WE'RE PROUD OF OUR VETERANS! 

Charles "Bill" Ricker at age 20
Corporal in the U.S. Army - 20th Field Artillery Division
1953-1955 Korean War (Hanau, Germany)
Now retired from Bessie Mine in 1988

WORKINGS is looking for JWR employees who have served their country in the U.S. Military.  Send a photo of you in uniform with your name, rank, branch of service, your age at the time the photo was taken and dates served and you will receive an embroidered JWR camo cap and a U.S. flag pin.  Your photo and military information will be shown here.  Make sure you include your JWR work location and your current job title.  Send to Dennis Hall (dhall@jwrinc.com) at the Training Center.  You may send digital images or prints, which will be returned unharmed. 

Richard Hoskinson at age 22
E4 - U.S. Air Force
1969 in Vietnam
Now Electrician at No. 7 Mine

Paul Turner at age 20
Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps
1967-68 in Viet Nam
Now Production Foreman at No. 4 Mine

Dwight Cagle at age 21
Corporal E-4 U.S. Marine Corps, 3rd Division
1969-71 at Okinawa, Japan
Also served in the Army National Guard
Now Electrician at No. 7 Mine (32 Years with JWR)

Jack D. Walker at age 19
SP4 - U.S. Army
39th Engineering Group, Ettlingen, Germany
Served from 1959 to 1962
Now Electrician at No. 4 Mine Shop

Randy Pullins (last person on right) at age 19
E-4 U.S. Army
1971 in Vietnam
Now Roofbolter at No. 4 Mine
 

William Prisock at age 20
SGT. (E-5) U.S. Army
1965-67 at Fort Bliss and Vietnam
Now Longwall Helper at No. 5 Mine

Eric LaFoy at age 27
SSG (E-6) - U.S. Army
1995-2003 in Friedberg, Germany
Now G.I.L. at No. 4 Mine

(Photo to come)

Kerry Cupp
Second Class Petty Officer - U.S. Navy
September 1987 to October 1994 - Desert Storm
Now Evening Shift at No. 7 Mine
 

(Photo to come)

Byron Short, Jr.
Specialist E-4 U.S. Army
 Air National Guard - ANG 117th ARW
Now GISL at No. 7 Mine

 

Wade Ellis at age 23
Corporal - Marine Corp
2000-2003 in Iraq
Now Electrician at No. 4 Mine

Michael Foster at age 19
SP 4 - U.S. Army
1970-72 in Vietnam
Now Rock Duster at No. 4 Mine

Douglas Ward at age 24
E-5 - U.S. Army
Nine years in Panama, Korea, Kuwait & Honduras
Now Inside Electrician at No. 4 Mine

Richard T. McRea at age 18
Spec. 4 - U.S. Army
1970-72 Fort Polk, Louisiana
Now Roofbolter at No. 7 Mine

 
 Jake Bunn at age 20
SPC 4 - U.S. Army 101st Airborne
1971-72 in Vietnam
Now Prep Plant Mechanic at No. 5 Mine
 

Jim Bunn at age 18
E-4 Sergeant - U.S. Air Force
Saudi Arabia 1991-1999
Now Roofbolter at No. 4 Mine

Jerry Pike at age 21
Airman - First Class, U.S. Air Force
1970 in Vietnam
Now Manager Environmental Engineering

Bob Sweeney at age 20
E4, U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam 1965-1967
Now Electrical Engineer at No. 5 Mine

Richard Katz at age 22
E4 - 3rd Class Petty Officer - U.S. Navy
1972 aboard the USS Lamore County
Now Project Engineer at CMO

Larry Ausborn at age 21
SP4 - U.S. Army
1967 Vietnam
Now Shop Foreman at No. 7 Mine
 

(LEFT)
Matthew Martin at age 21
SP4- U.S. Army
1972 - 1975 in Germany
Now Belt Foreman at No. 7 Mine



(RIGHT)
Matthew Martin at age 48
National Guard
Sergeant First Class
1975 - 2002
 

Ricky Cox at age 18
E5 - U.S. Army
1970 Vietnam
Now Heavy Equipment Operator at Central Shop

Jimmy Calvert at age 18
Navy Airman on the USS Midway
1961 off the coast of Vietnam
Now Coordinator at Central Shop

Mike Hall at age 22 (3rd from left)
Airman - U.S. Air Force
1970 at Chanute Air Base (Illinois)
Now Director Human Resources
 

Harold Rice at age 25
Captain - U.S. Air Force
1969 in Vietnam
Now Vice President Law & Human Resources

Rayford Kelley at age 21
Airman Second Class - U.S. Air Force
1957-1961 Stationed in England
Now Human Resources Supervisor - No. 7 Mine
 

Larry Woodman at age 20
Sergeant - U.S. Army "Shake & Bake" Recon Team Leader
Camp Evans, Vietnam 1971
Echo Company (Recon)
 3rd 187 Inf. 101 Airborne Division
Now Electrician at Central Shop

Roosevelt Harris at age 19
SP4 U.S. Army
1973 in Berlin, Germany
Now Washer Operator at No. 7 Mine

Larry Pugh at age 31
E5 U.S. Army Special Forces
1991 in Saudi Arabia
Now GIL at No. 5 Mine

Tom Fields at age 22
E5 U.S. Army
1996 at Camp Doha in Kuwait
Now Electrician Trainee at No. 7 Mine

Larry Holt (left) at age 20
Sergeant in U.S. Army
Stationed in Amberg, Germany
Now First Class Repair Mechanic OS No. 7 Mine

William Chambliss at age 25
E6 U.S. Navy
1968 in Naples, Italy
Now Heavy Equipment Operator at No. 7 Mine

Rodney T. Winston at age 21
U.S. Army
1978 in Baum holder, Germany
Now F/C O/S Welder at No. 4 Mine
 

Adam Hallman (right) at age 22
Sgt. United States Marine Corps
Photo in Nazaria, Iraq
Now Miner Operator Helper - No. 4 Mine

Staff Sgt. David Shoemaker
Air Force - 7th Bomb Wing SAC
1972-1974 Carswell AFB in Ft. Worth Texas
1974-1979 Air National Guard - 7th Bomb Wing
Currently Outside Electrician at No. 5 Mine