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CAPT Gregory E. Sutton, USN, ’98, retired from the U.S. Navy during a change of command and retirement ceremony on July 17, 2025, at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. https://www.dvidshub.net/image/9197873/pma-226-pma-257-coc

Col Cesar “Rico” Rodriguez, ’81

August 6, 2025

Col Cesar “Rico” Rodriguez, ’81, is seeking “old faces” at Dulles Airport on August 13. Reserve your seats at aviationwarriors.com. “On the 13th of August the jet I flew in Desert Storm will fly her last sortie to Dulles IAP to be prepped for a place of honor in the […]

Cynthia Osmak, ’18 (nee Martinez)

August 6, 2025

Cynthia Osmak, ’18, (nee Martinez) was featured in a Fort Hood Herald article on her time in the U.S. Army and her work as a chief executive assistant with Squared Away. https://kdhnews.com/fort_hood_herald/harker-heights-spouse-endured-difficult-childhood-graduated-the-citadel-and-served-four-years-as-army/article_1f582085-1eb4-4819-a157-4ba77a3d451c.html

Robert M. Steinbach, ’78

August 6, 2025

Robert Michael Steinbach, 78, passed away on July 28, 2025. He lived in Annapolis, MD with his wife, Laura. Mike was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, on September 7, 1946, the son of Robert H. Steinbach and Beatrice A. Grueneberg. He graduated from Beaver Dam High School and attended Stout […]

Roy H. Martin, Jr., ’89

August 4, 2025

Roy Harold Martin, Jr., 58 of Bancroft, Wisc., died on Friday evening, August 1st, 2025 at home. He was born on March 5th, 1967 in Anderson, South Carolina, son to Minnie Lee Martin (Bolt) and Roy Harold Martin, Sr. On September 14th, 1993 in Killeen, Texas, Roy married Bonnie Josephine […]

William E. Smith, Jr., ’61

August 4, 2025

William “Bill” Edwin Smith, Jr. 87, of Charleston, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest Saturday, August 2, 2025. The family will receive friends in Charleston on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at J. Henry Stuhr Inc., West Ashley Chapel, 3360 Glenn McConnell Parkway. For those […]

William E. Jenkinson III, ’68

August 1, 2025

COL William E. Jenkinson III, USA, Ret., ’68, was presented with the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina’s highest civilian honor, at the Williamsburg County Council Meeting on February 18, 2025.

John Runy, ’64

July 31, 2025

It is with a heavy heart that we share the passing of John Runy on July 30, 2025. John passed away at Prisma Richland surrounded by his family after a long illness. John was born Jochen Haniche in Hamburg, Germany, on September 21, 1941, to Gertrude and Herman Paul Haniche. […]

Ian R. Pelletier, ’85

July 30, 2025

Ian R. Pelletier, of Papillion, Neb., passed away peacefully on July 26, 2025 at the age of 62 in Papillion, NE. He was born on March 10, 1963 in Frankfurt, Germany and traveled the world both as a military child and as an Air Force Officer. He was a loving […]

Carlton B. Sanderson, ’65

July 30, 2025

Carlton (Carl) Boyd Sanderson, Jr., of Melbourne, Fla., was born July 30, 1941, in Charleston, SC to Carlton Boyd Sanderson and Thelma Grace O’Dell Sanderson. He passed away surrounded by love after a short fight with cancer.Carl graduated The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, in 1965 with a […]

Dennis E. Utter, ’69

July 30, 2025

Dennis Earl Utter, 78, passed away peacefully on July 27, 2025, in Summerville SC surrounded by family and friends. He was born on May 27, 1947, in Washington D.C. to Lester Wayne Utter and Roberta Hobbs Utter. Dennis graduated from The Citadel in 1969 with a degree in Mathematics and […]

Robert F. Nance, ’70

July 29, 2025

Robert (Bob) Furman Nance, age 77, peacefully passed away on July 26, 2025. He was born on April 11, 1948, in Columbia, South Carolina. Bob graduated from A. C. Flora High School and was a graduate of The Citadel. An avid hunter, he enjoyed the outdoors and would often sit […]

Samuel P. (Shay) Gaillard III, ’64

July 29, 2025

Samuel “Shay” Porcher Gaillard, III 84, entered into eternal rest on July 27, 2025, surrounded by family at home in West Ashley. Shay was born on February 25, 1941 in Sumter, SC to the late Samuel Porcher Gaillard, Jr. and the late Mildred Glover Gaillard. He graduated from Edmond’s High […]

John C. Norris, ’98

July 29, 2025

John C. Norris was appointed the new public works director for the City of Miami Beach, Fla.

Andrew C. Tangen, ’06

July 28, 2025

LCDR Andrew C. Tangen, USN, Ret., ’06, was elected on July 16, 2025, as the president of the National Association of County Veterans Service Officers at their annual conference held in Louisville, Ky.