Spencer Anderson

Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota 

Service Status: Army Veteran 

One of my favorite memories was attending the final class at the jungle operations training course in Panama in the spring of 1999.

Tatiana Barr

Hometown: Clarksville, Tennessee

Service Status: Currently Serving Air Force Reserves 

My favorite memory is doing weather support for Red Flag Alaska, and seeing the different branches’ fighter jets, with “Thunderstruck” playing in the background.

Bernard Lee "Bobby" Basham, Jr.

Hometown: Brownsville, Kentucky

Service Status: Retired Army and Army Reserve Veteran 

Bobby Basham, father of Dr. Sara McCaslin, served during the Vietnam War with the 100th Training Division. He later served in the Army Reserves and attended summer camp every summer at Ft. Knox, KY until he retired in June 2001 with full benefits as a Platoon Sergeant (E7).

Robert Bedard

Hometown: Otisfield, Maine

Service Status: Army Veteran 

This photo was taken after three days with barely any sleep into the invasion of Iraq during Operation Desert Storm.  Shortly before this photo, we had destroyed and captured all remaining elements of the Iraqi Republican Guard, the sky was blacked out due to the smoke from the oil fires that were burning. 5th Battalion, 18th Infantry, 3^rd Armored Division. Click here for more. 

Emily Britton

Hometown: Rochester, New York

Service Status: Air Force Veteran

Stationed Langley AFB, Virginia. I played the National Anthem at many events, including MLB games and a NASCAR race, in front of thousands!

Scott Clarke

Hometown: Bellevue, Michigan 

Service Status: Navy Veteran 

Stationed USS Virginia (CGN-38), Norfolk, VA. My ship was based in the Mediterranean Sea, so I got to visit many countries in southern Europe, Northern Africa, and the Caribbean Sea. I remember how peaceful the Atlantic Ocean seemed at night. I would often go up on deck and watch the moon, stars, and the glowing jellyfish. I made several lifelong friends on the ship.

Kevin Duff 

Hometown: Bowling Green, KY

Service Status: Army and Navy Veteran

In the Army, I was assigned to Drive Lt. General Ray Odierno. In the Navy, I was a Boatswains Mate and handled all the training for Deck Department. One vivid memory from my service, was while we were in the Navy we were off the coast of Somalia. We rescued 18 refugees who were stranded at sea. The youngest was 18 months old.

Dustin Fitch

Hometown: Bowling Green, Kentucky

Service Status: Army Veteran

One of my fondest memories was walking through and securing on post schools and how elementary school students would be in awe of my partner and my position seeing police interacting with students in the hallways and asking questions.

Austin Griffiths

Hometown: Glasgow, Kentucky

Service Status: Air Force Veteran

Enlisted in the United States Air Force after 9/11 as an Aircraft Armament Systems Specialist. 

Dathan Jones

Hometown: Brownsville, Kentucky

Service Status:  Currently Serving Army National Guard 

One of my favorite memories was after our annual training, when I performed a concert for 1st Platoon with the CO and 1SG front row seats. I sang Self Esteem by The Offspring.

James Logsdon (1887-1951)

Hometown: Munfordville, KY

Service Status: Army Veteran 

James Logsdon, grandfather of Dr. Jeremy Logsdon, pictured here at Camp Shelby in 1918, prior to shipping overseas in World War I to serve as a machine gunner with Company C, 109th Machine Gun Battalion of the 28th Division, where he earned the Purple Heart for wounds sustained in combat.

Lisa Meyers

Hometown: Glasgow, KY

Service Status: Air Force Veteran 

I loved the 12 months I spend in South Korea taking in the sights and learning the culture. I was there for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

Donovan Roach

Hometown: Newport, Tennessee

Service Status: Air Force Veteran

I was stationed primarily at Charleston, South Carolina. A favorite memory was being able to work on site with the Royal Air Force on a training project. 

Bill Simmons (left) and C.J. Simmons

Hometown: Bowling Green, KY

Service Status: Navy Veteran and Army Veteran 

Left, William Henry (Bill) Simmons, age 19, and father of Jean Power. On right, is Bill’s brother, and Jean’s uncle, C.J. Simmons, age 34. Bill was in the Navy and C.J. was in the Army. C.J. trained at Ft. Knox and served under the command of General George S. Patton. Jean remembers her father Bill being very proud of his WWII Navy service and sharing his memories of the Battle of Saipan in the Pacific.

Christy Spurlock

Hometown:  Bowling Green, Kentucky

Service Status: Army Veteran

I served in the Finance Corps performing a variety of pay related services. I was stationed in Germany, pictured here with the mayor of Pirmasens. My best memories are of all the wonderful people I served with, and all our travel and adventures, including a “lift” to our destination from an Army helicopter.

Jarae Thurmond

Hometown: Decatur, Georgia

Service Status: Navy Veteran 

Stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Really enjoyed and miss the community and camaraderie shared with people from all walks of life to accomplish one shared goal similar to my job now with football at Western Kentucky University. My time in the service allowed me to learn and pass on really amazing life lessons to these young and impressionable student athletes.