Eagle Company Cadre and Staff

Major Robert Foy served as an enlisted soldier and non-commissioned officer for seven years before attending Officer Candidate School and being commissioned as a Field Artillery Second Lieutenant. He retired after over 22 years of active federal service.

During his enlisted career, Maj. Foy served as an Arabic linguist and is a graduate of the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. He is also a graduate of the Jungle Warfare Training School in Panama, Ranger School, Jump Master School, Air Assault School, the Field Artillery and Armor Advance Courses and the Command and General Staff College.

During Desert Shield and Storm, Maj. Foy served as a battery executive officer in the 101st Airborne Division. When the U.S. committed troops to serve in Bosnia, following the Dayton Peace Accords, he served as a battery commander with the 1st Armored Division. Most recently, Major Foy was the Chief of Current Operations for the 8,000-soldier Multi-national Brigade-East in Kosovo.

Major Foy holds a B.A. in Human Services from Johnson State College, and an M.A. in Human Resources Development from Webster University.

Major Foy was recently recalled to Active Duty.

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Rickey Alexander serves at Liberty University as a contractor, instructing ROTC cadets. Prior to this, he served as an enlisted soldier and noncommissioned officer for 19 years in the U. S. Army. He has served in a number of Field Artillery related jobs throughout his career.

He has served as a Battery Fire Direction NCO, a Battalion Fire Control NCO, an Operations Sergeant, an Operational Test NCOIC, and as a Combined Effects Synchronization Planning NCOIC. Rickey has served in locations throughout the United States, Germany, and the Republic of Korea.

He is a graduate of the Primary Leadership Development Course, the Basic and Advanced NCO Courses, the Battle Staff School and a variety of other army schools. He is currently working to complete his B.A. in Education.

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Sergeant First Class (SFC) Joshua Pedersen has served as an enlisted soldier and noncommissioned officer for eleven years in Virginia Army National Guard. Nine of those eleven years have been on active duty. He began his career as an Infantryman, and has served as a Recruiter/ROTC Liaison for six years.

During his service he has performed as a Team Leader in an Infantry Company, Squad Leader/Operations NCO for an Infantry Company, Sergeant of the Guard for a Security Detachment, Recruiting and Retention NCO, ROTC Liaison, Simultaneous Membership Program (SMP) NCOIC, and coauthored the Virginia Army National Guard SMP Program of Instruction. SFC Pedersen has served in locations throughout the state of Virginia, and Guantanamo Bay Cuba supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

He is a graduate of the Primary Leadership Development Course, the Basic NCO Course, the Senior Leaders Course, the Recruiting and Retention Basic Course, the Recruiting and Retention Conversion Course, along with other Army courses.

SFC Pedersen has a B.S. in Business from Liberty University and has begun working on his M.B.A.

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 Ben Sattler serves at Liberty University as a contractor, instructing cadets in the Army ROTC program there.  He has served as an enlisted soldier for 16 years and continues to serve in the Army Reserves as a Staff Sergeant.

He has served as an infantry rifleman, Drill Sergeant and Military Transition Team member to the Iraqi Army.  He has served throughout the continental US, briefly in Panama and Hawaii.

He has completed the Primary Leader Development Course, Drill Sergeant Academy, Basic NCO course, and various other courses in the military.  He has earned a BS in Psychology from Liberty University.

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James Copeland serves at Liberty University as a contractor, instructing the Freshmen ROTC cadets.

He holds a commission in the United States Army Reserves as a Battalion Chaplain and previously worked in Liberty Universitys IT department.

He is a graduate of the Chaplain Basic Officer Leadership Course and the Family Life Chaplain Course. He holds his Bachelors of Science and Masters of Divinity from Liberty University.

Program questions can be directed to Mr. Copeland at luarotc@liberty.edu

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Mrs. "Di" Martinez, Senior Master Sergeant (USAF Retired), is the Administrative Technician/Human Resources Assistant for the Army ROTC program.

Mrs. Martinez began her tenure in this position on 13 August 2001.  Mrs. Martinez retired from the U.S. Air Force with over 26 years of service on 1 June 2000.

She is a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict and the Persian Gulf War. Her assignments included Kincheloe Air Force Base, Michigan; Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska; Rammstein Air Base, Germany; and McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey.

Among other medals, she has received the Meritorious Service Medal with two Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force Commendation Medal with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Air Force Good Conduct Medal with four Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters.  She holds an Associate in Applied Science with the Community College of the Air Force and a B.S. in Social Science with University of Southern Colorado; she is finishing her Masters in School Counseling at Lynchburg College, Lynchburg VA.

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Deshawn Jemmott serves at Liberty University as a contractor, instructing ROTC cadets.

Ms. Jemmott also serves as a Transportation Officer in the Army Reserves; she serves as Detachment commander for the 200^th Movement Control Team, Baltimore, MD. Her previous assignments include assistant S-3 for the 359^th TC BN HHC at Fort Eustis, VA, Detachment Executive Officer and Unit Movement Officer for the 678^th Movement Control Team, Fort Eustis, VA.

Ms. Jemmott has deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom where she served as Detachment Executive Officer and Liaison Officer for AD/ACG operations. She also deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom where she served as the commander of the 200^th TC DET, Movement Control Team.  She was responsible for air and surface operations at the third largest logistic hub in Combined Joint Operation Area - Afghanistan

Ms. Jemmott’ s military education and training includes US ROTC Leader’s Training Course, US ROTC Leadership Development Assessment Course, Basic Officers Leader’s Course, Transportation Officer’s Basic Course, Container Management Course, Pre Command Course and Contractor Officer Representative Course.

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