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Caroline Lassalle '21 was recently named Company G commander for the 2024-25 academic year at Virginia Military Institute. Read more about Caroline in the VMI article below.

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Virginia Military Institute recently announced ranks for the 185th Regiment for the 2024-25 academic year.

Caroline M. Lassalle has been named Company G commander. She applied for the position because of her dedication to the people in her company. “I believe that knowing the people you lead and developing relationships with them is crucial to succeed as a leader,” said Lassalle. Her goal as commander for the 2024-2025 academic year is to support and encourage members of her company to strive for continual self-improvement. “Every day we have the opportunity to either accept mediocrity or challenge ourselves to improve. At VMI, we are given ample opportunities to push ourselves to our limits in academics, athletics, and military training. The best part of this system is that when things get hard, we have the VMI community to lean on, and this starts at the company level,” she said. Lassalle is part of a VMI legacy that includes her two great uncles, Robert J. Robertson ’50-B and E. Jeff Robertson ’54; her uncle Sean Matthew Lassalle ’93; her father, Eric David Lassalle ’88; and her brother, Matthew Eric Lassalle ’22, who shares a special VMI memory with her. “On my Matriculation Day, I recall running into barracks, and all the upperclassmen were up on the higher stoops banging their class rings against the rails before we met our cadre, and I looked up to see my brother smiling down at me.” Lassalle is the daughter of Meg and Eric Lassalle ’88 of Norfolk, who she said are her role models. “They sacrificed a lot to help me become the person I am today.” She is an alumna of Catholic High School in Virginia Beach. After graduation, she plans to attend medical school or physician assistant school.