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

Alan Place
Alan Place
Class of 1997
Air Force, 10 Years

F-15 Eagle Weapons Systems Expediter for the 71st Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 1st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
Albert (Buddy) Drauch
Albert (Buddy) Drauch
Class of 1987
Marine Corps, 15 Years

Also US Army 15+ years service. Two Combat tours. Probably with more coming.
Arlene F Robbins
Arlene F Robbins
Class of 1968
Army, 17 Years

US Army Reserves for 17+ years (still serving !!!!) Recently returned from 18 months in Iraq serving at the TF 399th Combat Support Hospital, COB Speicher
Bruce L Pierce
Bruce L Pierce
Class of 1967
Navy, 20+ Years

Enlisted in Navy Seabees 1/73 - 11/73; AOCS 11/73 - 3/74 Commissioned Navy Air Intelligence Officer 3/15/74; Fighter Squadron VF-103 AIO 11/74 - 9/77; Navy Civil Engineer Corps Officer 11/77 - 2/93; Retired from active duty 2/1/93. Navy Civil Service, GS-12 3/93 to present. Duty Stations included USS Saratoga CV-60; PWC Norfolk, USMC Camp Lejeune, Diego Garcia, Norfolk, VA and USMC MCAS Cherry Point, NC
Eric Matthew Hall
Eric Matthew Hall
Class of 1997
Navy, 4 Years

Operation Iraqi Freedom
George H. Young
George H. Young
Class of 1959
Air Force, 20+ Years

Joined the Air Force Dec 7, 1959 and went to Lackland AFB for 11 weeks. Had to wait for a secret security clearance. Went to San Angelo for six months to go through the intelligence course there. Upon graduation was sent back to San Antonio where I was assigned for three years. Got married in 1963 and left to Zweibrucken, Germany in the spring of 1964 for three years. After that, went back to Headquarters again for two years when I received a remote assignment to Osan Korea in 1969. From there I went back to San Angelo to work as an instructor in the school house where in November 1972, I went to Heidelberg, Germany for four years on an dedicated assignment to support the Army for the National Security Agency. After that I went back to San Antonio where I retired from the Air Force on 30 June 1980. Afterwards, I worked for the VA as a programmer for three years and then went to Fort Sam Houston as a computer specialist where I finally retired from the government on Dec 31, 2011 with over 50 years of government service.
Greg Barrett
Greg Barrett
Class of 1982
Navy, 20+ Years

Military Police K9, served in Operation Anvil, Kuwait, and was involved with the clean up and aftermath of 911.
Jacob Lee Hunter
Jacob Lee Hunter
Class of 2006
Marine Corps Reserve, 6 Years

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Richard W. Haight
Richard W. Haight
Class of 1959
Navy, 20+ Years

Enlisted in 1960, attended Boot Camp and Electronics School at Great Lakes, IL. Sent to Panama for four years and advanced to Electronics Tecnician First Class (E-6) Sent to Purdue University and commissioned an Ensign upon graduationl Stationed aboard USS Raleigh LPD1 in Norfolk VA, post graduate school in Nonterey CA, Destroyer School in Newport RI, USS Robert H. McCard DD-822 in Tampa FL, USS Kalamazoo AOR-6 and Destroyer Squadron 12 in Mayport FL and last duty station was The Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (now the Central Command) in Tampa FL. Retired in 1982 at the rank of LCDR (O-4)
Robert (Rob) L. Reiff
Robert (Rob) L. Reiff
Class of 1965
Army, 6 Years

Drafted in 1966: 4th Infantry Division and 25th Infantry Division, Vietnam...1968 Tet Offensive, etc. Instructor at Fort Eustis, VA. 2 years active Army, 4 years reserves. Discharged in 1972.
scott rude sr
scott rude sr
Class of 1986
Army, 12 Years

Iraq desert storm, bosnia, kosavo, korea

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Our Canandaigua Academy 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 Canandaigua Academy High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Canandaigua are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!