recent assignment was serving as Deputy Commander of Task Force 168 Infantry in the combat zone of Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom V. He was second in command of approximately 800 soldiers throughout Afghanistan for which he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, and other awards.

Lieutenant Colonel Kevin J. Lindsay was born in LeMars, Iowa on June 27, 1958. Enlisting at the age of 23 in the Iowa Army National Guard, Major Lindsay attended Infantry One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Georgia and was assigned as a Machinegunner in Company C, 2nd Battalion 133rd Infantry. He served as a Rifle Team Leader before attending Officer Candidate School, graduating with distinction as the winner of the Ercikson Trophy for Leadership. After attending Infantry Officer Basic Course, LTC Lindsay was assigned as a Rifle Platoon Leader in a mechanized infantry company. He accepted a company command assignment of a mechanized infantry company while only a Second Lieutenant and performed additional duties as TAC Officer at OCS and Tactics Team Chief at PLDC courses. Following his tour as Company Commander, LTC Lindsay served a staff assignment as Assistant S-3 Air of an air assault infantry brigade. LTC Lindsay was offered another company command assignment of an air assault infantry headquarters company. Following that assignment, he served as a brigade S-1 for one year before accepting duty as an Operations Officer at Headquarters, State Readiness Command, Iowa Army National Guard at Camp Dodge, Iowa .

LTC Lindsay has attended Infantry One Station Unit Training, Officer Candidate School, Infantry Officer Basic Course, TAC Officer Training Course, Winter Operations Maintenance School, Bn. Supply/Admin/Maint School, Counter-Sniper Precision Marksmanship School (his favorite), Infantry Officer Advanced Course, and Combined Arms & Services Staff School, and Command and General Staff Operations Course. He graduated from Morningside College with a B.A. degree in History and Political Science in 1997.

Awards and decorations include: the Bronze Star Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters, the Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal and 1 oak leaf cluster, Global War on Terrorism Medal, National Defense Service Medal with a star device, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with 'M' device, Army Service Ribbon, Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon, Iowa Commendation Medal, Iowa Leadership Ribbon with Torch, Iowa National Guard State Service Ribbon & Third Award, and a fist full of Fit To Fight gold and silver medals. He also wears the Gold German Armed Forces Badge of Military Proficiency.

LTC Lindsay is currently working on a Master's Degree in Leadership Development at UNL.

 

Captain Robert W. Ford, Jr.
Battalion Executive Officer
Nebraska Army National Guard

Captain Ford was born in Omaha, Nebraska on March 10, 1969.  He graduated from Millard North High School in 1987 and received a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1995. He is currently a Master of Arts candidate in the College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

His military education includes Basic Combat Training (FT Bliss TX), Combat Medic Course (FT Sam Houston TX), Armed Forces Radio and Television School (FT Benjamin Harrison IN), Primary Leadership Development Course (Camp Ashland NE), Basic Non-Commissioned Officers Course (Camp Ashland NE), Recruiting and Retention NCO Course (Camp Robinson AR), US Army Officer Candidate School (FT Benning GA), Armor Officer Basic Course (FT Knox, KY), Scout Leader Course (FT Knox KY), Information Operations Qualification Course (FT Leavenworth KS), Infantry Career Captains Course (Fort Benning, GA) and the Armor Career Captains Course (Fort Knox KY).

He enlisted in the Nebraska National Guard in 1987 with HHT, 1-134th Infantry in Omaha, NE as a combat medical specialist. Later he was transferred to the 111th Public Affairs Detachment as a broadcast specialist and to the State Recruiting and Retention Office as the state marketing NCO.  He was promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant and selected to attend Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia. Following his commissioning, he was assigned as a Scout Platoon Leader for Troop C, 1-167th Cavalry in Beatrice, NE.  In 2001, he was mobilized for Operation Desert Spring as a Security Force Platoon Leader for 1-167th Cavalry (FWD) to Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. In 2002, he was again mobilized in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as the Task Force Information Operations Officer for 1-167th Cavalry to Camp McGovern, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Upon his return, he was assigned a Commander, Troop C, 1-167th Cavalry. In 2005 he was mobilized a third time in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as an infantry weapons and tactics team chief embedded with the Afghan National Army.

His awards and decorations include the Combat Action Badge, Expert Field Medical Badge, Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters, Army Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Global War of Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, NATO Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal with star, Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Mobilization Device and Numeral "3", Army Service Ribbon and the Army National Guard Recruiter Badge.

