CLASS NOTES
Class of 2008: Dawson Boyer and his wife, Corey, in Barcelona during a recent work trip in October 2014.
Class of 2008: Jonathan Osterman and his fiancée, Rebecca, sailing in the Long Island Sound.
Class of 2008: Dawson Boyer and his daughter, Amelia, at a VMI function in Richmond, Virginia. Amelia was born June 6, 2014.
Class of 2008: Rosly Pettengill on the Parade Ground in front of Old Barracks during a recent tailgate.
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assistant S3 at the 2-15 Field Artillery until he takes command of A Battery in the beginning of 2015. He’ll be taking the position from a fellow Company G member, Glenn Walton ’04. Rob will likely be deploying to Southern Afghanistan in spring 2015. Before leaving, though, he and Amanda Moore ’09 will be married in Lexington with a reception at Moody Hall. Rob also mentioned that he briefly spoke with Zach West, still at Fort Gordon, for a short period of time before he headed to Africa to either fight Ebola or train local forces to fight Ebola. Paul Childrey is still working in Lynchburg for Areva. He also mentioned Stan Cheng deployed in early October to the Middle East to drop a few bombs from his F-15. He also talked to Dan Boyd, who recently exited the Army, moved to Tampa, Florida, and is looking to start medical school before long. Thanks for the updates, Rob, and congrats on the upcoming wedding! Nohelia Martin is teaching life science in middle school. While her brother, Philip Martin ’15, is enjoying his 1st Class year, she’s been tailgating at all of the football games. On Nov. 1, she was joined at the tailgate by Jason Pettengill, along with his wife, Sarah, and daughter, Rosly; Philip Jones and his wife, Christine; and Alex Lamb with his wife, Amber. Jason, Alex and Phil are all still serving on active duty. As for Lauren and I, we continue to work on the house. The new flooring is complete on the first floor, along with a few scratches from the pup digging his claws in as he slides along the hardwood floor in excitement. We planned to attend the Philadelphia Eagles versus Washington Redskins game in December with Matt Mitchell, after he returns from his deployment. I’ll probably end up in the dog house rooting for
the ’Skins while my wife cheers for the Eagles. Until next time...
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Bradley Simpson
Brother Rats, I hope this edition this of the Review finds you and your families well. I just sat down to write this after coming home from our 5th Reunion. I know this is delayed with The Review release dates, but what a great weekend we had at the Institute. It was so nice to catch up with everyone and see where everyone’s lives are five years out from VMI. For those who weren’t there, we surly missed you and hope you will be able to make the 10th Reunion. There has been a lot of news going on with the class since the reunion. Mark Gliebe got married to DayNa Gliebe the same weekend as the reunion. The wedding was well attended by numerous brother rats. Joe Taylor was Mark’s best man, and Derrick Leland, Edwin Cruz, Jose Andueza, and Dennis Dunaway were all groomsmen. Others that were there for the special day were Barrett Luxhoj, Graham Stolle, Nick Campbell, Pete Saragnese, Kurt Seidl, Alex Doseff, Seth Berkowitz ’08, Drew Luxhoj ’11, Josh Taylor ’06 and Mark’s rat, Dallas Disbro ’12. Chris Johnston tied the knot Oct. 11, 2014, on post at VMI. Chris married JoBeth Agnor, and their wedding was also attended well by our class. Also tying the knot around the time of the reunion was Nathan Warner. Nathan was married
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