Eric Kelly:
CLASS OF 1988
Stanton College PreparatoryClass of 1988
Jacksonville, FL
Florida A&M UniversityClass of 1996
Tallahassee, FL
Sandalwood High SchoolClass of 1988
Jacksonville, FL
Eric's Story
Life
Still on the grind, though a little slower now. Family has increased by one, so we have two awesome children! After an eight year hiatus, we have finally returned to the good old continental United States. Trying to figure out the next chapter in this thing called life, after 22 years I am now a lot closer to the end of this military career than the beginning. It's been a great ride, perhaps one year I'll actually make it back for a reunion. Until then,stay blessed and be happy.
College
The college years went by way too fast! Four years on the Hill [FAMU] have led to a host of memories. I didn't really see much of the SET until my last semester there as I was working a host of jobs and active very active at the Baptist Atudent Union and the Semper Fi society. Life wasn't all work though, as I made some really good friends that led to a host of adventures that I'll plead the fith on!
I'll always be a proud Rattler until the day I die, but now I am also a SOONER, I received my Masterr's from the University of Oklahoma, in 2003. Grad school was intense, but rewarding, perhaps I'll make it back to school again, but perferrably on someone else's dime!
Update--Back in school one more time!
Workplace
Let's see, high school was 40-50 hour work weeks at Pic 'N Slave Drugs. From there it's been the Corps and some side gigs that I did to keep my head above water while I was in college.
Fast food went by fast [thankfully] Hardees, and Pizza Hut delivery-Sears, the unemployment office, Winn Dixie [now that's a memory, south Side Winn Dixie and the Tennesse Publix, great places to be] internships and the of course the reserves!
Time in high school was a speed bump in life that I wish I had taken the time to slow down for, but work and school will always be filled with fun memories of some great people.
Military
Major
Eric W. Kelly
A native of York, Pennsylvania Major Kelly enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1988. His first assignment was with Marine Corps Security Force Company Keflavik, Iceland. Upon completing his tour in Iceland Captain Kelly was assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines as a mortar man. While with 3/6 Major Kelly deployed in support of Operation Dese...Expand for more
rt Shield/Desert Storm, additionally he completed deployments to Okinawa, Fuji, Japan, and Bridgeport, California.
Major Kelly graduated Magna Cum Laude from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 1996 and received his commission in April of that year. He graduated from The Basic School in March 1997.
Upon completion of the Infantry Officer Course later that year, Major Kelly reported for duty with 2d Battalion, 6th Marines at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Following assignments as a Rifle Platoon Commander, Combined Anti-Armor Platoon Commander, Weapons Company Executive Officer, and Weapons Company Commander and deployments to: Okinawa, Korea, Panama, Argentina and to the Mediterranean in support of Landing Force Sixth Fleet (LF6F), he transferred to Weapons Training Battalion, Quantico, Virginia in 2000. With Weapons Training Battalion, he served as the Officer in Charge of the High Risk Personnel course, assistant director Marksmanship Program Management section (MPMS), and eventually the director MPMS.
Following his assignment at Weapons Training Battalion, Major Kelly attended the Marine Corps Expeditionary Warfare School; concurrently he graduated with distinction and earned a Masters in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma. He was assigned the duties of Commanding Officer, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, and Commanding Officer, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, he deployed these units to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom respectively. After returning from Iraq, Major Kelly was assigned to Third Marine Regiment as the Regimental Assistant Operations Officer.
Major Kelly completed his tour with Third Marines and attended JPME II and was subsequently assigned to his current joint assignment as the Assistant Secretary- Operations for the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission in the Republic of Korea.
Then it was back to the day job. The family and I checked moved to okinawa then I went back to Iraq on another tour. I got back to the family and now here we are still living out in the Pacific. The family is doing well, I can't believe how fast the children are growing!!!
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