CLASS NOTES kiddos,” all of whom are doing well. Joe Matkins is still a captain in the USMC. He has been selected for major and will be attending USMC Command and Staff starting in August 2013. For the past four years, he has been at the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, first as a project officer, and is currently the C4 Branch head. His second son, Robert Paul, was born July 16, 2012, and joins his older brother, Junior, born Feb. 20, 2009. He and Lacey just celebrated their ninth anniversary. Ron Vaughns completed duty in the Air Force and married the former Ms. Carrie Conrad on Jan. 12, 2013, in Charlotte, NC, where the honeymooners currently live. Rollin Steele and Brandon Turner are finishing up their current tours at Camp Lejeune, NC. Brandon returned from his seventh deployment in spring 2012 and is planning to move to NOVA early this summer. Rollin got home from his last deployment in late 2011. He expects to PCS this summer, as well. Destination is still TBD. On that same note, Rollin has spent nearly three years as a company commander, thus his stress level and proven leadership are nearly unmatched! Doug Bahrns returned home from his seventh deployment in winter 2012 and is the operations officer for 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines. Clint Alanis is deployed and hopefully will be home by summer 2013. As Brandon states, “All the wives of the Four
Horsemen are doing great!” Brandon Turner and wife Jessica welcomed their first child, baby girl Savannah, to the VMI family in November 2011. Clint Alanis and his wife, Marybeth, welcomed their second boy, Bradley, to the VMI family in May 2012. All are holding strong with the Marine Corps and preparing for the next great adventures. Thank you to everyone who submitted this go ’round … let’s keep up the momentum! The next set of notes is due to VMI on May 15th and will be published in August. Easiest way to remember the schedule is to think that the next time you READ the notes, it’s also time to WRITE the notes. Until next time, BRs … WHOLE DAMN TEAM!
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Ryan Shealy
Editor’s Note: We did not receive notes from the class 2004 for this issue.
Timothy Johnson
’05 Class of 2005: A son, Lennox, was born to Ian and Autumn Foley on Dec. 14, 2012.
C. Justin Roberts
William Ray
Brother Rats, I hope the latest edition of the notes finds you and yours doing well. As I sit here in the cold, Richmond winter, I close my eyes and dream of a warm autumn day on the Parade Deck, throwing back ones that are cold and tailgating with my Brother Rats. Until that
Class of 2005: Many alumni gathered for the wedding of Sarah Ellington and Will Paulette, center, on Aug. 4, 2012. To the right of the couple is Will’s father, Bill Paulette ’69, president of the VMI Keydet Club.
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