Thanks to all men and women in our U.S. Armed Forces. We're especially proud of our Radford University Highlander Alumni in the military and their contributions to the war against terrorism. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you and your families. Please share your experiences and photos with us from around the world. We hope to hear more from you! Email news or photos to alumni@radford.edu.
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Student Veterans Return to the Classrooms at RU
 More than 6,000 miles and eight hours separate RU junior Rick Agosta from his friends and fellow students. While they're likely finishing up their classes for the day, the exercise, sport and health education major from Manassas is just a few hours short of reporting for his daily duty at FOB Kalsu military base south of Baghdad.
Agosta joined the Army in early 2003, completed basic and job training in December 2003 and enrolled at RU in the spring of 2004. He's on his second tour of duty in Iraq, and though he's had to start and stop his education a few times, Agosta remains focused and plans to hit the books again when he returns from duty in August. See RU News Release for more.
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Student Veterans Return to the Classrooms at RU
 Seven years ago, Brandon Robinson served as an infantry medic in the U.S. Army. Today, he is a business management and marketing major at Radford University -- one of 138 students currently enrolled at RU who are certified with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
“My experiences matriculating back to the civilian world were somewhat difficult at first,” Robinson said. “But my classroom experience has only been aided by my time in the service. If I had gone straight into college, I would have failed to meet the standard. Now it means that much more.”
RU is working to expand special services for some of those veterans who are seeking to continue their education and transition from military to academic life. There are several services already available at RU for student veterans. See RU News Release for more.
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 LTC Sean Feeley, Class of 1987, at Bagram in Afghanistan.
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Capt. Mark W. Tippett (2001)
 Capt. Mark Tippett with Iraqi children while serving on a National Police Transition Team as an Operations Officer. Their goal was to aide the National Police in their transition to take over responsibility for the law enforcement in Baghdad, Iraq.
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 Major Doug Osborn (1986) has served with the Army in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Major Osborn is pictured at right at an orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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 Captain Greg Humble (2001) is with A Company of the 3rd Sustainment Brigade Special Troops Battalion currently stationed in Iraq. The photo, showing Capt. Humble on the left, appeared in the company's May newsletter and shows him conducting an Oath of Reenlistment to a member of the company.
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Capt. Daniel J. Kempen (2003)
This is a picture of a Mahkmour refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. Capt. Kempen's mission was to accompany various U.N. organizations to locations all over northern Iraq to provide personnel security, medical evacuation, and quick reaction force support. "As you can see in the picture, the response to our visits was overwhelmingly positive in almost every case," writes Capt. Kempen. "I am currently stationed in Tikrit, Iraq, on a 15-month deployment with the 1st Armored Division Headquarters. We will be coming home to Wiesbaden, Germany, in December 08," he notes. "I appreciate you setting up this page, I think it is a great idea!"
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Sgt. Glen LB Krinsky (2003)
 Baghdad, Iraq
Greetings Radford! I am currently stationed on Phoenix Base in the International Zone. I work in the J3 operations center and am assigned to MNSTC-I (Multi-National Security Transition Corp-Iraq). We help the new Iraqi government recruit and train their own people to run and defend their country without outside help.
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Captain Donald W. Carden (1998)
 Current Assignment: Anti-Terrorism M.P.H. Graduate Student, University of Oklahoma, AMEDD Student Detachment, Fort Sam Houston, TX.
Published Article: View an article published by the United States Department of Defense on Captain Carden.
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RU Students Write From Guadalcanal
About Their Search for WWII Marine Remains
From July 6 - July 23, a team of Radford University faculty and students attempted to locate the remains of members of the U.S. Marine Goettge Patrol killed during the August 1942 Battle for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. RU anthropologists Cliff and Donna Boyd, physicist Rhett Herman and RU students used archaeological techniques and geophysical equipment to survey the ground where the patrol was believed to be buried in mass graves. The trip was a part of RU's Forensic Science Institute field school in archaeology and geophysical survey at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Read about what the students found and experienced in Guadalcanal through their online journal.
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2007 Radford University Tri Sigma sorority sends holiday greetings to troops.
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RU's Tri Sigma Sorority sends greetings to Charlie Company, USMC.
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