Northmont High School Alumni
Clayton, Ohio (OH)

Recent Members
Brenda Scharff | 1973 |
Danny Honaker Danny Honaker | 1984 |
Elaine Alex | 1979 |
Jacalyn Aikman | 1970 |
Stephanie Paxton | 1987 |
Susan Stooksberry | 1974 |
Traves Cone | 1987 |
William Stanley Stanley | 2019 |
Military Alumni
Honoring Our Heroes
This area is dedicated to our alumni that have served or are serving in our armed forces!
Lost Class Rings
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Honored Military Alumni

Larry Pinkerton
Class of 1977
National Guard, 20+ Years
Ohio Army NG, 23 years.
Engineer and Armor branches
currently Logistics Officer, 174th Air Defense Bde
Iraq 2003
Hurricane Rita 2005
Class of 1977
National Guard, 20+ Years
Ohio Army NG, 23 years.
Engineer and Armor branches
currently Logistics Officer, 174th Air Defense Bde
Iraq 2003
Hurricane Rita 2005



MARK CAHLIK
Class of 1974
Navy, 3 Years
SEABEES...CBU413...CE...(CONSTRUCTION ELECTRICIAN) GUAM...HAWAII..PEARL HARBOR...
Class of 1974
Navy, 3 Years
SEABEES...CBU413...CE...(CONSTRUCTION ELECTRICIAN) GUAM...HAWAII..PEARL HARBOR...

Mark Hilliard
Class of 1972
Navy, 10 Years
Served in the west and south Pacific during the end of the war in Vietnam. Flew on Orion P-3 ASW aircraft. Left the military in 1982 to Join Eastman Kodak in Rochester, NY.
Class of 1972
Navy, 10 Years
Served in the west and south Pacific during the end of the war in Vietnam. Flew on Orion P-3 ASW aircraft. Left the military in 1982 to Join Eastman Kodak in Rochester, NY.

Michael (Mike) Randolph
Class of 1962
Navy, 5 Years
Submarine Service and Armed Forces Police
Class of 1962
Navy, 5 Years
Submarine Service and Armed Forces Police

Michael Cody
Class of 1974
Air Force, 20+ Years
Munitions Systems Specialist 461X0
Gulf War 1 veteran
Numerous bases worldwide
Retired - Eglin AFB Florida -1998
Class of 1974
Air Force, 20+ Years
Munitions Systems Specialist 461X0
Gulf War 1 veteran
Numerous bases worldwide
Retired - Eglin AFB Florida -1998

Michael Dorsey
Class of 1973
Air Force, 4 Years
Korean linguist; USAF Security Service
Class of 1973
Air Force, 4 Years
Korean linguist; USAF Security Service


Michael E. Welsh
Class of 1969
National Guard, 20+ Years
Retired Colonel, elected to 251 Engineering Installation Group HOW in 2017.
Class of 1969
National Guard, 20+ Years
Retired Colonel, elected to 251 Engineering Installation Group HOW in 2017.

michelle metzler
Class of 1999
Navy, 6 Years
Hospital Corpsman for the USMC and Navy.
Now a SAHM with 2 kids and back near Dayton.
Class of 1999
Navy, 6 Years
Hospital Corpsman for the USMC and Navy.
Now a SAHM with 2 kids and back near Dayton.

Mike Blackwell
Class of 1990
Army, 3 Years
Airborne Ranger/Sniper-1st Infantry Division, Ft. Riley Kansas and 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey Korea
Class of 1990
Army, 3 Years
Airborne Ranger/Sniper-1st Infantry Division, Ft. Riley Kansas and 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey Korea


Nathan Kinnaird
Class of 1998
Coast Guard, 8 Years
Jumping out of perfectly good helicopters onto boats where the passengers on said boat do not like you.
Class of 1998
Coast Guard, 8 Years
Jumping out of perfectly good helicopters onto boats where the passengers on said boat do not like you.

Phil Riesenberg
Class of 1988
Navy, 19 Years
Navy Chief Aviation Ordnancemen. Two Combat Tours Persian Gulf 1990-1991, Afghanistan 2008
Class of 1988
Navy, 19 Years
Navy Chief Aviation Ordnancemen. Two Combat Tours Persian Gulf 1990-1991, Afghanistan 2008

Ralph Troutman
Class of 1974
Army, 6 Years
Research & Development at White Sands New Mexico, Ft Greeley Alaska and Ft Drum New York
Class of 1974
Army, 6 Years
Research & Development at White Sands New Mexico, Ft Greeley Alaska and Ft Drum New York

Ralph Troutman
Class of 1974
Army, 3 Years
Atmospheric Sciences Lab White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
Northern Warfare Training Center/Cold Regions Test Center Ft Greeley Alaska
Class of 1974
Army, 3 Years
Atmospheric Sciences Lab White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
Northern Warfare Training Center/Cold Regions Test Center Ft Greeley Alaska

