04/03/2024
SALUTE members Wayne Taylor, Renee Amboy, and Chad Lutz at SOFWERX for the intern presentations with the USF Institute of Applied Engineering. They are joined by USF students Julio Figueroa and Kyle Sanchez, and the SOFWERX Tech Transfer & STEM Program Manager Amanda Roark.
03/06/2024
SALUTE Officer Chad Lutz and prospective member Julio Figueroa with SOFWERX Deputy Director Tony Pettengill.
Chad and Julio work as Market Research Interns with SOFWERX contributing to bringing the best of Government, Industry, Academia, and National Labs together to help solve challenging problems encountered by Special Operations Forces.
02/16/2024
SALUTE members Chad Lutz, Kati Hippleheuser, and Gary Fournier attending a luncheon hosted by the Women in Defense Greater Tampa Bay featuring Melissa “MOJO” Johnson, SES, Acquisition Executive, USSOCOM.
11/30/2023
Where are our adrenaline junkies at? Last weekend, our officers Chad and Jana jumped out of a plane. Because with family and friends is much more fun all SALUTE members and friends were invited. Chad brought his family along to share this special moment. Would you go with us the next time?
11/21/2023
Last Saturday, invited all military connected students to take part in a fun 4-Mile pre-Thanksgiving Ruck. A few of USF very own Cadets joined in on the fun as well. What a cool event to create more interconnectivity!
11/13/2023
Our officers and chapter members had a blast at the salute ti service football game. Our very own Secretary Chad Lutz received special recognition for being a 2023 National Veterans Leadership Foundation Fellow! Good job Chad and Go Bulls!
11/06/2023
We are proud to launch our very first raffle! We are so very thankful for the generous donation of a Tandem Jump by to support our cause. All donations will go 100% back into the Student Veteran community, committed to the SALUTE Chapter at USF.
To take part in the raffle donate whatever you feel like in the increments of full dollars over the Link: https://bit.ly/USF_SALUTE_Donation
You will be automatically entered into the raffle with the right amount of tickets. Tickets are stackable:
$1 = 1 Ticket
$5 = 7 Tickets
$10 = 15 Tickets
So if you donate $21 that would equal 31 Tickets.
Winner will be drawn on Nov. 08th at 8pm. Winner must be 18 years or older to jump. Winner must not be present to win and will be notified per email and announced on Instagram. If the winner would like to pass the price on we will need the name of the jumper, as the gift certificate can not be handed out blank not passed on. Winner must have a form of ID to jump.bFor additional information on Jump restrictions visit: https://jumpfloridaskydiving.com/
This raffle is not in any form associated to Instagram.
09/07/2023
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05/28/2023
Don't forget Memorial Day is for our fallen who selflessly given their life for our country! Enjoy the day off and the good food.
SALUTE members Chad Lutz and Ryan Pocaigue with SALUTE friend Liam Clancy at Bay Pines National Cemetery placing flags for Memorial Day.
05/09/2023
Good morning SALUTE members!
This past Friday, May 28th, threw an amazing Graduation party for the Veterans from all campuses who will be graduating this year!
The SALUTE VNHS members present during this event were VP Chad, Outreach Director Demario, Sallie, and Graham. Let's stay connected and get involved.
Congratulations to all the Veterans and spouses that will be graduating this year, and we wish you the best!
Thank you, .taylorwn and .reneeamboy, for hosting this event.
05/09/2023
Good afternoon, Veterans! I would like to inform you all that SeaWorld and Busch Gardens are offering 4 complimentary tickets that are good thru July 9th of this year. The tickets will be available until May 14th. Use the links below to get the tickets.
Seaworld: https://seaworld.com/orlando/tickets/military-discount/veterans/
Busch Gardens: https://buschgardens.com/tampa/tickets/veteran-discount/