CMC Veteran Experiences

If you would like to share your story or nominate someone to share their story, email Robin Bartlett ’67 at [email protected].

Dave Forrest ’67
Dave Forrest ’63

“Forrest!” barked the officer on the phone at battalion headquarters, “When is your radar going to be up?” Dave Forrest ‘63 was in charge of his Hawk missile battery that night, protecting a sector of the German Czech border near Grafenwohr. His radar was down, and his warrant officer was frantically trying to fix it. “Soon...,” Forest yelled back. “This is one heck of a responsibility for a 22-year-old lieutenant,” he muttered to himself. But this was the Cold War in action.
John posing in front of two military vehicles.
John Marshall ’16

John Marshall ’16 relished variety in his military career.
Steve McClintock ‘64.
Veteran with Two International Careers – Military and Banking

As he sits on his black roan Tennessee Walker, “Ranger,” Steve McClintock ’64, reflects on his wide-ranging thirty-two career as a Reserve Army Officer and thirty-six-year career as a Senior International Financial Executive with Citibank.
Young Robin Bartlett in the field during the Vietnam war
Robin Bartlett ’67: Sharing the CMC veteran experience

Veterans Day 2024 was a fitting milestone for Robin Bartlett ’67 to check off a bucket-list item: returning to CMC’s Athenaeum to share his experiences as a Combat Infantry Platoon Leader during the height of the Vietna