North Carolina A&T Alumni in the News

Major Candis Woods Class Year: 2007 Major: Chemical Engineering Stationed at Minot Air Force Base in Minot, ND Military Branch: U.S. Air Force Commission in 2007 Active Can you share your experience serving in the military? I commissioned in 2007 as an aircraft maintenance officer. My first assignment after graduation was at Nellis Air Force Base in North Las Vegas,…

Colonel LaCher Campbell Class Year: 1999 Major: Psychology Lives in Virginia and is currently attending the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA. Military Branch: U.S. Army Enlistment/Commission Date: 1999 Active Can you share your experience serving in the military? My experience has been rewarding and challenging. I’ve commanded at the company and battalion-level both states side and while deployed.…

Lieutenant Colonel Charles M. Coffin, Jr. Class Year: 1976 Major: Business Administration Greensboro, N.C. Military Branch: U.S. Air Force Enlistment/Commission Date: 1976 Retired in 1988 Can you share your experience serving in the military? Before I share a synopsis of my military service experience, please allow me to share the start of my Air Force story – My journey began…

Rev. Dr. Clarke McGriff Class Year: 1977 Major: Political Science Columbia, S.C. Military Branch: U.S. Army Enlistment/Commission Date: 1977 Retired in January 2011 Can you share your experience serving in the military? An ROTC Cadet at A&T, I was commissioned in December 1977. Enrolled in graduate school at Golden Gate Seminary in Mill Valley, CA in 1978, graduating with the…

Major General Hawthorne L. “Peet” Proctor Class Year: 1968 Major: Agriculture Business Clifton, VA Military Branch: U.S. Army Commissioned in 1968, Active Duty 1969 Retired in 2004 Can you share your experience serving in the military? Upon entering the Army, I attended basic officer schooling, then held 2 jobs in the USA before going to Vietnam.  Commanded at every level…

Rebecca Redd-Jolly Class Year: 1980 Major: Psychology Durham, N.C. Military Branch: U.S. Army Enlistment/Commission Date: 1980 Retired in 1985 Can you share your experience serving in the military? My service to this country was a lesson in leadership.  As a military officer, you are taught to lead.  Being a black female officer was sometimes an isolating situation.  I was representing…

Colonel Harold Springs Class Year: 1983 Major: Industrial Technology Fort Washington, Maryland Military Branch: U.S. Air Force Enlistment/Commission Date: 1983 Retired in 2009 Can you share your experience serving in the military? I served primarily as an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Maintenance Officer and spent a total of 11 winters in North Dakota.  I was also stationed in California, New…

Second Lieutenant Eric Evans Class Year: 2012 Major: Criminal Justice Morrisville, N.C. Military Branch: U.S. Army Reserve Enlistment/Commission Date: 2015 Active Can you share your experience serving in the military? Currently I am a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve but I got my start as a Specialist in the N.C. Army National Guard in 2015. I used to…

Captain Jerrel Scriven Class Year: 2010 Major: Journalism and Mass Communications From: Japan (Government dependent) Currently: San Antonio, TX Military Branch: U.S. Air Force Enlistment/Commission Date: 2010 Retired in 2020  Can you share your experience serving in the military? What started as a simple HR career grew to two exciting deployments (Afghanistan 2012, Central America 2015), some time in USAF…

Captain Krizia Webster-Gaither Class Year: 2010 Major: Nursing Currently stationed in Fort Meade, Maryland Military Branch: U.S. Army Enlistment/Commission Date: 2006 Active Can you share your experience serving in the military? Challenging at times but mostly rewarding. I have enjoyed the lessons learned and opportunities to meet new people and experience life outside of Greensboro, NC. What is a message…