Adam D. Shaffstall
Adam D. Shaffstall has graduated from officer candidate school (OCS) at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga., and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
During the 12 weeks of training, the officer candidate received “basic soldiering” instruction in leadership, professional ethics, soldier team development, combined arms tactics, weapons defense, combat water survival, squad drill, intelligence, field training exercises, day and night land navigation, confidence obstacle course, common core tasks, communications, staff and general military subjects, and physical fitness tests which include three, four and five-mile runs, and foot marches between five and12 miles carrying rucksacks.
The candidate is tested on leadership skills and teamwork abilities required of a commissioned officer. Students learned to utilize acquired skills to function in “leader and follower” positions in squad and platoon sized elements, and evaluated in various leadership garrison positions while in a stressful and demanding field environment.
He is the son of Paul Shaffstall of Alkire Court, Golden, and Mary B. Wills of S. Ridge Road, Castle Rock.
Shaffstall graduated in 2001 from Douglas County High School, and received a bachelor’s degree in 2010 from the University of Colorado at Boulder.