VOM – April 2024
Candice E. Ganser U.S. Navy 1997 – 2023 A native of Apalachin, New York, Candice enlisted in the Navy in August 1997. She completed bootcamp at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, then attended Seaman “A” School. In November 1997, she reported onboard USS CAMDEN (AOE-2), homeported in Bremerton, Washington.
VOM – July 2023
Ronald Dale Boling U.S. Navy 1986 – 2013 Ronald Dale Boling is a native of Sevierville, Tennessee. He enlisted in the Navy in January 1986 as an undesignated seaman. Following boot camp, he was stationed onboard the USS Norfolk (SSN-714) as a deck seaman. He received approval to become a
VOM – June 2025
Marcus Jermaine Harvey, Sr. U.S. Marine Corps 1995 – 2003 / TN Air National Guard 2005 – 2010 Marcus Jermaine Harvey, Sr., was born June 28, 1977, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Charles Harvey, Sr., and Carolyn Bonds. He attended Tipton County Schools, graduating from Covington High School in May 1995.
VOM – March 2025
Robert (Bob) Vern Lakey U.S. Navy Back in the 5O’s, young men were subject to the four-year draft. When Bob was an Indiana high school senior, one of his teachers was a Reserve Officer. He talked some of the young men into joining the Reserves instead of waiting for their
VOM – June 2023
William “Bill” Joseph Maillet, Jr. U.S. Navy 1954 – 1962 / 1967 – 1978 Born December 14, 1936, in Rumford, Maine, Bill was the oldest boy and one of seven children. Growing up, he worked on his grandfather’s farm feeding and milking cows and helping with the planting. When not
VOM – September 2025
Phillip Farmer U.S. Army / TN Air National Guard 1968 – 1974 & 1980 – 2005 Phillip Farmer was born on Oct. 6, 1949, in Memphis, Tennessee. He grew up in Covington where he graduated from Byars Hall High School in 1967. During the height of the Vietnam conflict in
VOM – August 2025
Sami Lynn Phillips U.S. Navy 1978 – 2020 Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Sami Lynn Phillips was born on Oct. 29, 1960, in Elgin, Illinois. After her June 1978 graduation from Palatine High School in Palatine, IL, she joined the Navy Delayed Enlistment Program and turned eighteen during bootcamp at
VOM – August 2023
Kirk Phillip Snyder U.S. Navy 1969 – 1989 Kirk was born on 28 June 1949 in Towanda, Penn. He grew up in Montrose, Penn., where he graduated from Montrose Area High School in 1967. He was accepted to Boome Technical Community College in Johnson City, New York, where he earned
VOM – February 2023
William Bradley Vanstory U.S. Army 2008 – 2015 William Bradley Vanstory was born 3 February 1987 in Memphis, Tenn., and graduated from Covington High School in 2005. As a child, he knew he wanted to be a soldier and practiced almost every day with his G.I. Joe soldiers. He joined
VOM – August 2024
Chad Austin Bohnert U.S. Army 2015 – 2019 Chad joined the United States Army in January 2015 and served in Germany as a Military Police Officer. He was honorably discharged as a Specialist (E4) after three and a half years of active service and placed in the Individual Ready Reserve