A Salute to Our Veterans

Thank you to the men and women who serve and have served in the United States Armed Forces.  We proudly know you as our spouses, parents, grandparents, siblings, family, friends and colleagues. We are grateful for your service and honor you, along with all veterans, on this Veterans Day 2011.

The Veterans Pictured Above Are Listed in Alphabetical Order Below:

• Tyler Barnett // U.S. Marine Corps // Sergeant (Reserves) // Deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom – San Diego 2003 and Operation Iraqi Freedom – Kuwait/Iraq 2005
• Rommel Bautista // U.S. Army // Platoon Sergeant // Currently in the Army Reserve unit as a Platoon Sergeant and has 20 years of service 8 years active/12 years reserve // Deployments include Operation Enduring Freedom (01/2003-06/2004), Operation Iraqi Freedom (01/2004-04/2005), Operation Iraqi Freedom (07/2010-07/2011)
• Kyle Beattie // U.S. Army Infantry // Sergeant // Deployed to Afghanistan in 2004 and Iraq in 2006
• Chris Boggs // U.S. Marine Corps // CPL // Active Duty 1996-2000 with deployment on Desert Fox ‘98
• Joe Boroi // U.S. Army // Captain // Pictured along with other officers of the Manchu 1-9 Infantry / 2-72 Armor in Ramadi, Iraq 2004 and my platoon posing with a cache of improvised explosive devices uncovered while on patrol in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq in 2005
• Andrew Compagnucci // New Jersey Army National Guard // E5 – Sergeant // Reserve // Deployed to Afghanistan 3/09 – 3/10
• Chad Davis // U.S. Coast Guard // Petty Officer, E5, Store Keeper 2nd Class
  Active Duty // Currently serving at Surface Forces Logistics Center, Oakland, CA. Previously service on USCG Cutter Hamilton, Pacific Fleet; and USCG Air Station, Los Angeles, CA
• Mike Dickson // U.S. Army // E6, Staff Sergeant // U.S. National Guard // Currently deployed and in MS awaiting deployment to Afghanistan; deployed in 2002 to Germany for 1 year
• Dillon // U.S. Marine Corps // Served two tours in Iraq completed four years of active service
• Caleigh Ellis // U.S. Marine Corps // Corporal // Reserves
• Charles Ellis // U.S. Marine Corps // Staff Sergeant // Activated from Reserves // Deployments to Africa, Iraq and leaving for Afghanistan Jan 2012
• Kenneth Elwell // U.S. Army // Master 1st Sergeant // Sacrificed his life for our Country during Operation Enduring Freedom // Deployments included Bosnia, South Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan
• Richard Faxon // U.S. Navy // Served in Vietnam
• Robert Faxon // U.S. Navy // Served in Vietnam
• Warren Faxon // U.S. Army Air Corps
• Troy Gatchell // U.S. Army and Ohio Army National Guard // Sergeant // Served Active Duty and Ohio Army National Guard
• Kent M Haws // U.S. Army // Corporal // Served with Sergeant Troy Gatchell in the 10th Mtn. Division // Deployed to Haiti // Kent was killed in action as a Tulare County Sheriff 12/17/2007. He left behind a wife and 3 children
• Sarah Hodges // U.S. Navy // Lieutenant // Deployments include Okinawa, Japan – August 2009 and Afghanistan – August 2010 to March 2011
• Glenn M. Holt // U.S. Coast Guard // Petty Officer 1st Class // Active Duty 2002 – Present // Three-time recipient of Coast Guard Medal for sustained meritorious service and specific achievements of a superlative nature as well as 2008 Enlisted Person of the Year, Sector Delaware Bay
• Richard T. Holt (d. 1991) // U.S. Marine Corps, 1st Marine Regiment // Private 1st Class // Served 1942-1945 (WWII) and Deployments included Pacific Theater – Guadalcanal, Okinawa // Awarded Bronze Star for Valor and Purple Heart
