Horizon High School Alumni

Thornton, Colorado (CO)

Military Alumni

Military High School Alumni

Honoring Our Heroes

This area is dedicated to our alumni that have served or are serving in our armed forces!

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Honored Military Alumni

Alycia Smith
Alycia Smith
Class of 2005
Army, 4 Years

Served in South Korea, Germany and Iraq
Ashley Berg
Ashley Berg
Class of 2002
Army, 4 Years

Communications
Brandi Grissett
Brandi Grissett
Class of 1999
Navy, 7 Years

Avaition Ordnanceman
Brandon Bernshausen
Brandon Bernshausen
Class of 2000
Air Force, 12 Years

F-16 Avionics
chris jeffers
chris jeffers
Class of 2000
Army, 6 Years

82nd Airborne
chris sickinger
chris sickinger
Class of 2005
Navy, 10 Years

10 years in, 10 to go
Christopher Cowhick
Christopher Cowhick
Class of 2009
Army, 1 Years

US Army Active Duty Communications Technician, US Army Signal Corps
Christopher Greiner
Christopher Greiner
Class of 2001
Air Force, 4 Years

Avionics maintenance, 4 years working on B-1's, and currently working on F-16's.
Christopher Langlois
Christopher Langlois
Class of 1997
Navy, 6 Years

4 years on the USS Porter (DDG-78).
Christopher Stone
Christopher Stone
Class of 2007
Army, 8 Years

Weapons squad and Fire team leader in an Infantry rifle Platoon. 3 combat tours, 1 to Iraq and 2 to Afghanistan. OIF 9-11, OEF 11-12, and OEF 15.
Danny Fajardo
Danny Fajardo
Class of 1999
Navy, 20 Years

Joined in January 2000 and retired January 2020 out of 32nd st naval base
David Leonard
David Leonard
Class of 2000
Army, 8 Years

Currently a SSG.have a single toure in Afghanistan.
Devin O'Rourke
Devin O'Rourke
Class of 2012
Marine Corps, 6 Years

Served as a Military Police Officer, as well as security for the presidential helicopter Marine 1.
James Blakely
James Blakely
Class of 1996
Air Force, 12 Years

I have been in the Air Force for 12 years and hold the rank of Tech Sargeant. I have travel all around the world.
Jason Richardson
Jason Richardson
Class of 1998
Army, 13 Years

Deployed 4 seperate times to Iraq and Kuwait, was stationed at Ft. Story, VA
Jason RIchardson
Jason RIchardson
Class of 1998
Army, 11 Years

Has done 4 combat tours to the Iraq area of operations, currently in 4th deployment to go back to VA in the summer of 2010
Jeff Matney
Jeff Matney
Class of 2004
Army, 6 Years

Combat Medic and Operations NCO
Jennifer Wilson
Jennifer Wilson
Class of 1992
Navy, 10 Years

Quartermaster 2nd class also served as a military police officer for 4 years.
Jeremiah Poffenbarger
Jeremiah Poffenbarger
Class of 2007
Marine Corps, 8 Years

Valuable experience gained from this decision straight out of school.
John Larson
John Larson
Class of 1996
Army, 4 Years

1st Cav Mechanized Infantry, 2id Camp Hoovey South Korea.
Joshua Hessek
Joshua Hessek
Class of 2000
Army, 4 Years

Operation Spartan Shield Veteran, (Kuwait) Operation Inherent Resolve Veteran, (Iraq) Korean Service Defense.
Joshua Karlen
Joshua Karlen
Class of 2002
Marine Corps, 4 Years

Infantry
Master Wayne P Jones
Master Wayne P Jones
Class of 2008
Marine Corps, 3 Years

Everyone in school knows me as Wayne. I didnt even know my name was Master Wayne until after I joined the Marines.
Matthew Wolfe
Matthew Wolfe
Class of 2001
Marine Corps, 4 Years

Ammunition Specialist
Michelle Tucker
Michelle Tucker
Class of 2008
Marine Corps, 1 Years

Communications
Mike Turner
Mike Turner
Class of 2001
Air Force, 7 Years

TACP
Patrick Matlick
Patrick Matlick
Class of 2009
Marine Corps, 5 Years

0311 Rifleman OEF 2012
Philip Barbero
Philip Barbero
Class of 1998
Marine Corps, 4 Years

Amphibious Assault Vehicle Crewchief
Raymond A. Ortega
Raymond A. Ortega
Class of 2000
Marine Corps, 9 Years

Marine corps infantry Served 2 tours in Iraq along with 2 in Afghanistan.
Robert Crum
Robert Crum
Class of 1994
Navy, 13 Years

Operation southern watch, OEF, OIF
Shawn D. Malara
Shawn D. Malara
Class of 1990
Army, 19 Years

Enlisted in 1990 right out of school. Did tours in Desert Storm, Germany and peace keeping in Macedonia. Got out and went to college, hated it. Came back in the Army in 2000 for flight school, graduated as an AH-64 Apache pilot in OCT 2001. Packed my crap, and off to Afghanistan. Followed up by 3 tours in Iraq. Over 2500 Apache flight hours, 1500 are combat. Will be able to retire quite soon. The picture is of me and a 41 year Army pilot veteran.
Thomas Santistevan Jr
Thomas Santistevan Jr
Class of 1999
Navy, 10 Years

United States Navy Submarine Service
Tony Rael
Tony Rael
Class of 2004
Air Force, 11 Years

Security Forces..stationed CONUS, Korea and Germany.
Travis Zabroski
Travis Zabroski
Class of 2003
Marine Corps, 8 Years

Travis is now a Sargent, happily married to Lindzey Resh.
Tyler John Orcutt
Tyler John Orcutt
Class of 2013
Army, 1 Years

Stationed in White Sands, New Mexico. Patriot Missile Operator.

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Class of '99

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Our Horizon High School military alumni are some of the most outstanding people we know and this page recognizes them and everything they have done! Not everyone gets to come home for the holidays and we want our Horizon High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Thornton are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!