Warwick Veterans High School Alumni

Warwick, Rhode Island (RI)

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

Brandon Pearson
Brandon Pearson
Class of 2006
Navy, 2 Years

Currently at United States Naval Academy
Carl Carruthers
Carl Carruthers
Class of 1959
Navy, 6 Years

Basic Sub School 1960, attached to submarine SS Tiranti 420, Key West, FL. Became a drunken sailor on week-ends, have yet to find my was back home to Warwick, RI.
COL Terrell E. Parker II
COL Terrell E. Parker II
Class of 1982
Army, 20+ Years

Chief of Staff United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne)
Dave Matteson Sr.
Dave Matteson Sr.
Class of 1956
Air Force, 4 Years

Entered 1959. Lackland AFB in San Antonio for eleven weeks basic training. San Angelo, Tx. for tech school in Radio Traffic Analysis. To Samsun, Turkey in May 60 after tech school. Home in May '61 and marriage (50 plus years, now). '61 to '63 at AF Special Communiations Command at Kelly AFB, Texas. Top Secret Codeword and Crypto clearances. E-4 (Airman 1st Class) at discharge May 1963 (baby boy, Jr., born March .63 - he's now retired from military).
Diane Normandin
Diane Normandin
Class of 1981
Coast Guard, 5 Years

Search and rescue in Monterey Ca
Eric Olson
Eric Olson
Class of 1977
Navy, 16 Years

US NAVY SUBMARINE's
Frances Schofield Olsen
Frances Schofield Olsen
Class of 1956
Navy, 16 Years

attached to the seabees, Active duty was at North Island San Diego, reserve time was at Great Falls Montana and Davisville Rhode Island.
James E Strickland
James E Strickland
Class of 1989
Air Force, 20 Years

Basic training, Lackland AFB, TX Nov 1989
F-111F Tactical Fighter Training, Sheppard AFB, TX, Mountain Home AFB, ID Nov 89 - Mar 90
48 TFW, 494 AMU (F-111F) RAF Lakenheath, UK Mar 1990 - Mar 1992
27 ACC, 524 FS (F-111F) Cannon AFB, NM Mar 1992 - Jun 1993
51 MS, Transient Alert (All aircraft) Osan AB, ROK Jun 1993 - Jun 1994
46 T&E, 46 EMS, (F-15, F-16, F-111, A-10, and UH-1N) Eglin AFB, FL Jun 1994 - Jul 1996
Air Force Reserves
302AW, 302MXS, (C-130 H3),Peterson AFB, CO 1998 - Present
Deployments and Campaigns
1991 Desert Storm
1992 Red Flag
1992 -1993 Operation Provide Comfort 2
1993 Green Flag
1994 Team Spirit
2002 Operation Joint Forge, GWOT
2005 OIF/OEF and HOA
2008 OIF/OEF
2009 Operation Joint Endeavour
2009 - 2014 OEF, ISAF
2014 - 2016 Operation Inherent Resolve
James Joseph White III
James Joseph White III
Class of 1971
National Guard, 20+ Years

Served with 115th Military Police Co. from 1975-2000. Served in Operation Desert Shield/Storm in Jan.,1991.
John Gunter
John Gunter
Class of 2006
Air Force, 6 Years

2A353M Tactical Aircraft Maintainer
John Panizza
John Panizza
Class of 2006
Navy, 7 Years

Active Duty, Hospital Corpsman Pharmacy Technician, CPhT, Advanced Laboratory Technician.
Keri (Velino) Ross
Keri (Velino) Ross
Class of 1994
Air Force, 9 Years

Active Duty 1995-2004
Surgical Technician
Stationed: Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, NV (6 yrs.) Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH. (3 yrs.)
Michael Velino
Michael Velino
Class of 2001
Coast Guard, 4 Years

USCG from 2005-2009, Active Duty Boatswain Mate 3rd class and station at Station Point Judith.
Paul R. White
Paul R. White
Class of 1964
Army, 2 Years

U. S. Army : training at Ft. Sam Houston, (San Antonio TX) and administrative position at Ft. Polk (Leesville, LA)
SFC Mike Wiggins
SFC Mike Wiggins
Class of 1990
Army, 16 Years

I HIT 16 Years in the US Army on October 3rd, 2010 (only 4 years left), and it gets better every year. I have been station at FT Jackson, SC / FT Benjamin Harrison, IN / FT Hood, TX / Conn Barracks, Schwenifurt, GE / FT Benning, GA / Valdosta, GA / Deland, FL / Daytona Beach, FL / Valdosta, GA / & now Jacksonville, FL.... I am a Master Trainer for the US Army Jacksonville Recruiting Battalion in J...acksonville, FL..... Call me Toll-Free (1-877-302-7727) and say HI...... I was also deployed from DEC95-NOV96 to Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Endeavor...... I have met many famous people throughtout my career. I guess the highlight would be meeting Mel Gibson & Sam Elliot while being an extra in the movie "We Were Soldiers" when it was being filmed at FT Benning, GA..... I will be adding more pictures of the famous people I have meet in the future. I will also be updating my videos as well..... When I joined the US Army, I was a Personnel Adminstration Specialist (Clerk, I wanted nice easy job indoors...lol). In 2002, I volunteered to be an US Army Representative because I wanted to help people & tell the Army Story. As a U.S. Army Representative I have helped many men & women with their lives by showing them how the US Army will hopefully make their life easier. What makes my job so rewarding is when a man or woman returns from graduating Basic Training & Advance Individual Training and they look me in the eye, standing tall, looking good and say to me "Thank you for helping me".
Steven Wood
Steven Wood
Class of 1967
Air Force, 20+ Years

Aircraft Mechanic B-52 and KC-135
Technical Instructor B-52 and KC-135
Transient Alert Maintenance Supervisor
Correctional Custody Manager
Served at WestoverAFB,MA;GriffissAFB,NY;U-Tapao RTNAFB, Thailand;AndersonAFB,Guam and KirtlandAFB,NM.
Terry (Flanagan) Woznicki
Terry (Flanagan) Woznicki
Class of 1984
Air Force, 24 Years

Rhein Main, GE 1988-1992
Minot AFB, ND: 1993-2001
Kunsan AB, Korea: 2001-2002
Ellsworth AFB, SD: 2002-2003
Minot AFB, ND: 2003-20012
Theresa Bader (Paul)
Theresa Bader (Paul)
Class of 1981
Navy, 20+ Years

Aviation Machinist Mate First Class (AW)
William Gage
William Gage
Class of 1988
Air Force, 20+ Years

USMC 1988-1994
Operation Desert Shield/ Desert Storm 1991
USAF 1996-Current
Operation Southern Watch 2001
Operation Iraqi Freedom 2008

Classmates Spotlight

Warwick Veterans High School Classmates

Kathleen Watson
Class of '82

Alumni Stories

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School News

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