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Our Alumni Serving
Recognizing Those Who Serve Others in Their Communities, Country, and the World
Are you or someone you know serving the community, country, or the world? Send in a photo and a description of what you’re doing, where, and for whom. See instructions below.
The VMI Alumni Agencies would like to pay tribute to our citizen-soliders, who are, as Col. J.T.L. Preston said and as printed on the parapet, “an honor to our country and our state, objects of honest pride to their instructors ... and ready in every time of deepest peril ... .”
Those alumni whose photos and articles appear in this section of the Review could be members of the armed forces serving anywhere in the world, or they could be members of police and fire departments, legislators, doctors offering their services to those less fortunate, or alumni volunteering at food pantries.
If you or someone you know is serving others, please submit a high resolution photo (3 or 4 megapixels, minimum) taken at the location you are serving or with the people whom you serve.
Along with the photo, please submit a caption that explains what your service is, where you perform it, and for whom. Send these to the VMI Alumni Review staff at review@ vmiaa.org or by mail to VMI Alumni Review, P.O. Box 932, Lexington, VA 24450, Attention: Alumni Review. We will review your submission and consider it for publication.
Howard Chapman ’68 was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the South Carolina State Guard in December 2021. Chapman serves as the liaison between the South Carolina State Guard Professional Services Command, Engineering Detachment, and National Guard 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. Chapman is the recipient of the South Carolina State Guard Meritorious Service Award for his work as a member of the four-person Spartan 6 Team during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Grads Serve at Naval Station Rota, Spain
Chris Clark ’20 (left) and Carisa Kunkle ’20 are both ensigns in the U.S. Navy, currently serving at Naval Station Rota in Rota, Spain.
Alumni at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, pose with the VMI flag to celebrate Founders Day in November 2021. Pictured are (front row, from left) Col. Sean Davis ’95, 1st Lt. Joel Hutchens ’12, 1st Lt. Joseph Choi ’18, Maj. John Parson ’01, (back row) 1st Sgt. Robert Smolar ’84, Capt. Josh Kinder ’11, Lt. Col. Wilson Mustian ’01, Lt. Col. Corey Stanvinoha ’02, Maj. Scott Bartholomew ’05, Col. Benjamin Venning ’96, Lt. Col. John Roche ’03, Lt. Col. Danee Cook ’01, and Maj. Randy Hager ’01.
