Oath of enlistment becomes out-of-this-world experience
200226-A-IL912-109.JPG Photo By: Sgt. 1st Class Joel Quebec

WAPAKONETA, Ohio - Astronaut and Army Col. Andrew Morgan displays his Army "through-and-through" pride as he talks to Army recruits and answers some of their questions just before conducting the first ever Future Soldier Swearing-In Ceremony while aboard the International Space Station. Wapakoneta High School was one of 150 locations to host the live-streaming video session where Col. Morgan administered the nation-wide oath of enlistment to approximately 1,000 Army recruits. Wapakoneta was chosen due to being the birthplace of pioneer Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to step onto the surface of the moon on July 21, 1969.


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