Randy Eldridge
Class of 1987
Army, 4 Years
Medical Specialist
Stationed with 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Bad Hersfeld, Germany (Guarded East German Boarder).
Tour of Duty at Frankfurt Army Regional Medical Center
Operation Desert Storm, 1991
Class of 1987
Army, 4 Years
Medical Specialist
Stationed with 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Bad Hersfeld, Germany (Guarded East German Boarder).
Tour of Duty at Frankfurt Army Regional Medical Center
Operation Desert Storm, 1991

Randy Heller
Class of 1976
Navy, 16 Years
United States Navy. Served overseas in Japan and stateside. Retired early as E-7. Cheif Boiler Techenican.
Class of 1976
Navy, 16 Years
United States Navy. Served overseas in Japan and stateside. Retired early as E-7. Cheif Boiler Techenican.

Ron Oburn
Class of 1967
Navy, 4 Years
Served as an Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator in Brunswick, ME Was an aircrewman on a P-3 Orion. Attained the rank of E-4. Deployed to Iceland, Sicily, and Puerto Rico.
Class of 1967
Navy, 4 Years
Served as an Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator in Brunswick, ME Was an aircrewman on a P-3 Orion. Attained the rank of E-4. Deployed to Iceland, Sicily, and Puerto Rico.

Scott Limbert
Class of 1988
Navy, 15 Years
Served 8 years in the Navy and & with the Army National Guard
Class of 1988
Navy, 15 Years
Served 8 years in the Navy and & with the Army National Guard

Shataan Gee- Bledsoe
Class of 1998
Navy, 6 Years
I am in the seabee's. We do construction all around the world, we mostly work with the marines.
Class of 1998
Navy, 6 Years
I am in the seabee's. We do construction all around the world, we mostly work with the marines.

Stephen C. Tye
Class of 1974
Air Force, 20+ Years
Career financial management officer with the Air Force. Entered the service in 1979 and retired in 2000. Retired in the rank of Lt Colonel.
Class of 1974
Air Force, 20+ Years
Career financial management officer with the Air Force. Entered the service in 1979 and retired in 2000. Retired in the rank of Lt Colonel.

Steven Winston Jr
Class of 2012
Marine Corps, 5 Years
Graduated boot camp from Paris Island on Nov. 2012 and was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, MO for Military Police School. After graduating MP school, I received my first duty station at Camp Lejeune, NC, where I spent the next 2 years assigned to 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion. In 2015, while still with 2LEB, I deployed to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait for a joint operations customs mission with the Air Force. I would spend the remainder of my enlistment assigned to Camp Lejeune's Provost Marshall's Office as the Special Detail Section squad leader.
Class of 2012
Marine Corps, 5 Years
Graduated boot camp from Paris Island on Nov. 2012 and was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, MO for Military Police School. After graduating MP school, I received my first duty station at Camp Lejeune, NC, where I spent the next 2 years assigned to 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion. In 2015, while still with 2LEB, I deployed to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait for a joint operations customs mission with the Air Force. I would spend the remainder of my enlistment assigned to Camp Lejeune's Provost Marshall's Office as the Special Detail Section squad leader.

Terry Cody
Class of 1980
Air Force, 20+ Years
Enlisted as a Bomb Loader in 1980
Operation El Dorado Canyon 1986
Operation Desert Storm 1991
Retrain into Computer maintanence in 1993
Retired Oct 2000
Class of 1980
Air Force, 20+ Years
Enlisted as a Bomb Loader in 1980
Operation El Dorado Canyon 1986
Operation Desert Storm 1991
Retrain into Computer maintanence in 1993
Retired Oct 2000

Timothy Steinbrunner
Class of 1985
Navy, 11 Years
Served on 3 Ships: 1986-88 USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3), Home Port: Guam; 1988-90 USS Juneau (LPD-10), Home Port: San Diego; 1990-93 USS Chandler (DDG-996), Home Port: San Diego. Finished in San Diego on Shore Duty 1993-96 Fleet ASW Training Center, San Diego.
Class of 1985
Navy, 11 Years
Served on 3 Ships: 1986-88 USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3), Home Port: Guam; 1988-90 USS Juneau (LPD-10), Home Port: San Diego; 1990-93 USS Chandler (DDG-996), Home Port: San Diego. Finished in San Diego on Shore Duty 1993-96 Fleet ASW Training Center, San Diego.


valerie Ann earnest
Class of 1972
Army, 6 Years
Served as an Administrative Assistant/Clerk Typist. Stained in Yongsan Korea, Fort Sill, OK Taegu, Korea and back to Ft Sill.
Class of 1972
Army, 6 Years
Served as an Administrative Assistant/Clerk Typist. Stained in Yongsan Korea, Fort Sill, OK Taegu, Korea and back to Ft Sill.
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Our Northmont 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 Northmont High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Clayton are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!