South View High School Alumni

Hope Mills, North Carolina (NC)

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!

Lost Class Rings

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Honored Military Alumni

frank jaks
frank jaks
Class of 1978
Army, 10 Years

basic traning Ft Sill OK1978 AIT FT Sill OK1979 Jump School Ft Benning GA1979 82 Airborne Ft Bragg1979-1985 Airborne Instructor Ft Benning GA 1985-1989 Overseas assigment Seol Korea 1989=1990
Gary James
Gary James
Class of 1981
Army, 20+ Years

Serving Colonel; currently assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, J5.
Heiko Berz
Heiko Berz
Class of 1992
Army, 7 Years

Joined our great service after graduation of High School, became proficient with all weapons, and am now working for TACOM (Tank Automotive-Armament Command) as a Logistics Assistance Representative (Advisor to the Army).
Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller
Class of 1979
Air Force, 10 Years

Is currently in the Air ational Guard.
Jonathan W. BIshop
Jonathan W. BIshop
Class of 1981
Army, 4 Years

US Army (E-4) 1981-85
Basic Training at Fort Knox, KY
Advance Training in Computers at Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN. 74-Delta-10
Stationed Okinawa, Japan (USACC-J) 82-84
Stationed Fort Belvoir, VA 84-85
Ronald Kaita
Ronald Kaita
Class of 1976
Army, 38 Years

Senior Imagery Intelligence Warrant Officer having served numerous levels of assignments in CONUS and overseas both in Europe and the Pacific at the tactical, operational, and strategic level organizations. Deployed for combat in Operation Desert Shield/Storm, Operations Desert Thunder and Desert Fox, and Operation Iraqi Freedom I. Retired in 2014 at Fort Rucker, AL as a CW5 serving as the US Army Warrant Officer Career College's Security and Operations Officer (S-2/S-3), TRADOC Instructor, Deputy Plans/Training Directorate, Senior Staff Course Manager, and Proponent Officer.
RUFUS MCGIRT
RUFUS MCGIRT
Class of 1982
Navy, 6 Years

I joined the military on December 26, 1982
boot camp Orlando Florida, A-school Naval Station Great Lakes. 1st station Charleston, SC. 2nd station Norflolk, VA. 3rd station Bath, ME, 4th station Newport, RI. Navy Electrician. Served onboard USS KLAKRING, and US Mine sweeper. then NAVY reserve in Raleigh, NC.
Vince Pinaula
Vince Pinaula
Class of 1978
Army, 12 Years

I served as a Military Policeman for 12 1/2 years. I departed the military after service in Desert Shield/Desert Storm in November 1991.

Classmates Spotlight

South View High School Classmates

Crystal Lee
Class of '00

Alumni Stories

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