• Wade Johnston // U.S. Navy (Retired) // RD2 // Deployments included Vietnam 1968, 1969 and 1970
• Dr. George Krikos // U.S. Army
• Mike Lambert // U.S. Marine Corps // Corporal // Deployed to Pearl Harbor, HI
• Butler (Doc) League // U.S. Army
• Sean League // U.S. Navy // Chief Petty Officer
• Chris Longstreet // U.S. Navy 1990-1995 // CTO2 // Deployments included direct Support of the EastPac Atlantic Fleet setting up Satellite Communications
• David M. Loperena // U.S. Air Force // Senior Airman // Honorably Discharged after completion of service // Deployed to Saudi Arabia in the First Gulf War
• James Maskovyak // U.S. Army –18th Movement Control Team // 2LT // Active // Awaiting deployment to Afghanistan–June 2012-2013
• Michael Medders // U.S. Army // Captain // Michael was KIA in Iraq in September 2008
• John McLin // U.S. Air Force // Served in Vietnam
• David O’Hagan // U.S. Marine Corps // Lance Corporal
• Peter Ostrander // U.S. Navy // Petty Officer, First Class // Deceased (service related) // Deployments on the USS Enterprise, USS Ranger
• Charlie Parker // U.S. Army and Army Reserve // Sergeant // Currently serving in Afghanistan
• Lisa Pena-Tillman // U.S. Air Force // E4 // Currently deployed to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar
• Dan Rhoads // U.S. Marine Corps // Corporal
• Roman D. Rodriguez // U.S. Army (Retired) // Private 1st Class // Deployments included Pleiku, South Vietnam (02/1967) part of Delta Company – 3rd Battalion 8th Infantry // Medically evacuated on 03/1968 and medically retired on 09/1968 // Recipient of two Combat Purple Hearts for being seriously wounded and for bravery
• Paul Russell // U.S. Army // Major (Retired) // Deployments include Operation Iraqi Freedom 2004 and Operation Iraqi Freedom 2006-2007
• Carlo Salvarani // U.S. Marine Corps // 2nd Lieutenant
• Perfecto Sanchez // U.S. Army // Captain // Honorably Discharged // Deployed twice to Iraq
• Mark James Thaxton, Jr. // U.S. Marine Corps // Sergeant // Deployed to Afghanistan and now retired
• Roger Tomassetti // U.S. Navy (Retired) // Petty Officer 3rd Class (E-4) and SFP-3 (ShipFitter 3rd Class) (Pipe Fitter) // Deployed 1961 to 1965 and stationed on USS Talbot County LST-1153 (tank landing ship)
• Earl S. Van Inwegen // U.S. Air Force // Brig. General (Ret) // Graduated from 2nd class of the USAF Academy and his career began in Vietnam as a C-123 aircraft commander and ended as the deputy chief of staff for operations, U.S. Air Force Space Command
• Joseph Villacis // U.S. Air Force // Lieutenant Colonel //Deployed to Afghanistan in 2004 and 2008

Additional Veterans Honored (Not Pictured):

• Marty Bohan // U.S. Navy // BO1 (E-6, Boatswain’s Mate) // Inactive
• Norm Doucet // USMC // Captain // Active (1994-2004) // Major Operations included Operation Sea Signal, Operation Enduring Freedom
• Bill Kitchen // U.S. Marine Corps // Inactive
• Eshon Mears // U.S. Navy // E-3 // Deployed to West Pacific in 1997
• Tom O’Donnell // U.S. Navy // Captain (0-6) (Retired)
• Tim Schmidt // U.S. Navy // WT3 (E-4, Weapons Technician) // Inactive
• John Sheehan // U.S. Navy // Commander (0-5) // Active
• Sam Vigil // U.S. Navy // Lt. Commander (0-4) (Retired)
• C.O. Williamson // U.S. Navy // Commander (Retired) // Served in WWII; Viet Nam War; Captain of the Destroyer USS John F. Pierce
• David Wilson // U.S. Army // E-4 // New York State National Guard

Thank you to all the Rosetta and LEVEL team members who provided the photos and tributes to the veterans in their life.