July 10, 2025

Lt Col Charles D. Hodges, USAF, ’00, served as the U.S. mission commander for the 353rd Special Operations Group, based at Kadena Air Base in Japan, during the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue in northern Thailand. The mission successfully rescued 12 boys and their soccer coach from the flooded cave between July 8 and 10, 2018.

July 9, 2025

The Gold Star San Antonio Citadel Alumni Club, led by CAPT Rodney E. Tugade, USN, Ret., ’90; Maj Christopher S. Tarrant, USAF, ’96; Brett A. Lipscomb, ’20; and Franklin A. (Drew) Borders, ’09; hosted nearly 40 alumni, cadets, prospective cadets and parents for their Cadet Send-Off at the Original Rudy’s Bar-B-Q in Leon Springs, Texas. Cadet Recruits Zen Manning and Reilly Milligan attended, along with their parents and the parents of Cadet Recruit Aiden Leal. Current Cadets Joshua C. Kent, ’26; and Austin J. Jones, ’28; were also present. They, along with other San Antonio-area cadets, will help the Class of 2029 Cadet Recruits get off to a solid start. The senior Gold Corps alumnus in attendance was James T. Frank, ’67. The event was organized by parent, Kristen Kent.

July 8, 2025

The Citadel Regimental Band and Pipes participated in the 2013 Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo, which took place June 30 to July 7, 2013. citadel.edu/band/international-performances/2013-royal-nova-scotia-international-tattoo/

July 7, 2025

Dorchester County and the Town of Summerville are honoring Medal of Honor recipient, the late SFC Christopher A. Celiz, USA, ’08, by sponsoring the Chris Celiz Memorial project, facilitated by Sculpture in the South. Visit summervilleparksfoundation.org to donate.

From a story published in the July 5, 1922, Edgefield Advertiser: Citadel Moving to New Buildings This is moving time at The Citadel and various articles of equipment are now being transferred to the buildings at the Hampton Park site, where in the fall the cadets will report for the new term. The Citadel library, composed of several thousand volumes, has already been moved to the new barracks building along with tables, chairs, book racks and other equipment and motor trucks are hauling apparatus and supplies from the chemical laboratory, to be installed in new quarters. Considerable progress is being made on the hospital at the Hampton Park campus and various activities are going forward to be ready in the fall for the big opening. It is understood that the faculty members, for the most part, will continue to use the present quarters at Marion Square, as a delay has developed in plans for erecting officers' residences at Hampton Park this summer. This will mean considerable inconvenience to the professors but they are taking the situation philosophically. loc.gov/resource/sn84026897/1922-07-05/ed-1/?sp=1&st=text&fbclid=IwY2xjawLKP0lleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMemdZQ0ZRa1lRNFVKcERtAR7XqfXPnN40hJ9uTxlXOQmvfGQR2hM0RyEUDuZDi3xUcq6DdOjvm_h0cz551Q_aem_4mnMbPBUsxFLm1v8hbJmDw