Thomas V. Truong, son of Loi V. and Kim T. Truong, Warsaw, has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force after graduating from Officer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Ala.
OTS is a demanding, 12-week course designed to train cadets to be top-quality Air Force officers. The course's extensive curriculum is comprised of classroom work, lectures and exercises to develop leadership, team building and officer skills. They receive instruction in military training and application, professional knowledge, human behavior, defense studies, leadership studies and management, communication skills, physical fitness and field-training exercises.
Truong graduated from Warsaw Community High School in 1994. He received two bachelor's degrees, the first in 1999 and the second in 2002, both from Indiana University Purdue University at Fort Wayne.
