Mississippi State ROTC Cadets, from left, Zachary Wright, Joshua Walton, Paul Richardson, Micah Layton, Jacob Guthrie, James Baker and Joseph Adams took the U.S. Army commission oath Friday [May 17] during a ceremony led by honorary speaker Maj. Gen. David Wilson. The cadets’ commission as part of the MSU Bulldog Battalion Cadre signifies the formal beginning of the recent graduates’ military careers.