The Idaho Army National Guard welcomed its five newest commissioned officers Saturday during a commissioning ceremony on Gowen Field. 2nd Lt. Travis Botkin, 2nd Lt. Cameron Cardenas, 2nd Lt. Mitchell Samson, 2nd Lt. Clare Slater and 2nd Lt. Jason Warthen graduated and accepted their commission yesterday. Officer Candidate Jackson Fagan serves in the Utah Army National Guard and graduated from OCS but is not accepting his commission at this time. During the ceremony, Maj. Gen. Michael Garshak, adjutant general of Idaho, administered the oath of office to the new officers and each Soldier was pinned by a family member and received their first salute from a trusted NCO. The 2nd Modular Training Battalion of the 204th Regiment Training Institute’s Officer Candidate School consists of three rigorous phases of training and leadership development, spanning a 13-month period designed to train and develop enlisted Soldiers into officers. #idahonationalguard #idahoarmynationalguard #idarng...