Virginia Tech ROTC Army Alumni and Cadre Registry

Alumni and Cadre Registry Submission Form

 

Alumni 

 

Name

Rank

Branch

Year 

Email

Location

Comments

Craig Tippins

MAJ

SF

1991

craig.tippins (at) us.army.mil

Bangkok, Thailand

Currently Deputy Commander, Det 1, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC)

Ken Rodgers

COL

EN/Acq Corps

1985

kenneth-rodgers (at) us.army.mil

Ft Monmouth, NJ

Jerome Frostman

MAJ

FG

1992

jerome.frostman (at) us.army.mil

Fort Leavenworth, KS

Joseph Louis Jones III

2LT

AG

1972

avonjones3 (at) aol.com

Vero Beach, Florida

President and General Manager of Productivity Solutions Division at Ingersoll-Rand

April 1999 - October 2002

President and General Manager of Stanley Tools Division at The Stanley Works

June 1976 - April 1999

BA Marketing Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1972

Pi Kappa Alpha; National Society of Scabbard and Blade; Corps Executive Committee(Vice-Chairman); Distinguished Military Student; Corps of Cadets, Sr.-Regimental Staff; Cadet Major; Special Services Officer, Jr.-Color Corporal Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Color Guard

Personal:

Married for 33 years, two sons.

Kenneth W. Martin

MAJ

EN

1987

kenneth.w.martin (at ) us.army.mil

Ft. McCoy, WI

I was mobilized as a Quartermaster Platoon Leader in Iraq in 2003-2004. In Iraq I discovered the Facility Engineers, so I switched to Engineer and am now mobilizing to go to Afghanistan with a Facility Engineer Detachment. In my civilian life, I work for an architecture firm in Minneapolis, MN

Matthew Balach

2LT

FA

2007

mbalach (at) vt.edu

Fort Riley, KS

 

Dan Di Giorgio.

2LT

IN

2007

dmunding (at) vt.edu

Fort Benning, GA

Headed to 4th BDE, 2nd ID at Fort Lewis, WA.
 

Timothy P. Williams

COL

FA

1984

timothy.p.williams (at) us.army.mil

Mechanicsville, VA

Active Duty 1985 to 1990
NG from 1990 to present
Married to Cheryl and have 3 kids.

John Coulter

LTC

FA

1976

john.a.coulter (at) us.army.mil

Stuttgart, Germany

Recalled to active duty from job as Commandant Texas Military Institute. Completed Afghanistan Tour and am now at AFRICOM.
Miss the "Old Corps" Good to see the Blue and Gray at Tech doing so well.
Father of Anthony Coulter D-01 and John Coulter HT 00

Steve Carter

LTC

FA/MI/43

1989

steven.carter (at) us.army.mil

HQDA G1, Army Opns Center, Pentagon

Great to see all the Hokies out there making things happen. Some days I would trade the Puzzle Palace for the sand again! If your in the Beltway area give me a shout.

Michael Dembeck

1LT

TC

2006

michael.r.dembeck (at) us.army.mil

Fort Hood, TX

Got to Ft. Hood in OCT 06 and ended up as a Platoon Leader in the 418th Trans. Co. Deployed in Aug 07 and am currently in Anaconda, Iraq doing Combat Logistics Patrols (Guntrucks) and loving it. GO HOKIES!!!

John Metz

COL

IN

1982

john.metz (at) us.army.mil

Pentagon

Brendan Shimizu

 

EN

2003

brendan.shimizu (at) us.army.mil

 

Ft. Dix, NJ

Drop me a line Im in NJ. Can't believe all the Hokies that are kicking ass all over the place. Keep it up! -> Shimmy~

Chuck Costello

 

TC

2001

charles.costello (at) us.army.mil

 

Bahrain

Lets see got back from Iraq in March 2005, at home for while, went to the Advanced Coarse, and now i'm in Bahrain for a year working with SDDC. Quite nice, better than Iraq but still away from the family (now 2 daughters and another on the way). Drop me a line love to catch up.

Erikson McCleary

 

TC

2006

emcclear (at) vt.edu

 

Ft Eustis, VA

 

Behnaz Nabavian

 

ADA

2006

bnabavia (at) vt.edu

 

Blacksburg, VA

 

Meddie Loos (formerly Marty)

CIV

EN

1994/1995

mnkloos (at) aol.com

 

Government Contracting

Spent a couple years with the Engineers in Germany. Deployed to Bosnia. Became and civilian. My daughter (age 6) and I moved from Arizona back to Virginia Beach.

Mike Ryan

 

TC

2005

michael.p.ryan2 (at) us.army.mil

 

Fort Bragg, NC

Currently a platoon leader in the 546th Transportation Company (ABN), XVIII Airborne Corps.

