West Virginia University Army ROTC cadet battalion commander Brent Eastwood has been named a 2002 George C. Marshall ROTC award recipient, and will represent WVU at a April 16-19 Marshall Foundation seminar in Lexington, Va.. The topic of the seminar is the”National Security of the United States.”

“This is a huge honor,”said Eastwood, a graduate student in the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism.”I feel lucky to be surrounded by all the outstanding instructors at WVU Army ROTC and other great faculty and staff at the University. Im thankful for all the tutelage and support from many people here at WVU .”

The Marshall Award was established in 1976 to recognize outstanding members of the Army ROTC across the country. Since that time, the Marshall Foundation, in cooperation with the U.S. Army, has brought more than 6,000 outstanding college seniors to the Foundation to receive the award and take part in the national security seminar.

Eastwood, of Morgantown, works as a production specialist at WVU Television Productions. His research on streaming video and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is scheduled to be published in the October 2002 issue of the Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin.

Eastwood also serves in”B”Battery 1/201st Field Artillery of the Army National Guard in Morgantown. He has served with a Special Forces unit at the National Training Center in California and trained with an active duty infantry platoon in Korea last summer.

After he receives a masters of science degree from the School of Journalism in May, Eastwood plans to enter active duty in the Army as a second lieutenant.

He is the son of Larry and Joyce Eastwood of Paducah, Ky.