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Having received my master’s degree in library and information studies from the UW in 1994, I was well into my professional library career when I enlisted in the Navy Reserve in 2000. In 2005 I received a commission as a Supply Corps officer and have been serving ever since. Supply Corps officers are the supply …
F-16 Hydraulic Mechanic – Served in Poland, Japan, Korea, & Afghanistan.
2024 Zach Gerras is a first-year grad student at UW-Madison, where he’s pursuing a Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning with a focus on disaster mitigation and economic recovery, alongside a certificate in Spatial Technologies. Before returning to school, Zach served six years in the U.S. Army as a CBRN Specialist, achieving the rank of …
I joined the National Guard when I was 17 in 2002, the soonest I could after 9/11! While in AIT I met my husband who was from Arizona, but moved to Wisconsin to be with me after training. I’ve spent a lot of time on army bases and I got to help with hurricane Katrina …
Originally from Oshkosh, Brian graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and was commissioned into the U.S. Marine Corps. Brian served for 21 years in aviation and planning roles including combat operations over Kuwait and in Iraq. He earned an MBA from the Wisconsin School of Business and had spent the last five years working on …
I served onboard USS John C. Stennis from 2008-2012. Prior to that time, I was in training for the job of becoming Nuclear Reactor Operator in Charleston, SC. Since leaving the military, I started my family and now have 3 beautiful daughters. I have been working, for the last several years, as a Technical Instructor …
I left Milwaukee when I was 17 years old and spent the next 8 years in the Navy. I always dreamed of attending UW Madison and when I got an opportunity to enroll in a graduate program, I jumped as quickly as I could. I have a lot of family history at Madison and in …
Dustin Lewis commissioned through Air Force ROTC while receiving his Bachelor’s in Psychology at UW Madison in 2011. He served as an AC-130 navigator at Hurlburt Field, FL for 9 of his 11 years in service and deployed four times to Afghanistan. Dustin separated in 2022, moved back to Madison, and graduated with his Master’s …
I spent 8.5 years in the Navy as a Machinest’s Mate (Nuclear), performing water chemistry and radiation monitoring on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower out of Norfolk, VA. I love to travel and visit parks, and my goal since moving back to WI is to visit every state park we have! I’m honored to have …
Two weeks after graduating high school in San Diego, California, I joined the Army as a Supply Specialist in 2013. After completion of BCT in Oklahoma, and AIT in Virginia, I got stationed to Join Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, with the 201st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade. During my time, I assisted in developing a new supply …