Carl Strock Resigning as Chief Of Army Corps Of Engineers

Posted on 16 August 2006 by Chips Lanier

From the “Early Bird”

New York Times
August 11, 2006

Chief Of Army Corps Of Engineers Is Quitting
By John Schwartz

The head of the Army Corps of Engineers will resign, the Army announced last night.

Lt. Gen. Carl A. Strock, the chief of engineers and commander of the corps since July 1, 2004, asked Francis J. Harvey, the secretary of the Army, that he be allowed to resign “based on family and personal reasons, which the secretary of the Army honors and supports,” according to the Army announcement.

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Class Notes, May 2006

Posted on 8 August 2006 by admin

Greetings from Richmond. As I write these notes I am looking outside at green grass, leaves on the trees, blooming flowers and 78 degrees — Spring is finally here and sure is welcomed!!!!

This September will mark the 40th anniversary of our matriculation at the Institute and the beginning of many long term friendships that we enjoy today. We started that September over 400 strong and probably to a man couldn’t contemplate 40 years hence. Our Class has been fortunate that for the most part we have prospered and done well. I was reviewing our Class roster and saw the names of Brother Rats that weren’t able to make the 40 year journey with us. The following is the list of our deceased BR’s and the date of their passing: Kerry Newberry (6/11/72), Philip R. Ramsey (1/23/76), Henry Parrish (10/5/78), Frank H. Whitenack (8/6/80), Theodore B. Bolton (1/25/81), Edward D. Holmes (9/1/85), K. Scott Strong (9/23/92), Joseph E. Vojtecky (5/18/02) and Randolph B. Jones, (7/19/03). Although they are no longer with us their spirit continues. Sleep well BR’s — you are missed. Continue reading →

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New Alumni Association Site Up

Posted on 8 August 2006 by Chips Lanier

From the VMI Web Site:

The VMI Alumni Agencies has unveiled a new Web site with features that allow alumni to stay connected with their Brother Rats, classmates, friends, and the Institute.

The VMI RANKS (www.vmialumni.org) is a revised Web site that functions as the central point for an online directory of alumni, profile updates, affinity E-mail at vmialumni.org, class notes, a VMI job board for alumni, and opportunities to meet other alumni. Continue reading →

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Get in Line for the VMI-Army game!

Posted on 24 July 2006 by admin

OK Boys and Girls… Time to get in line for the VMI-Army game!!! The Keydet Club has set up some great packages to visit the “Big Apple” and The VMI of the North. The game is on October 7 and there is a travel package to suit everybody.

Lets get behind Coach Reid and the Keydet football team and watch them give Army a good run for their money. This is a link to the Keydet Club information regarding the weekend.

Hope everyone is having a great summer. Take care and look forward to seeing everybody on Sept. 2 in Lexington when the Keydeys open the season with Davidson.

Bill

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Lejeune Hall Holds Last Event

Posted on 18 July 2006 by Chips Lanier

And it was brand new when we were Rats!!

The Lexington News-Gazette had an article about the last event in Lejeune Hall. Link to the article here. Time marches on and barracks has to get bigger (like my waistline!)

UPDATE: If you want to watch the progress (?) you can click here for the Webcam.

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Add VMI ‘70 to Your News Reader

Posted on 6 July 2006 by Chips Lanier

In case you have missed it, the VMI ’70 Web Site is RSS enabled — you can use your news reader (or browser if you use Firefox, Safari or Opera) to check for headlines before visiting the site. There is an informational page here on how to use this service.

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Northern Virginia Radio Campaign

Posted on 1 June 2006 by Chips Lanier

From Inside VMI (link)

VMI Office of Communications & Marketing has negotiated best rates with DC101, Washington, DC’s most listened to classic rock station and Washington’s radio leader for more than 30 years to reach our potential target audience of high school age prospects in Northern Virginia with a series of VMI commercial spot announcements. DC101 blankets the greater Washington Metropolitan area and serves an audience of more than 650,000 each week on an assigned frequency of FM 101.1. Continue reading →

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VMI Advertising Campaign

Posted on 1 June 2006 by Chips Lanier

From Inside VMI (link)

VMI Office of Communications & Marketing Summer Partnering Campaign. Communications and Marketing is launching a summer VMI ad campaign as part of its marketing effort which consists of outdoor advertising signs on I-64 near Richmond airport and Newport News, mall kiosks in five Virginia malls, radio commercial spot announcements, and VMI screen ads in four Virginia theaters (Valley View Cinema, Roanoke VA; Harbor View Grande, Suffolk, VA; Kingstowne Town Center, Alexandria, VA; and Commonwealth 20, Richmond, VA) Beginning 12 May and running for three months, the first in the series, VMI Screen Ads will be showing in the following theaters on every screen and prior to every movie. A total of 68 screens will feature the VMI ad with the potential of reaching nearly a million patrons in a period of three months, all in time for the summer blockbusters.

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Sacred Ground: Visit To Normandy Beaches

Posted on 26 May 2006 by Chips Lanier

A nice article for the Memorial Day weekend from the News-Gazette.  VMI Cadets visit the beaches at Normandy.  It’s on the VMI web site here.

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Secretary of Defense to Address Graduating Cadets

Posted on 11 April 2006 by Chips Lanier

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld will deliver the commencement address to Virginia Military Institute’s graduating cadets on May 16. The commencement exercise is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. in Cameron Hall. This will mark the secretary’s first visit to VMI in his tenure as Secretary of Defense.

“The Class of 2006 is honored to have Secretary Rumsfeld as our commencement speaker,” said class president Cadet Michael R. Pasquale of South Salem, N.Y. “Duty and service to the nation are examples of Secretary Rumsfeld’s character which we all should emulate. The sacrifice and hardship of a VMI education has prepared us for our future responsibility to the United States. I’m sure the Class of 2006 will find his participation memorable.”

Read the rest of the VMI Press Release here.

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