His state military awards include the Nebraska National Guard Meritorious Service Medal, Outstanding Citizen Soldier Medal, Nebraska National Guard Individual Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Nebraska National Guard Homeland Defense Service Ribbon, Nebraska National Emergency Service Medal, Nebraska Army National Guard Homeland Defense Medal with "M" device, and the Nebraska National Guard Service Medal with 15 year device.

Captain Ford and his wife, Renee, have two daughters, Riley and Abbey.

 

Captain Daniel L. Behn
Scholarship and Enrollment Officer
Nebraska Army National Guard

Captain Behn is the interim Recruiting Operations Officer while Major Mark Marvin is deployed to Afghanistan.

Captain Behn's previous duty assignments were with the 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Infantry Division (AC), 372nd Engineer Group (RC) and the 3rd Corps Support Command (RC). Captain Behn was deployed to Iraq (Al Asad Air Base) with the 67th ASG as the Base Petroleum Officer. He is now the commander of the 1075th Transportation Company (Medium Truck) in Columbus, NE and the detachment in York, NE.

Captain Behn's awards include the Army Commedation Medal (2nd Award), Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal (w/Bronze Star), Army Good Conduct Medal. Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Armed Forces Reserve Medal (w/M device).

Captain Behn and his wife, Jan, have two daughters, Michaela and Lauren.

 

Master Sergeant Guillermo Rivas
Military Science Instructor
Active Duty United States Army

Master Sergeant Guillermo M. Rivas was born in Ogallala, Nebraska on April 4, 1968. He joined the Army National Guard on September 11, 1986, as a Motor Transport Operator. In January 1988, MSG Rivas joined the USMC as a 0311 Infantryman. In January 1993, Master Sergeant Rivas joined the Army MOS 11B Infantryman. His military background is diverse to say the least. His training and assignments include M203 gunner, M249 SAW gunner, M-60 Machine gunner, rifle team leader, squad leader, weapon's squad leader, Mechanized Infantry platoon sergeant, Scout/Sniper platoon sergeant. Additional positions held, include Assistant S-3 NCO, and Drill Sergeant. He has served with several units including 2/2 Infantry 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune North Carolina, 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry 10th Mountain Division Light Fort Drum, New York, 2nd Battalion 1st Infantry, Fort Wainwright Alaska, 1st Battalion 28th Infantry Fort Jackson, South Carolina(TRADOC), 2nd Squadron 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Fort Irwin California. Deployments to include Operation Iraqi Freedom III, Multinational Force and Observers Sinai Egypt, Operation Uphold/Maintain Democracy Haiti, Operation Restore Hope Somalia, Operation Desert Shield/Storm Kuwait. He is currently assigned as a Military Science Instructor at the University of Nebraska.

Master Sergeant Rivas is a graduate of the Army Drill Sergeant School, Combat Life Savers Course, the NBC Certification Course, PLDC, BNCOC, ANCOC, Pre- Ranger Course, and Jungle Warfare Course.

His awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal (1OLC), Army Commendation Medal (2OLC), Army Achievement Medal (3OLC), Combat Action Ribbon, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Army Good Conduct Medal 4th Award, Marine Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal 2nd Award, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal 2nd Award, South West Asia Service Medal 3rd Award, Humanitarian Service Medal, NOPDR 3rd Award, Over Seas Ribbon, Navy Marine Corp Overseas Service Ribbon, Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Multi-national Forces Observers Medal, Saudi Arabia/ Kuwaiti Liberation Medal, Kuwaiti Liberation Medal, and the Global War on Terrorism Medal.

BADGES: Expert Infantryman Badge, Combat Infantryman Badge 2nd Award, Air Assault Badge, U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Badge.

 

Mr. Larry Tabone
Supply Technician
Retired U.S. Army

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Kristine L. Hart
Human Resources Assistant
Retired Nebraska Air National Guard

Kris keeps the cadets records, manages Army forms, schedules physicals, and ensures contracted and scholarship cadets receive their monthly stipends. Kris retired from the Nebraska Air National Guard after 20 years as an airplane mechanic. Kris has been with UNL Army ROTC for 19 years. She also attends every Nebraska Huskers home football game.

 

 

 

Mrs. Marjorie A. Wolfe
Staff Secretary II

Mrs. Wolfe joined the Military Science Department in October, 2006. She provides secretarial/receptionist support to the Professor of Military Science and Cadre. She enjoys camping, hiking and reading, but her favorite activity is playing with her granddaughters.