Alumni Magazine - Spring 2008 - (Page 25) Photo: Gary Meek ship scholarship awarded in memory of Army Lt. Tyler Brown, Mgt 01, HTS 01, killed in the line of duty in Iraq in 2004. Within military circles, the affinity group represents a new cooperation, according to Capt. Wayne Radloff, who leads the Naval ROTC at Tech. It’s a spirit that began, he says, when all three ROTC groups moved into the O’Keefe building on campus. “Because the military has downsized, we don’t have large units anymore so we won’t have as many alums going into the future. We’re going to be doing a lot more together,” Radloff says. “There’s strength in working together.” Col. Sheri Andino, who commands the Air Force ROTC detachment based at Tech, says the affinity group might eventually help figure out how to increase financial subsidies available to ROTC students, putting them more in line with those awarded to students at Auburn, Clemson and Illinois Tech, to name a few schools with lively ROTC programs. Retired Marine Maj. Gen. Larry Taylor, IM 62, is cochair of the Military Affinity Group’s board of advisers. He sees the group as a way to both help and honor students with an interest in the military. “If you get a degree from Georgia Tech, you’re going to get a nice job offer, almost guaranteed. Many of these kids, in spite of the fact that they don’t have to do it, choose to go into the military,” Taylor says. “There are still a lot of kids out there, with no specific military obligation, who go because they’re patriots.” I To learn more about the Military Affinity Group and Armed Forces Day events, visit www.gtmag.org. “Military history, whether you ‘love’ the military or not, is a part of Tech history. There are things to be sad about, lessons learned, lessons to be learned. If those are not captured, how can we learn?” — Marcus Smith Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine • Spring 2008 25 http://www.myspace.com/elementatlanticstation http://www.elementatlantic.com http://www.elementatlantic.com http://www.gtmag.org
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