Royal High School Alumni
Simi Valley, California (CA)
Recent Members
| Andrew Strickland | 2015 |
| Brianna Eckert | 2013 |
| Jack Lewis | 1970 |
| Marie Grives | 1973 |
| Pamela Redican | 1974 |
| Sheryl Varco | 1974 |
| Steve Johnson | 1978 |
| Thanh Van Tran | 1982 |
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
Have you lost your Royal High School class ring? Have you found someone's class ring? Visit our Highlanders lost class ring page to search for your class ring or post information about a found ring.
Honored Military Alumni
Audrey Stenzel Fields
Class of 1976
Army, 5 Years
Served in Alaska and Texas. Wired systems installer operator.
Class of 1976
Army, 5 Years
Served in Alaska and Texas. Wired systems installer operator.
Fred Sadler
Class of 1971
Air Force, 20+ Years
Joined the Air Force right after graduation and retired in 1995. Served throughout the US and in Germany. Heating Specialist and Boiler Operator.
Class of 1971
Air Force, 20+ Years
Joined the Air Force right after graduation and retired in 1995. Served throughout the US and in Germany. Heating Specialist and Boiler Operator.
Gary Phillips
Class of 1971
Army, 6 Years
3 years active service stationed in Bamberg, Germany as wheel and track vehicle mechanic.
Class of 1971
Army, 6 Years
3 years active service stationed in Bamberg, Germany as wheel and track vehicle mechanic.
Heather Ilson-Willis
Class of 1992
Navy, 4 Years
Served @ Naval Hospital Groton Connecticut and onboard USS Shenandoah; did a 6 month Med Cruise. Good times...
Class of 1992
Navy, 4 Years
Served @ Naval Hospital Groton Connecticut and onboard USS Shenandoah; did a 6 month Med Cruise. Good times...
John Cosma
Class of 1970
Air Force, 20 Years
Security Police, made it to 11 foreign countries and 4 U.S. bases.
Class of 1970
Air Force, 20 Years
Security Police, made it to 11 foreign countries and 4 U.S. bases.
John Shelton
Class of 1978
Navy, 13 Years
Navy Quartermaster Served on USS Caron (DD-970), Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3), Commissioned USS Mitscher (DDG-57), and ashore Commander Naval Surface Atlantic Fleet Norfolk, Virginia. Operation Desert Shield & Desert Storm, Somalia to name a few conflicts involved. Been around the world from East Coast and West Coast US to East Indies and West Indies, from Korea to Guam and Australia, from Great Lakes to Canada and down to the Caribbean, South America, Barbados, Bali, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, to England and France, to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and more... Navy was awesome. From Navy to Military Industry as a Software Engineer & Systems Administrator working with the US Carrier and Submariner Nuclear Engineers. I am proud that I was able to service this Great Nation.
Class of 1978
Navy, 13 Years
Navy Quartermaster Served on USS Caron (DD-970), Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3), Commissioned USS Mitscher (DDG-57), and ashore Commander Naval Surface Atlantic Fleet Norfolk, Virginia. Operation Desert Shield & Desert Storm, Somalia to name a few conflicts involved. Been around the world from East Coast and West Coast US to East Indies and West Indies, from Korea to Guam and Australia, from Great Lakes to Canada and down to the Caribbean, South America, Barbados, Bali, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, to England and France, to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and more... Navy was awesome. From Navy to Military Industry as a Software Engineer & Systems Administrator working with the US Carrier and Submariner Nuclear Engineers. I am proud that I was able to service this Great Nation.
Larry Mortenson
Class of 1970
Navy, 6 Years
US Navy Dental Corpsman. Served Naval base San Diego, NAS Whibey Island, Wa., FMF 3rd Marines Okinawa, Japan.
Class of 1970
Navy, 6 Years
US Navy Dental Corpsman. Served Naval base San Diego, NAS Whibey Island, Wa., FMF 3rd Marines Okinawa, Japan.
