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1950-1959
Original ROTC Summer Camp Class Holds Reunion
Joe Boardman (USM ROTC 1953) Serves as Hancock Bank Chairman of the Board
Ron Rabin (USM ROTC 1956) Part of an article from the Sunherald May 6, 2005
Ron Rabin (USM ROTC 1956) Inducted into ROTC Hall of Fame
Robert Boothe (USM Army ROTC 1958) Inducted into USM Alumni Hall of Fame
1960-69 Graduates
Billy Hewes (USM Army ROTC 1960) Receives 2003 Alumni Outstanding Service Award
Dewitt Irby (USM ROTC 1962) Promoted to Senior Vice President at Disneyland
James Barbaree (USM Army ROTC 1963) Chairs Biological Sciences Department at Auburn
Major General Walter Yates (USM Army ROTC 1963) Inactivates Berlin Brigade
Ernie Sylvester (USM Army ROTC 1963) Inducted into Dustoff Association Hall of Fame
Robert Stewart (USM Army ROTC 1964) Inducted into Pioneer Conference Room Hall of Fame
James Hansford (USM Army ROTC 1965) Serves as Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Oklahoma Baptist University
1970-79 Graduates
Maj. Gen. Blount joins The College of Arts and Letters with The University of Southern Mississippi
Blount, Hammond and Miller make USM's Alumni newlsetter The Talon
Blount (USM ROTC 1971) and Hammond (USM ROTC 1978) Inducted in USM Hall of Fame
Buford Blount (USM ROTC 1971) Leads 3rd ID in Iraq
Buford Blount (USM ROTC 1971) speaks to USM ROTC
MG Blount's (USM ROTC 1971) change of command
Mississippi Legislature Commends MG Blount (USM ROTC 1971)
MG Blount (USM ROTC 1971) participates in USM ad campaign
Thomas Miller (USM ROTC 1973) Becomes Deputy Commanding General, First Army
Thomas Miller (USM ROTC 1973) Inducted into ROTC Hall of Fame
MG Miller (1973) speaks at May 05 commissioning
Kenneth Rigby (USM Army ROTC 1976) Leads Engineers in Iraq
Brelon Roney (USM Army ROTC 1977 Commands 313th ROC in Kaiserslauten
BG Hammond (USM ROTC 1978)
Jeff Hammond (USM Army ROTC 1978) Appointed Assistant Division Commander of 1st Cav Jeff Hammond has been promoted to Major General
BG Hammond artile in The Talon (pg 1) (pg 2)
1980-89 Graduates
Fred Blakely (USM ROTC 1980 and Micheal Cloy (USM ROTC 1982 Help Russell Cloy (USM ROTC 1982) Celebrate his promotion to Colonel
Steve Floyd (USM Army ROTC 1981) Owns Real Estate Business
Cloy Brothers in Baghdad
Mike Cloy (USM ROTC 1982) assumes command of 5th Bde (TS) 87th Div
COL Mike Cloy leads MiTT to assist Iraqi Army
Michael Cloy (USM ROTC 1982) in Kosovo
Russell Cloy (USM Army ROTC 1982) Graduates from Air War College
LTC Lea Patton (USM ROTC 1984) Heads up local Habitat for Humanity
LTC Lea Patton (USM ROTC 1984)
LT Donald O'Quinn (USM ROTC 1985) Coin Dedication in his honor
1990-99 Graduates
David Kelley (USM Army ROTC 1990) Serves as Assistant Professor at Purdue
CPT Kyle Head (USM Army ROTC 1996) Picture 1 Picture 2
CPT Jeff Hilt (Commissioned August 1996) Pictures ftom Iraq
CPT Jeff Hilt (USM Army ROTC 1996) and his son visit USM
Alumni picture of CPT Christy Hill (Commissioned May 1997) and husband in Iraq.
2000-2009 Graduates
CPT Spencer Wallace (USM Army ROTC 2000) in Baghdad
CPT Wallace (ROTC 2000) article in the Enterprise Journal
CPT Jack Stewart with MSG Herrington at a Memorial for the Oklahoma City Bombing held in Camp Anaconda, Balad, Iraq.
1LT Jason Johnson (USM Army ROTC 2002) with French Special Forces LTC in Afghanistan
2LT Joe Black (USM Army ROTC 2003) and Russell Cloy (USM Army ROTC 1982) at Armor Officer Basic Dining In
2LT Karensa Polk and 2LT Jack Benford (both USM Army ROTC 2004) in Korea
