Melton-Hovland Selected for Cadet Squadron Command At New Mexico Military Institute
October 12, 2022
Cadet Charley Melton-Hovland returns to New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI) in Roswell, New Mexico, as the highest-ranking High School cadet within the Corps of Cadets.
At the end of last year, NMMI began to restructure the Corps of Cadet separating the Junior College Cadets and the High School cadets into their own Squadrons within the Regiment. NMMI structures the Corps based on the Old Cavalry system with Four Troops per Squadron and Two Squadrons in the Regiment. Charley will be the Commander of one of those Squadrons with Four-line Troops and the Headquarter Troop under her command and will hold the rank of Cadet Lieutenant Colonel. With the new restructuring, she will also command the NMMI JROTC Mustang Battalion.
She remains active on the Cadet Honor Board that over sees and hears cases pertaining to the Institutes Honor Code, as well as actively participates in the New Mexico Military Institute’s, Merle D. Prinkey Chapter of the National Honor Society.
Charley continues to hold seven scholarships for the academic year for both academic and music excellence. For her Academic excellence she remains on the Superintendent’s List maintaining a GPA between 3.5 and 4.0. As a 3rd class cadet (senior at the High School level) she will continue taking college level courses and will participate in a study abroad program in Germany the summer after graduation.
At the end of the spring 2022 Semester, she was recognized as the Best Old Cadet within her Troop. Additionally, she was awarded the Daughters of the American Revolution Bronze Medal, this medal is awarded to either a junior or senior student in a secondary school JROTC program.
• Recipients must have demonstrated loyalty and patriotism and earned a record of military and scholastic achievement during their participation in an ROTC program.
• Students must be in the upper 25% of their classes in ROTC and in academic subjects.
• They must have shown qualities of dependability and good character, adherence to military discipline, leadership ability, and a fundamental and patriotic understanding of the importance of ROTC training.
Charley is the daughter of the proud parents, COL (Retired) Michele Hovland, and Chief Warrant Officer 3 (Retired) Darrell Hovland of Jenkins; the grand daughter of Jack and Bonnie Lambeth, of Cassville; Chuck and Deanna Stanford, of Lincoln City, Ore.; Glen Hovland, of Wagon Mound, NM; and Carol McNeely, of Cassville.
Located in Roswell, New Mexico, the New Mexico Military Institute offers a rich history and tradition of educating tomorrow’s leaders through a program of strong, challenging academics, leadership preparation, and character development. Known as “The West Point of the West,” NMMI remains the only state-supported coeducational college preparatory high school and junior college in the United States.
As an institution of higher and secondary education, the Institute has the mission of enabling individual development through challenging academic preparation in a structured learning environment that affords extensive opportunities for leadership and character development. In support of this mission, the Institute’s treatment of all cadets places key value on trust, student knowledge, integrity, service and responsibility all within the framework of an Honor Code stating that “a cadet will not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.” More information on New Mexico Military institute can be found at www.nmmi.edu.
At the end of last year, NMMI began to restructure the Corps of Cadet separating the Junior College Cadets and the High School cadets into their own Squadrons within the Regiment. NMMI structures the Corps based on the Old Cavalry system with Four Troops per Squadron and Two Squadrons in the Regiment. Charley will be the Commander of one of those Squadrons with Four-line Troops and the Headquarter Troop under her command and will hold the rank of Cadet Lieutenant Colonel. With the new restructuring, she will also command the NMMI JROTC Mustang Battalion.
She remains active on the Cadet Honor Board that over sees and hears cases pertaining to the Institutes Honor Code, as well as actively participates in the New Mexico Military Institute’s, Merle D. Prinkey Chapter of the National Honor Society.
Charley continues to hold seven scholarships for the academic year for both academic and music excellence. For her Academic excellence she remains on the Superintendent’s List maintaining a GPA between 3.5 and 4.0. As a 3rd class cadet (senior at the High School level) she will continue taking college level courses and will participate in a study abroad program in Germany the summer after graduation.
At the end of the spring 2022 Semester, she was recognized as the Best Old Cadet within her Troop. Additionally, she was awarded the Daughters of the American Revolution Bronze Medal, this medal is awarded to either a junior or senior student in a secondary school JROTC program.
• Recipients must have demonstrated loyalty and patriotism and earned a record of military and scholastic achievement during their participation in an ROTC program.
• Students must be in the upper 25% of their classes in ROTC and in academic subjects.
• They must have shown qualities of dependability and good character, adherence to military discipline, leadership ability, and a fundamental and patriotic understanding of the importance of ROTC training.
Charley is the daughter of the proud parents, COL (Retired) Michele Hovland, and Chief Warrant Officer 3 (Retired) Darrell Hovland of Jenkins; the grand daughter of Jack and Bonnie Lambeth, of Cassville; Chuck and Deanna Stanford, of Lincoln City, Ore.; Glen Hovland, of Wagon Mound, NM; and Carol McNeely, of Cassville.
Located in Roswell, New Mexico, the New Mexico Military Institute offers a rich history and tradition of educating tomorrow’s leaders through a program of strong, challenging academics, leadership preparation, and character development. Known as “The West Point of the West,” NMMI remains the only state-supported coeducational college preparatory high school and junior college in the United States.
As an institution of higher and secondary education, the Institute has the mission of enabling individual development through challenging academic preparation in a structured learning environment that affords extensive opportunities for leadership and character development. In support of this mission, the Institute’s treatment of all cadets places key value on trust, student knowledge, integrity, service and responsibility all within the framework of an Honor Code stating that “a cadet will not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.” More information on New Mexico Military institute can be found at www.nmmi.edu.