Linda Schemm
Class of 1981
Air Force, 20 Years
Serve as military medical officer/physical therapist. Stateside, Europe, Turkey, Iraq.
Class of 1981
Air Force, 20 Years
Serve as military medical officer/physical therapist. Stateside, Europe, Turkey, Iraq.
Pedro "Ponce" Espinoza, II
Class of 1988
Army, 20+ Years
My brother Ponce graduated RHS in 1988. He went to the US Military Academy Prep School, then on to West Point Military Academy. Ponce Graduated from West Point in 1993, earning his commission as an Army Officer. Ponce is currently serving in Japan as a Major in the U.S. Army. Ponce has 4 kids and has been married to his wife Kim for 15 years!
Class of 1988
Army, 20+ Years
My brother Ponce graduated RHS in 1988. He went to the US Military Academy Prep School, then on to West Point Military Academy. Ponce Graduated from West Point in 1993, earning his commission as an Army Officer. Ponce is currently serving in Japan as a Major in the U.S. Army. Ponce has 4 kids and has been married to his wife Kim for 15 years!
Philip Jones
Class of 1980
Navy, 20+ Years
Operated steam powered boilers aboard U.S. Navy ships.
Class of 1980
Navy, 20+ Years
Operated steam powered boilers aboard U.S. Navy ships.
Reba Miller Rice
Class of 1997
Navy, 6 Years
Aviation Medical Technician, Flightdeck Corpsman, OIf, OEF and 10 mo deployment. Shock and AAAHHH
Class of 1997
Navy, 6 Years
Aviation Medical Technician, Flightdeck Corpsman, OIf, OEF and 10 mo deployment. Shock and AAAHHH
Robert Nostrand
Class of 1976
Navy, 20+ Years
Army Service 1976-1979, Navy Service 1980 - 2001, Did not graduate received GED completed 10th grade. Then Receieved Associates Degree in Computer Sciences Network in Network Engineering at Maric College Vista California 2001. Honorably completed 24.5 years Active Duty
Class of 1976
Navy, 20+ Years
Army Service 1976-1979, Navy Service 1980 - 2001, Did not graduate received GED completed 10th grade. Then Receieved Associates Degree in Computer Sciences Network in Network Engineering at Maric College Vista California 2001. Honorably completed 24.5 years Active Duty
Steve Ayola
Class of 1971
Navy, 6 Years
Hospital Corpsman/Neuropsychiatric Technician. Balboa Naval Hospital, Oakland Naval Hospital, NRMC Mental Health Unit Camp Pendleton, NRMC Mental Health Clinic and Ford Is Dispensary Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Class of 1971
Navy, 6 Years
Hospital Corpsman/Neuropsychiatric Technician. Balboa Naval Hospital, Oakland Naval Hospital, NRMC Mental Health Unit Camp Pendleton, NRMC Mental Health Clinic and Ford Is Dispensary Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Timothy Douglass
Class of 1986
Army, 18 Years
Served the Marine Corps for 5 years from 1986-1991. Joined the Army National Guard in 2003. Served in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom(x3) and Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan. Currently serving with the 1486th Transportation Company, Mansfield, Ohio.
Class of 1986
Army, 18 Years
Served the Marine Corps for 5 years from 1986-1991. Joined the Army National Guard in 2003. Served in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom(x3) and Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan. Currently serving with the 1486th Transportation Company, Mansfield, Ohio.
Travis Parr
Class of 1999
Navy, 5 Years
2001-2005 Operation enduring freedom, operation iraqi freedom
Class of 1999
Navy, 5 Years
2001-2005 Operation enduring freedom, operation iraqi freedom
William E. Bradshaw
Class of 1981
Marine Corps, 20 Years
Served 20 years, 1981 to 2001. Retired as Chief Warrant Officer-2.
Class of 1981
Marine Corps, 20 Years
Served 20 years, 1981 to 2001. Retired as Chief Warrant Officer-2.
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Our Royal 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 Royal High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Simi Valley are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!