Klein Oak Veterans Salute

Daniel is a Platoon Sgt. - Heavy Equipment Platoon - in Okinawa Daniel was 4-year member of Klein Oak Band.

Corey is a US Marine Corps Harrier Pilot stationed at Cherry Point, N.C. He served in Iraq from Aug 2005 until Mar 2006 and another tour is planned for Jan. through Aug. 2007. On the first combat tour Corey flew 267 combat hours, 144 combat missions, and was directly responsible for ridding the world of a handful of terrorists. He recieved five Air Medals for actions in Iraq.

James played football, was a pole vaulter and a 4 yr member of FFA while at KO.

Christopher, a former KO ROTC member, is stationed at Camp Pendelton, California.

Michael joined the military last March. He has already served in Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Div. He was there for the recent elections.

Aaron was a three year varsity wrestler for Klein Oak. Wrestling remains his passion.

Matthew's marriage to Amanda Billiris had to be postponed due to a reassignment to Japan. They plan to be married during a leave in the summer of 2006. He will be finished in Japan in 2007.

Patrick is on the right in the picture. Steven Thogood is on the left.

Eric served in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The picture was taken on March 20th, 2003, the first day of the war and shows Eric with prisoners his unit - the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit - took that day. Eric returned from his second deployment in September 2004.

Cody completed his training at Camp Pendleton. He has previously served in New Orleans before assignment to Okinawa in April 2004.

In Iraq (2nd tour)

Medic - Baghdad, Iraq. Joshua cut short a college career to volunteer for the Army on September 13, 2001.

Andrew Arnold was killed in Iraq on April 22, 2003. He is survived by a wife and two children, among others. Click here for more information.

Ar Ramadi, Iraq - 2nd tour - Fox Co. 2nd Battalion /1st Marines. Chris has been awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat Valor Device and also the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Combat Valor Device. Both Awards were received by Chris for heroics during the Battles for Falluja in Nov. of 2004 and An Naziriyah in Apr. of 2003. While at KO Chris was a member of FFA and also a Bull rider for the National High School Rodeo Association.

Jason enlisted in Dec. 2002 and graduated from MCRD San Diego in April of 2003. His platoon, #1066, was the top graduating class. Jason has both a son and a daughter.

Jeff was President of the Klein Oak Class of 1994 and is a helicopter piilot in the Navy.

Graduated From US Air Force Academy (Colorado Spings, CO) in May 2000; Graduated Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Sheppard Air Force Base (Wichita Falls), TX in Feb 2002; Graduated F-15 Basic Course Tyndall AFB (Panama City), FL in Jan 2003. Jake has been in Alaska nearly 2 years flying the F-15 Eagle and loving it. He have been married for a year and a half. So far he have been deployed to Iceland, Australia, Japan, and Las Vegas, NV.

United States Air Force Currently Stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany as Non-commissioned Officer in Charge of the Commander’s Support Staff, 435th Munitions Squadron Previous Assignments: Lackland Air Force Base, Texas (San Antonio) Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii (Honolulu) Deployed to Tallil Air Base, Iraq (An-Nasiriyah) June – Sept 04

Anthony Artino served two years on the USS Kitty Hawk, including three months in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is currently an aviation ordinance man. In the Navy since 1998, he has just reenlisted for six years.

Branch: US Army (3 years), Washington State National Guard (5 years) Rank: SGT (E-5) Recent Assingment: Just returned from year deployment in Iraq, on standby for Hurricane Katrina Relief Year of Graduation: 1993 Notes: I served in Iraq. My main mission was to provide convoy support and security for Army and Air Force EOD (Bomb disposal). My secondary mission was Operations NCO for a company of 300 personnel.

Combat Systems Officer aboard the submarine USS Alexandria SSN 757. A complete description of Patrick's naval career is available here.

San Diego, Pearl Harbor, USS Badger FF-1071, USS Harold E. Holt FF-1074. Todd has said his most vivid memories revolve around the damage from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, still evident on Pearl Harbor facilities, and his shipís involvement in the rescue of Vietnamese refugees, still risking their lives to escape.