FRA Alumni
Alumni, we are trying to update this list. Please email name,
rank, branch of service, and year graduating from FRA to
library@flintriveracademy.com so that we may recognize our
service men and women.
FRA Graduates and Former Students who have served or are
currently serving our country
Kristopher A. Gill, currently a Private, soon to be Private First Class, USMC, FRA 2007
Lance Corporal Super Phillips, USMC, FRA 2000
Jessica Paul, USN, FRA 1998
Captain Patrick Wasden, USMC, FRA 1995
2LT Erin Ludmer (formerly Owens), USA, FRA 1993
Captain Shannon Beall, USMC, FRA 1993
Samantha Paul, USAF, FRA 1993
Major Michael P. McGinn, USAF, FRA 1992
Kevin C. Newman, Staff Sergeant USMC, Years of service1995-2003, FRA 1992
Lt. Col. Steve Melton, USAF, FRA 1984
Major Gay Garrett, USA, 1983
Commander Joe Stricklin, USN, FRA 1981
Mac McNair, USA
Jason Carden, USMC
Trey Bartlett, FRA Class of 2000
The Flint River Academy family is saddened to learn of the death of Trey Bartlett. His cheery smile and personable character will be cherished memories for classmates, friends, and teachers. Our sympathies go out to the family.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Pfc. Benjamin B. Bartlett Jr., 25, of Manchester , Ga., died July 15, in Mosul, Iraq , of wounds suffered from a rocket propelled grenade. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss , Texas.
Soldier From Ga. Killed in Iraq
Web Editor: Leah Johnson
A Fort Bliss soldier from Georgia was killed this week in Iraq. The Department of Defense said Tuesday that 25-year-old Benjamin B. Bartlett, Jr. of Manchester died Sunday in Mosul in a rocket propelled grenade attack.
Bartlett was a fire support specialist assigned to the Second Battalion, Seventh Cavalry Regiment, Fourth Brigade Combat Team of the First Cavalry Division.
He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart and promoted from private to specialist.
Bartlett joined the Army in Atlanta in 2005 and was previously
stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Associated Press
Mark Tweed, Class of 1982, making an impact on FRA
 In his 1982 graduation valedictorian speech, Mark Tweed spoke on “Facing the Sun” and quoted Isaiah 40:31, “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.”
Mark Tweed today is part of a successful architectural firm in Los Angeles and he is still running and with renewed energy. He has turned his talents to FRA, and has offered building and landscaping plans that should renew FRA and help us present a more upscale public image.
Tweed finished FRA in 1982 and went on to earn bachelor and master degrees at Georgia Tech. He refined his talents and education by being part of their Paris Program for architects. But he thanks FRA for his first exposure to the world: “I had never had a taco or Asian cuisine until FRA.”
While at FRA he always wanted to be an athlete, but he said he weighed 95 pounds wet and was just not eligible. His mother, who taught at FRA, and lives with him in Beverly Hills, began our FRA Choralier program. In its beginning, Choraliers practiced daily after baseball practice from 5-6:30 and had no designated classroom. Tweed praises FRA not only for its strong academics (He was Valedictorian and STAR Student), but offering opportunities for all, “few schools allow and encourage their students to be able to try and do it all: academics, sports, fine arts.”
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