Photo above, left: Class of 1990 Brother Rats Lt. Col. Tom West, left, and Lt. Col. Mike Manning, both U.S. Marine Corps, connected while in Afghanistan. Photo above, right: West and Dom Ford ’93 in Afghanistan.
Photo left: In an AH-64D Longbow Apache were Captains Patrick Szvetitz ’03, right, and Matt Cage ’04 in Tallil, Iraq. Szvetitz is the commander of B Company, 1/1-130 Attack Recon Battalion, and Cage is the flight surgeon for the 412th Aviation Support Battalion.
Photo right: Air National Guard Lt. Col. Bill Kelly ’80 during his deployment to Afghanistan.
Photo left: Commemorating July 4th in Afghanistan were, from left, Craig Price ’93, Dom Ford ’93, Tom West ’90, Maj. Brad Rees ’94 (USA), Col. John Malik ’85, Col. Rob Gardner ’85 and Todd Eckloff ’90. All but Rees are U.S. Marines.
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