Army 2nd Lt. Phil Rudak stands at attention while his family, Nadiya Rudak and Richard Incorvati, pin on his second lieutenant shoulder boards during a commissioning ceremony held inside the auditorium of the Regional Training Institute at Camp Nett, Niantic, Connecticut, Sept. 6, 2022. Rudak, from Wethersfield, Connecticut, previously served as a human resource specialist in the 143rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, his next assignment will be as an aviation officer with the 169th Aviation Regiment.

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