Yucaipa High School Alumni

Yucaipa, California (CA)

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

PHIL VELDERRAIN
PHIL VELDERRAIN
Class of 1965
Army, 2 Years

Vietnam 67' - 68'
Robert W. Jones
Robert W. Jones
Class of 1978
Air Force, 20+ Years

Stationed in Texas,Holland, North Dakota, Mississippi, Illinos, Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia (gulf war 1), and Texas again.
Robert W. Jones
Robert W. Jones
Class of 1978
Air Force, 20+ Years

Entered the AF in June of '78.

Off to Lackland AFB for basic training. Then to Lackland and Camp Bullis for security police training.

My first base was Camp New Amsterdam the Netherlands. Spent 5 years there. Worked as a security policeman and also trained as a sniper on a TNT team.(got married while there also).

Then off to Grand Forks ND to work as a Assistant flight chief for a security police flight, and also as an airborn fireteam leader. Way KEWL!! Only spen a year here.....

From there I was off to Keesler AFB Mississippi to retrain as a computer programmer. Trained in Cobal and Fortran programming.

'85 I moved to Scott AFB as a programmer. Spent almost 8 years here.....

Got a "BY NAME" request to move to S. Korea to work for the OSI (Office of special Investgations) as a System Adminstrator. And to do groundbreaking work in computer forensics. KEWL JOB!!. From there I moved to Japan for 3 years to continue the same kind of work.

'06, I moved to Kelly AFB Tx to work for a security service that must remain unnamed as a network administrator. Was My last job before retiring in Jun of 98.

I can say I played in the "BIG SANDBOX" during the first Gulf War, but no more.

Was a great 20 years, and would do it all over if givin the opertunity.

PLZzzzzzzzz remember our trups in your thoughts and prayers

TY BOB
Roger A. Jarrett
Roger A. Jarrett
Class of 1993
Army, 4 Years

Served with HHC I/1503 Inf Reg, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, S. Korea, 1996-1997. Served stateside with GSC 1st Special Force Group (A), 1997-1999 and HHC I Corps, Fort Lewis, Washington, 1999-2000.
Russell Lingo
Russell Lingo
Class of 1964
Army, 20+ Years

1965-85. Okinawa, Vietnam, Korea. Retired to the Philippines in 2015.
Teri Gill
Teri Gill
Class of 1999
Army, 6 Years

77F E5 SGT
Tim Chandler
Tim Chandler
Class of 1978
Navy, 20+ Years

20 years navy,gulf war
William H. Luber
William H. Luber
Class of 1963
Navy, 20+ Years

7+ years active 13+ years reserves.
William Luber
William Luber
Class of 1963
Navy, 20+ Years

Completed 7+ years active service and then 13+ years of reserve service retiring in 1989.

Classmates Spotlight

Yucaipa High School Classmates

Denise Ittenbach
Class of '82

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School News

YHS CLASS OF 1982 30TH REUNION

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