Cadet Staff Biographies
Jon Broderick
Cadet Battalion Commander
Cadet Jon Broderick is an International Relations Major at BU, also studying Arabic. He is Airborne qualified and has trained with the Moroccan Army at the Moroccan Royal Military Academy. He attended Cadet Troop Leader Training at Fort Bragg, NC with 5-73 CAV. In the summer of 2011 he attended Warrior Forge at Joint Base Lewis-Mccord and earned the highest overall score of E, finishing 3rd in his platoon, earning the RECONDO badge, and receiving the top APFT score in his Regiment. Cadet Broderick was the Ranger Challenge Team Commander as well as the Pershing Rifles Honor Society Commander. He will commission this May as an Infantry Officer.
Sarah Funk
Cadet Executive Officer
Cadet Sarah Funk is a History and International Relations major at Boston University. She earned her Airborne wings at Ft. Benning, GA in 2010 and attended Warrior Forge during the summer of 2011, where she was ranked 2nd in her platoon,achieved the highest female PT score in her regiment, and received an overall EXCELLENT rating. She attended West Point’s Cadet Field Training in 2009, volunteered in Ghana, Africa through the ROTC Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency Program (CULP), and shadowed a platoon leader at Ft. Bliss, TX for CTLT. She is also a member of the Boston University Pershing Rifles Honor Society. She is looking forward to training and leading the Charles River Battalion as they continue to be one of the top Army ROTC programs in the nation.
Chase Baker
Alpha Company Commander
Cadet Chase Baker is an Economics and Mathematics BA/MA student dually
enrolled in the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at
Boston University. In the Summer of 2010, Cadet Baker earned his Air
Assault wings at Fort Knox, KY and traveled to Tanzania through
ROTC’s Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency Program (CULP).
He successfully completed Warrior Forge (LDAC) at Fort Lewis, WA this
past Summer where he earned the Recondo Badge for physical achievement.
Currently he is the Executive Officer (XO) and Operations Officer (S-3)
in the National Honor Society of Scabbard & Blade–Kilo Company, 6th
Regiment at Boston University. Following the completion of his
Bachelor’s & Master’s degree at BU in May, Cadet Baker will commission as a
2nd Lieutenant in the Military Police Corps
Aaron Brown
Bravo Company Commander
Cadet Aaron Brown is a Religious Studies major at Stonehill College in Easton, MA. He was born and raised in Brockton, MA, where he also currently resides .He is involved with a program with the college called H.O.P.E, a social service group dedicated to the betterment of human society around the world. He spent last spring break in Peru and will spend this year’s break in Honduras. In May, He will commission as a Field Artillery officer in the Massachusetts Army National Guard attached to the 181 IN as a FSO. During that time, Cadet Brown will also pursue attending seminary in hopes of one day becoming an Army Chaplain.