Jon Wing visited the MMA booth at this years’ International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans. He and classmate Steve Walker and many other alumni also attended the annual MMA reception held at the Westin Canal Place, and heard an update on the MARAD training ship initiative.

Pete Kopf retired on September 30 with 44.5 years of U.S. Marine Corps service. He completed 30 years active duty as an infantry and joint staff officer, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. Kopf experienced world-wide deployments, ranging from Arctic climates in Alaska, Iceland and Norway, to jungle/tropic settings in the Philippines, Okinawa, Guam and Thailand, along with the deserts of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, and many more.

He accumulated more than 13 years in overseas assignments and deployments. During Desert Storm he served a year-long tour as Senior Advisor to the 1st Brigade, Royal Saudi Marines. He served two combat tours, one in Iraq (’06) with 7th Marine Regiment in Al Anbar province, and in Afghanistan (’10) with 82d/101st Airborne, and Regional Command East, with operations extending to the Pakistan border. On active duty, he was fortunate to attend six schools to include the Naval War College where he gained a master’s degree in Strategic Studies.

Following military retirement, Kopf was immediately hired as a government service employee (GS-14), serving as Branch Head for Regional Operations, Plans and Policy in the G3/5/7 of Headquarters, Marine Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia. He lives in Virginia Beach with four of his 6 children living in the local area.

Dave Lieberman (left) and Larry Burrill (right) caught up at the tailgate party at Catholic University in November. Burrill is stepping in to assume Class Agent duties while Earle Cianchette assumes the role of chairman of the MMA Board of Trustees.

Capt. John Gazzola sent a photo of MMA alumni attending a Flagship Management social during the recent International WorkBoat Show. Pictured are: Doug Frongillo ’01, Brian Orme ’00, Keith Higginbotham ’00, Nathan Gandy ’92, Eric Smith ‘88, Sherri Hickman ’85, Craig Johnson ’91 (Flagship partner), Ryan Smith ’00, Russell Harriman ’95, Capt. Gazzola and John McDonald ’93.