Shawnee High School Alumni

Springfield, Ohio (OH)

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

Aaron Hauer
Aaron Hauer
Class of 1997
National Guard, 5 Years

SGT. Property Book NCO 437th MP BN
CHARLES PLANT
CHARLES PLANT
Class of 1967
Army, 20+ Years

JOINED THE ARMY SHORTLY AFTER GRADUATING IN 1967. SERVED TOURS IN VIETNAM, GERMANY AND DESERT STORM BEFORE RETIRING IN 1991.
Chris Rogusky
Chris Rogusky
Class of 2003
Marine Corps, 6 Years

Served with Lima Co. 3/25 out of Columbus, OH. Was deployed to Iraq in 2005 to conduct combat operations in the Al Anbar province. Lima 3/25 became the most engaged unit since the Korean War. 23 Marines and sailors lost their lived during this deployment.
Daniel Jordan
Daniel Jordan
Class of 2009
Army, 3 Years

Active duty straight out of high school.
David Shaffer
David Shaffer
Class of 1989
Marine Corps, 20+ Years

I joined the Marines in 1990 and retired in 2010. I served 2 tours as a Drill Instructor in San Diego, California and Quantico, Virginia. I served in the Persian Gulf, Somalia and Iraqi Freedom twice. I was Iraq for the invasion and the takeover of Baghdad and the Battle of Fallujah.
Dennis Eubanks
Dennis Eubanks
Class of 1960
Air Force, 4 Years

Served at Griffiss AFB in Rome, N.Y. as a motion picture lab specialist.
James Alan Nichols
James Alan Nichols
Class of 1975
Navy, 16 Years

Naval Aircrewman I flew on P-3's out of NAS Jacksonville
Julie (Maynard) Blasberg
Julie (Maynard) Blasberg
Class of 1996
Air Force, 4 Years

Served 4yrs as a medic in Texas.
Kasee L. Robbins (Kautz)
Kasee L. Robbins (Kautz)
Class of 2002
Air Force, 13 Years

I joined Active Duty Air Force in 2003 for medical administration. I was assigned to Little Rock AFB, Arkansas. I transferred to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio and then to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan as a recruiter. I continued in recruiting working at MEPS at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. I recently transferred to the Air National Guard here in Springfield, Ohio as a recruiter. I bought a home and plan to stay here, finish my 20 years and retire.
Kyle T Burke
Kyle T Burke
Class of 1980
Army, 25 Years

Served 25+ years, commissioned out of Eastern Kentucky Univ. Deployed to Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division for Desert Storm/Shield and with NATO for the Implementation Force (Bosnia).
Les Houser
Les Houser
Class of 1972
Air Force, 20+ Years

Special Agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations
Lynn M. Farmer (Donohoe)
Lynn M. Farmer (Donohoe)
Class of 1973
Air Force, 20+ Years

My husband, Bob, and I entered the Air Force together in 1977. After basic training, at Lackland AFB TX, we were assigned to Mather AFB, California. We were there until May 1981. We temporarily separated but re-enlisted in September 1981. We were then sent to Loring AFB, Maine. We were there until June 1984. Nellis AFB, Nevada was our next assignment and we remained there until July 1988. We then went to Grissom AFB, Indiana and was there until 1992. For our final assignment, we went to Tucson, Arizona, were I was assigned to AFROTC Detachment 020 at the University of Arizona. Bob was assigned to the 355th Civil Engineering Squadron on Davis-Monthan AFB. We are now both retired and remain in Tucson.
Melinda Sue Collingsworth
Melinda Sue Collingsworth
Class of 1981
Air Force, 20+ Years

I went into the Air Force in 1988 and retired in 2008. I spent a year in Afghanistan. I was deployed to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar.
Mike Butler
Mike Butler
Class of 1962
Air Force, 20+ Years

4 years active duty , 33 years Ohio Air National Guard retiring as E7 Msgt
Nicholas Tannenbaum
Nicholas Tannenbaum
Class of 2008
Army, 2 Years

Served in operation Iraqi freedom from 2009 to 2010
Paul E Harwood
Paul E Harwood
Class of 1965
Air Force, 20+ Years

Retired in 1989 . 22 years of service
Rob Hudson
Rob Hudson
Class of 1982
Navy, 20+ Years

YNC(SW) Rob Hudson, United States Navy. Joined November 1983, graduated from Great Lakes boot camp spring of 1984. Sea commands include the USS Tarawa LHA-1, USS Orion AS-18, USS LaSalle AGF-3 and USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75. Shore assignments include Fleet Training Center, San Diego, California, Defense Mapping School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Sardinia Italy, and the Navy Recruiting Command, Middletown, Ohio. Joined Navy Reserve May of 1999, mobilized to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba with Naval Coastal Warfare Group November 2001. Second mobilization in October of 2002 to Naval Satellite Operations Station Prospect Harbor, Maine with immediate follow on orders to the USS Harry S. Truman homported in Norfolk, Virginia. Currently assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 27 out of Bangor, Maine.
RONEL SAYLOR
RONEL SAYLOR
Class of 1969
Navy, 6 Years

Straight out of High school , served aboard U.S.S. TOWERS DDG-9 , rank FTG-3
Thomas Ogden
Thomas Ogden
Class of 1961
Navy, 4 Years

Four years of duty a North Island Naval air station San Diego California. Worked in supply of the 7th fleet.

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Heather Jones
Class of '00

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