Syrhan Biray

 

TC

2006

sbiray (at) vt.edu

 

Ft. Eustis, VA

 

Brian DeBiase`

CIV

QM

1996

bjd74 (at) comcast.net

 

Toms River , NJ

Currently a GS-13 Logistics Management Specialist with the Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command, Fort Monmouth, NJ . Started as a civilian with the Army in May 1998 and moved to NJ in June 1999.

Andrew T. Shadley

 

AG

2006

ashadley (at) vt.edu

 

Fort Knox, KY

 

Aaron Williams

 

MI

2004

aaron.williams22 (at) us.army.mil

 

Ft. Polk, LA

35D (Military Intelligence) serving as Platoon Leader in the 4th BDE, 10th Mountain Division. I know, this is Army logic having the 10th in a place with no mountains and where it never gets cold.

Michael Grogan

 

JAG

2006

mgrogan (at) vt.edu

Charlottesville, VA

 

Jim Edwards

 

TC

2005

james.edwards18 (at) us.army.mil

 

Baghdad, Iraq

After spending time at OBC and Airborne, I was sent straight to Iraq as a platoon leader.

Kelly Fitzpatrick

 

 

2003

kefitzpa (at) vcom.vt.edu

 

Hokie Town

Still in Blacksburg . Going on active duty in 2008 and can't get out until 2020. Signed my life away. Oh well....had season tickets every year since '99. Can't beat that. Hit me up if you guys come in for some games. This place has changed so much! There are 4 Starbucks here! Stadium looks awesome!

Derrick Anderson

 

IN

2006

deanders (at) vt.edu

 

Fort Benning, GA

 

Aaron Russell

 

EN

2006

aarussel (at) vt.edu

Training

 

Christopher D. Robertson

 

FA

2006

c.robertson1 (at) us.army.mil

 

Blacksburg

Will eventually end up at Ft. Campbell, KY

Phil Schupp

 

IN

2006

schupp (at) vt.edu

 

Korea

 

Steve Smith

 

AV

1980

stephen.smith3 (at) us.army.mil

 

HQDA, G-3 AVN, Pentagon

 

Arthur J. Hayes

LTC (Ret.)

Army

1969

arthurj47 (at) hotmail.com

 

Swansboro, NC

 

Rob Barnett

 

FA

2006

robarnet (at) vt.edu

 

Ft. Sill, Oklahoma

 

Michael G. Kelley

COL(Ret.)

IN

1967

mikekel (at) cox.net

 

College Station, Texas

 

Bruce Hodges

 

QM

1999

norman.b.hodges (at) us.army.mil

 

LSA Anaconda, Iraq

Currently serivng as the S3 for the 19th CMMC, 3d COSCOM at beautiful LSA Anaconda but am escaping in May to go take command back in Germany of A Company, 123rd MSB, 1st AD. I am also getting married next March in Rome, Italy. So if anyone is in the neighborhood shoot me a note.

Wayne Sass

 

AV

1982

wayne.sass (at) usa.net

 

Orange County, CA

Highty-Tighty Class of '81 - Concussion Section 6 yrs active, 6 yrs reserve component: Leg Inf Plt Ldr, 1/116th SIB, VAARNG concurrent with Sr. year at VT; Sct Plt Ldr & Tank Co XO, 1/8th Cav, 1st Cav Div, Ft Hood, TX; Aeroscout Plt Ldr & AVN Co XO, 14th CABN, Ft Sill, OK; CO, D Troop (AIR), 1/18th Cav & G3-Air, 40th ID CAARNG

Shana Smith

CIV

OD

1996

smith22 (at) purdue.edu

 

West Lafayette, IN

Served 7+ years active duty including Germany and one tour in Iraq then went back to school for my MBA at Purdue, IN. Tech is prettier and has a better football team:)

Elizabeth Tedrick

 

SC

2003

elizabeth.tedrick (at) us.army.mil

Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

S6, 225 BSB (SBCT 5)

Ryan Jones

 

AV

1990

ryan.jones (at) us.army.mil

 

Ft Leavenworth, CGSC

Just left Vanderbilt AROTC and headed to 9th RRC, Oahu, HI in summer 2006 to be the G3 Plans and Readiness Officer.

Mary Barile Hogan

 

N/A

1993

mmhogan (at) direcway.com

 

Ft Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX

Got out of the Army with the arrival of kids, 3 daughters.  My husband is still in as a MSC...when he's not cheering for the Sooners, he's rooting for the Hokies.

