Class Notes
Class of 1991: J. Kevin Helmick died July 28, 2016, and was remembered during halftime of the 2016 Lee-Jackson Classic. This event was initiated by a former lacrosse player of Kevin’s at the Highland School in Warrenton who also played at Washington and Lee University and graduated in 2013. Current head Coach Jon Birsner had Kevin’s jersey, No. 9, framed to present to his wife, Kristy, and one of their three daughters at midfield during halftime. Pictured at the event were, from left, Gene McCabe, W&L head coach; roommate Jon Milner; roommate Chuck Story; Patience Garrett, W&L ’87 and mother of Will ’13; Bill Garrett ’87, father of Will ’13; Will Garrett, W&L ’13; Lew Bewley; David Ahrens; daughter Rowan Helmick; wife Kristy Helmick; Jon Birsner; Eric Hyde; and Doug Bartlett, former VMI head coach.
Class of 1991: From left, Rob Edwards, Chris Edmonston and Chris Izakov at disco night. it as much as I enjoyed writing it. I spoke to Marshall Bridges recently, and he is retiring from the Army after 23 years. He’s still working out the details on what he’ll do next. For now, plenty of hunting. Congratulations and thank you for your service, Bucky. Sources close to the culprit say Scott Smith was too infatuated with the keys to his brandnew Zumwalt to break away for the reunion.
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Hans Peeders was so jealous of his roomie that he refused to book a flight to Lex, too. Let’s hope the boys are able to join us sometime in the near future. Chris Barnett and Chris Rule bumped into each other at a Goodyear dealer meeting in Florida. Omar Land was promoted to colonel in the Marine Corps. Congrats, Omar. Looking forward to hearing where the next steps on the journey take you. Hopefully you and Block are in a race to see who gets the first star. Roger Jarrell touched base to share the latest stop on his journey. He has accepted a position as special assistant to the Secretary of Energy in Washington, D.C. Congratulations, and good luck with the projects, Rog. Rob Edwards, Chris Edmonston and Izzy Izakov were recently spotted somewhere in D.C. making questionable fashion choices. I mention this item just so we can post their pic in the Review. For those of you that may be interested, Spike Watson brought one of his Marine compatriots to the reunion. The outcome of that trip is retired U.S. Marine Scott Guise has purchased the Quail Ridge Sporting Clays property in Lexington. If you are planning to be in the area in the near future, be sure to book an outing. Maybe we can convince Spike to relocate.
Keep the notes flowing, especially those of you we haven’t heard from in a while or weren’t able to make the reunion. Until the next (hopefully longer) edition, may you keep your steps firm on the path before you. God bless the best class in barracks. Rah Virginia Mil!
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William Woodward Andy Tate
BRs, Here are the latest updates from our classmates. Please keep sending me your updates and pictures, as I am sure our BRs would like to know what is going on with all of us. I received an email and picture from Matt Humphrey. He reported that he retired from the military four years ago and is now an engineer/project manager with the Navy in San Diego. Matt enjoys being retired but definitely misses his flying days. His wife, Jane, and their
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