Senior Airman Jamie Teachenor rehearses at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., on July 20, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dennis Hoffman)
Air Force Senior Airman Jamie Teachenor always wanted to serve his country.
He just didn’t realize doing so would involve guitars, drums and microphones.
Teachenor, a 37-year-old Troy University student working on obtaining his Master of Business Administration, was already a successful songwriter in Nashville when he auditioned and became the lead singer of the…
Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Bellio is a TROY Online student who was named the USO Airman of the Year in 2016.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Bellio sighs as he looks down from the stands at Veterans Memorial Stadium for the first time.
“Wow,” he says, gripping the guardrail in front of him and turning his eyes to the scoreboard. “This is awesome.”
It’s mid-April. Bellio has been a Troy University student since 2010, but…
Troy University Air Force ROTC cadets perform a drill on the Troy Campus quad.
Troy University’s “Det One-Seven” is flying high after its first semester in more than a decade as a four-year Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps detachment.
Last summer the Air Force upgraded the ROTC program at TROY, a move that allowed the detachment personnel to more effectively recruit Air Force ROTC students to TROY and…
The most powerful woman in the U.S. military earned a master’s degree from Troy University.
Earlier this year, Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson was named commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM), making her the first female combatant commander in the country’s history.
“While I recognize it’s…