Chris Berge

 

EN

2002

cberge (at) vt.edu

 

Fort Leonard Wood, MO

 

Gary Grassi

 

MS

2004

garygrassi (at) hotmail.com

 

Camp Arifjan/Camp Victory Kuwait

I am a Platoon leader for the 343rd Medical CO as well as the training and operations officer. I ran into LT Thompson here in the DFAC and he is a Transportation officer. Everyone be safe out there!

Jason M. Shick

 

AR

2005

jason.shick2 (at) us.army.mil

 

Ft. Knox, Kentucky

 

Robert E. Pettit, III

 

AV

1991

robert.pettit1 (at) us.army.mil

 

Camp Taji, Iraq

Almost finished with a year deployment in Iraq for OIF III. Just finished 12 months as the BN XO and switched over to the BN S3 for 3-3 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion. Flying AH-64Ds in support of Baghdad AO. Can't WAIT to get home to my wife, kids, and Hokie football games! GO HOKIES!

Jasper Jeffers

 

IN

1996

jjeffers (at) wamail.net

 

Fort Lewis,WA

 

Timothy J. Owens

 

TC

2004

tim.owens1 (at) us.army.mil

 

Fort Drum, NY

Currently serving as platoon leader for the Trans PLT in A Co, 210th BSB. We are the Distro company for the 2nd BCT, 10th Mountain Division. Only a few Hokies up here in the cold. "Climb to Glory"

Daniel Kane

 

US CAV

2002

daniel.kane1 (at) us.army.mil

 

FOB McKenzie, Iraq

Currently serving as a Scout Platoon leader for 2-17th Cavalry

John A. Tokar

 

QM

1986

john.tokar (at) korea.army.mil

 

Yongsan, Korea

 

Josh Snyder

 

FA

1998

joshua.snyder (at) us.army.mil

 

FOB Gabe, Iraq

Third time hanging out in the CENTCOM AOR. Iraq x 2, Afghanistan x 1
Hopefully leaving and going back to Fort Benning in January 2006 after a year in lovely Ba'qubah, Iraq.

George R. Mallory

 

MS

2005

george.mallory (at) us.army.mil

 

Fort Sam Houston, TX

 

Deborah Daley

 

AG

2004

deborah.daley (at) us.army.mil

 

Kaiserslautern, Germany

 

Phil De Lisle

 

U.S. Coast Guard

1997

phildelisle (at) hotmail.com

 

Miami, Florida

 

Brad Lawing

 

US Cavalry

89? No…92

bradford.lawing (at) hood.army.mil

1st Cavalry Division, Fortress Hood, TX

 

Greetings to all. Currently serving as the Chief of Simulations and Exercises in the G3 shop. If you are in town, stop by and I will buy you a beer.

Heather McGrath

 

MP

2002

heather.mcgrath (at) us.army.mil

Germany

 

Ross Amico

 

Florida Army National Guard

2002

ramico (at) vt.edu

Afghanistan

Home's now Tallahassee, Florida, when not deployed.

John Benedict

 

SC

1992

johnbenedict2 (at) hotmail.com

Fort Lewis, WA

 

Mark E. McLain

 

EN

1992

mark.mclain (at) us.army.mil

The Sandbox - Round 2

Normally, I live and work near Richmond as a Geotechnical Engineer. Have been Reserve my whole career. Everyone who's over here with me, keep your heads down.

Patrick Bryant

 

MI

1998

patrick.bryant (at) us.army.mil

Fort Lewis

Great seven years. Armor for three, MI for the rest. Saw Mike Passero at the national training center back in 2000 -- he was humping a MANPAD, poor crunchy. I saw Pat Puhr keeping things orderly in Afghanistan back in 2002. Drank some beers with Ranger Mike Eiermann in 2003. Caught up with Brian OQuinn and Clara Abraham in Huachuca in 2003. Saw lots of folks from VT in Iraq in 2004; all doing great things! Got some of the F2K folks together in July 2005 and drank some more beer. Army Hokies abound!

Robert Murphy

 

MI

1987

robert.dean.murphy (at) us.army.mil

Air Land Sea Application (ALSA) Center LAFB, VA

 

Robert L. Farmer

 

TC

2003

robert.farmerjr (at) us.army.mil

Ft. Campbell, KY

Wassup peeps! I am currently serving here as the Platoon Leader in G CO. 426th BSB attached to 2/320th FAR. About to head to Iraq next next month so I'll see some of ya'll over there soon. God Bless & AIR ASSAULT!!!!!

George Mallory

 

MS

2001

george.mallory (at) us.army.mil

Virginia Tech Army ROTC

Working as a Goldbar getting ready for OBC.

George W. Cook, JR (Billy)

 

US Army

1985

george.cook (at) jfcom.mil

Joint Forces Command (Norfolk