TROY students remember anniversary of 9/11 attacks

Members of the Troy University College Republicans and volunteers from the TROY for Troops Center placed American flags around the quad.

Members of the Troy University College Republicans and volunteers from the TROY for Troops Center placed American flags around the quad.

Troy University students commemorated the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks over the weekend.

Troy University’s College Republicans and the TROY for Troops Center, along with other volunteers, also paid tribute to those who lost their lives during the 9/11 attacks by lining the University’s main quad with American flags.

The miniature flags were…

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The ‘Wild Blue Yonder’: TROY hosts U.S. Air Force Junior ROTC Flight Academy with aviation partner SkyWarrior at Troy Municipal Airport

Private pilot training is the focus of a U.S. Air Force JROTC Flight Academy, hosted by TROY and its aviation partner, SkyWarrior.

Private pilot training is the focus of a U.S. Air Force JROTC Flight Academy, hosted by TROY and its aviation partner, SkyWarrior.

Troy University and the Air Force has partnered to host one of several Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Flight Academies in the country.

SkyWarrior, the Pensacola-based flight school the University partners with for its Aviation Operations minor, is delivering the training to nine high school students and one student from the U.S. Air…

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Air Force ROTC detachment memorializes 9/11 on Saturday with Riddle-Pace stadium run

Troy University's Air Force ROTC Detachment 017. (TROY photo)
 

Troy University’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 017 will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with its first annual 9/11 Memorial Stadium Climb at Riddle-Pace Field on the Troy Campus.

The climb, which begins at 7 a.m., will approximate the 110 flights of stairs climbed by firefighters in the World Trade Center buildings in…

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‘Intimacy of the experience’ at TROY enabled Air Force colonel to achieve success in life, career

Air Force Col. Terri Jones called TROY her

Air Force Col. Terri Jones called TROY her "springboard" to success. (photo/submitted)

With no money for college, Terri Jones turned to the United States Air Force for tuition dollars through the GI Bill but got more than she bargained for – both educationally and in the military.

Today, Col. Jones is commander of the Ira C. Eaker Center for Leadership Development at Air University at Maxwell Air…

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