Beaver County Times SLIPPERY ROCK — Local cadets from Slippery Rock University's Army ROTC program recently received top merit honors and branch assignments, meaning that their next step after leaving SRU has been determined. Anthony Rosati, a senior safety management major from Aliquippa, ranked in the top 10% nationally and earned the status of Distinguished Military Graduate. He is one of three cadets from SRU to earn that honor. Cadets are assessed into one of 17 branches of the Army based on their preferences and where they rank on the Army Cadet Command's Order of Merit List, which consists of more than 5,000 senior ROTC cadets at colleges and universities across the country.