People Type: Badger Veteran Photo Project

Prunty, Samuel

I went through the AFROTC program at UW–Madison and graduated with a BS Electrical Engineering and commissioned as a 2Lt in the Air Force in December 2007. I then went to Randolph AFB Texas to start CSO training. After completing training I was selected for RC-135 V/Ws at Offutt AFB Nebraska. I spent the rest …

Ramirez, Eddie

 I am a 1st generation Latino from Tampa, FL, and joined the USMC after graduating from high school. I served in the USMC from 2015 to 2020 with 3rd BN 5th Marines. I am currently pursuing my bachelor’s degree in business finance and risk management. I am also the current president of the Student Veterans …

Rasmussen, Joe

Joe enlisted in the Marine Corps in July 2001 between his junior and senior year of high school. Prior to the attacks on 9/11, he joined out of a sense of family duty, both his grandfathers served in WWII and his father served during the Vietnam War. Joe shipped to San Diego to attend Marine …

Reyes, Priscilla

I joined the Active Duty Air Force right out of high school, not fully knowing what path it would take me on. I was stationed at Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls, Montana, where I spent the entirety of my service and met some of the most incredible people along the way. I served proudly as …

Rivera, Elvis

US Navy Veteran , Stationed on Harry S Truman CVN 75 , in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Inherent resolve in the fifth fleet, based in Norfolk VA

Rushlow, Eliza

I enlisted in the Air National Guard during my senior year of high school and went to basic training right after graduation. While serving in the military, I also attended college. I have completed two separate deployments to Afghanistan and Qatar, and I have had the privilege of traveling to Germany and Hawaii on shorter …

Russo, Greg

I moved to a small town just outside of Madison (Lake Mills) when I was 10. Almost immediately fell in love with Madison, the Badgers, and the University of Wisconsin. Through a circuitous route starting college at UW-Whitewater, joining the Wisconsin Army National Guard, and two deployments to Iraq, I finally transferred in and landed …

Schuh, Hannah

I enlisted in the Wisconsin Army National Guard in 2017 as 74D/ Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Specialist, while going to school for my bachelor’s in human biology at UW-Green Bay. I graduated in 2020 and spent the next year on 11 different state activations with the Military Police Co. in Kenosha. I started …

Schuh, Mai-Linh

My name is Mai-Linh Schuh. I served the Wisconsin Air National Guard (ANG) from March 2012-2019 and had the opportunity to serve at all three Wisconsin ANG bases as a search and extrication medic and FOMT [flight and operational medical technician]. I did my undergraduate in nursing at Marquette’s BSN program and had graduated as …

Schuth, William

After completing culinary school in 2002, Driftless Area native William Schuth put down his chef’s knife, hung up his toque, and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. In February 2004, he deployed to Iraq with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines. Echo Battery served as an artillery unit, provisional rifle company, and international border …