Matadors in the Military

Tom Cook, '88
Marine Chaplain
Stationed in Iraq as of Summer 2006

Please let me know if you or another alumnus is currently serving in the military so they can be recognized on this page!

Jeff Tlapa, '87
Marines

Rick Collins, '77
Marines

Scott Lugo, '89
Coast Guard

Chris (Gionet) Brunty, '97
Army
Chris is currently stationed in Korea (as of Feb. 2007)

Doug Rowe, '92
Army
Photo is Christmas 2007 in Afghanistan



	From Rick: I was part of the first class of 1977, but we moved in the summer of 75 but stayed in touch with my friends there in PV for a while. But I ended up graduating from Marcos de Niza in Tempe. After graduation I joined the Marines and was a marine until 1990. I have been married 2 times, I have 2 kids with my first wife. My son Alex will be 22 in Sept 2007 and My Daugther Stephanie is currently 20. I currently live in Marshall TX. Working on getting my funeral directors lic.

		This is a message I received today (Jan. 10, 2007) from Doug Rowe, class of 1992: Hey everyone, Ready for some exciting news. Well here it is, I am still in Arizona. My unit left on SAT 06 JAN 07 to go to FT Bragg. Out of the 600 or so deploying, 9 of us had our orders get messed up in one way or another, and I happend to be one of the 9. Not that big of a deal, at least I get a few more days with my family. I am now being told that I will catch up to my Unit on 13 JAN 07. It is the time old tradition of hurry up and wait. I would like to ask all of you a favor. Please send me an email to the following address. douginafghanistan@yahoo.com That is the primary email account I will be using. Let me know if you are set up on yahoo. If you are invite me to your friends list.
From Scott: "I graduated in 1989 and enlisted into the US Coast Guard in 1992. I rose to the rank of Second Class Petty Officer before attending Officer Candidate School in 2001. Upon graduation, I transferred to Pensacola, Florida to attend Naval Flight Training. I earned my "Wings of Gold" in 2002 and transferred to Air Station Cape Cod. I recently transferred back to Air Station Miami where I'm the Fixed Wing Flight Safety Officer."