CLASS NOTES for resurrection. Did we call it that in our day? I don’t remember. I’m getting old. I’m still waiting for my first visitors from among my brother rats. Who’s up for a trip to the southwest coast of France? I’m two hours south of Bordeaux on the beach, just minutes from the border with Spain. I can put up at least a couple visitors at a time, play tour guide and inClass of 1998: Justin Malloy, Ryan Peay ’02, Gen. Peay ’62 and the groom at Jim and Heather Peay’s wedding. terpreter, and throw in a surf lesson if the conditions are good. We’ve had a serious run of storms lately that have thrown William Steinbach up some waves that only the pros dare surf. As far as my work goes, I’ve been here as a missionary since 2010, teaching in a language school and teaching tap dancing, as well. I’m involved in a project to plant several ‘surf churches’ along the coast over the next few years. Never a dull moBrother Rats, Greetings from snow-covered Alexandria, Vir- ment, I can assure you!” Connor Powell and his wife, Atia, moved from ginia. Our 15th Reunion is set for Sept. 26-27, Kabul to Jerusalem in the first part of 2013. Con2014, and planning is in the initial stages. Patrick Geoghegan and his wife have resettled nor is still with Fox News, and his wife has a book published by Penguin Books coming out in Sepin Roanoke and are happy to be back in Virginia. Powell Harrison sent me the following update: tember 2014 called “The Secret Sky.” The U.S. Marine Corps has seen fit to send Ja“I just got back to Biarritz, France, after a whirlwind trip back to the states – just one week. That son Berg to Afghanistan again. I guess he did not week included a weekend at VMI to participate get enough of it in previous trips. Charles Fleet tells me he has thrown a bolt loose in the Sacred Assembly at the invitation of Chaplain Park. During the Sunday morning chapel and started running marathons. He is prepping for service, he installed John Casper ’04 as VMI’s his third annual marathon from Kona to Waikaloa first ever associate chaplain. (Editor’s Note: See on the Big Island in March. He says his best run more about this in the Alumni News section of last year was the Pikes Peak Marathon – just a this Review.) The buzzword among the cadets quick 7,000-foot sprint up to the top and back. that weekend was ‘rez week’ – ‘rez’ being short He saw that BR Jeff Morrison just moved to
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Class of 1999: Charles Fleet at the Pikes Peak Ultra Marathon.
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Colorado, and he is trying to meet up with him for a coffee or hike. Charles Gallion is waiting for the U.S. Army to figure out where to send him. He took his son to Disney World April 13-18, 2013, and hoped to interview Disney princesses for the “Mrs. Gallion” vacancy that is currently open. Woody Cromley is still at Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He is halfway through and should be returning to Fort Bragg afterward. He says there are a lot of older alumni around there. He hasn’t been in touch with anyone directly, and the winter there has been pretty harsh. Woody headed to Mexico for some fishing in March, because he got a spring break. Funny, I did not know the Army did spring break now. I got ripped off. Brian Withers took an advanced satellite communications class in January and ran into Jaime Dillon ’01 and Even Rogers ’10. Andy Fox says he doesn’t have much to report but is looking forward to the reunion and seeing the fellas. Jake Britt sent me this note: “Things are moving right along here. Everyone is fine. The children are growing up too fast, but what’s new, right? I don’t know if you remember Gary Compton ’97. (Bill’s note: Yes, I do.) He was Company A’s operations sergeant. Jameson is playing basketball this year, and his team played Compton’s children’s team. It was the first time I had seen him since VMI. We had a small chat after the game. This time I strained him, though! Ha! I traded a couple of emails with Jay Witt. He’s in West-by-God Virginia, supposedly working for some sort of energy company. I think it’s just a cover-up, though. I think he’s finally living like a hippy, growing his own smoke and making his own whiskey in the mountains. I spoke with Chris Varner on the ninth anniversary of Cliff Flournoy’s death. We spoke of Cliff and old times for a while. It was
Class of 1999: The above brother rats celebrated the winning of the March Madness fundraising challenge at a Keydet Club tailgate in spring 2013.
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