Inducted: 2019
Lakeland Senior High Graduate, 1998
Lt. Col. Robert Eyman is currently assigned to the Headquarters, Department of the Army at the Pentagon.
He was the first student to win the Volunteer of the Year Award at Southwest Middle School for his work with special needs students. Throughout his school years, he actively participated in community service, school clubs, sports and academics. His service to teen court earned him awards and scholarships, including the Glenda Templeton Award and the Silver Garland Award. He participated in National Honor Society, Spanish Club, the yearbook staff, and served in leadership roles for student government and Leo Service Club. An avid water skier, he competed throughout high school and college.
After graduating from the University of Central Florida, he received a commission as an officer in the U.S. Army. He has been stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq. He served as an instructor at the U.S. Army Military Police School at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. He was promoted to the rank of major and attended the U.S. Naval War College before relocating to Hawaii to become the operations officer and eventually executive officer for the 8th Military Police Brigade.
At the completion of that assignment, he relocated to the Washington, D.C., area, where he served as a fellow with the U.S. Marshals Service before being assigned to the Pentagon, where he currently serves as the chief of the Strategic Initiatives Group for the U.S. Army Provost Marshal General. He has received numerous awards and decorations, including three Bronze Stars, three Meritorious Service Medals, the Combat Action Badge, and Air Assault Badge.
He and his wife Sarah reside in Alexandria, Va., with their son Ryland and daughter Katherine. In the summer of 2020, Robert will take command of the 525th Military Police Battalion in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.