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

Larry Pinkerton
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
Lisa (Sexton) Dahlgren
Lisa (Sexton) Dahlgren
Class of 1979
Air Force, 8 Years

Long range radar
Lynn Halter
Lynn Halter
Class of 1985
Marine Corps, 5 Years

FOX CO. 2/8 MARINES.
MARK CAHLIK
MARK CAHLIK
Class of 1974
Navy, 3 Years

SEABEES...CBU413...CE...(CONSTRUCTION ELECTRICIAN) GUAM...HAWAII..PEARL HARBOR...
Mark Hilliard
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.
Michael (Mike) Randolph
Michael (Mike) Randolph
Class of 1962
Navy, 5 Years

Submarine Service and Armed Forces Police
Michael Cody
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
Michael Dorsey
Michael Dorsey
Class of 1973
Air Force, 4 Years

Korean linguist; USAF Security Service
Michael E Welsh
Michael E Welsh
Class of 1969
Air Force, 25 Years

Colonel, OHIO ANG
Michael E. Welsh
Michael E. Welsh
Class of 1969
National Guard, 20+ Years

Retired Colonel, elected to 251 Engineering Installation Group HOW in 2017.
michelle metzler
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.
Mike Blackwell
Mike Blackwell
Class of 1990
Army, 3 Years

Airborne Ranger/Sniper-1st Infantry Division, Ft. Riley Kansas and 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey Korea
Mike Wedell
Mike Wedell
Class of 1971
Navy, 20+ Years

Naval Submarine Force
Mitchell Jessie
Mitchell Jessie
Class of 1984
Marine Corps, 5 Years

Corporal, USMC, 1833 Amtracker
Nathan Kinnaird
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.
Phil Riesenberg
Phil Riesenberg
Class of 1988
Navy, 19 Years

Navy Chief Aviation Ordnancemen. Two Combat Tours Persian Gulf 1990-1991, Afghanistan 2008
Ralph Troutman
Ralph Troutman
Class of 1974
Army, 6 Years

Research & Development at White Sands New Mexico, Ft Greeley Alaska and Ft Drum New York
Ralph Troutman
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
Randy Eldridge
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
Randy Heller
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.
Richard Goode
Richard Goode
Class of 1988
Army, 20+ Years

Still serving Army Strong!!!
Ron Oburn
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.
Scott Limbert
Scott Limbert
Class of 1988
Navy, 15 Years

Served 8 years in the Navy and & with the Army National Guard
Shataan Gee- Bledsoe
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.
Stephen C. Tye
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.
Steven Winston Jr
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.
Terry Cody
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
Timothy Steinbrunner
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.
Tom Mitchell
Tom Mitchell
Class of 1975
Navy, 4 Years

Gunner's Mate Missileman (GMM)
valerie Ann earnest
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.
Valerie Gross Earnest
Valerie Gross Earnest
Class of 1972
Army, 6 Years

Served twice in Korea and twice at Fort SIll, OK
Valerie Gross Earnst
Valerie Gross Earnst
Class of 1972
Army, 6 Years

Served in Korea twice and at Fort Sill, OK twice.

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Genny Roberts
Class of '96

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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!