Home / People / Richard Taylor Richard Taylor Gardner-Webb ROTC; Senior Military Science Instructor Richard Taylor is senior military science instructor for ROTC and the Department of Public Service. Taylor worked as the military science instructor at Newberry (S.C.) College from 2014-2015. He then entered the manufacturing world, acting in supervising roles for departments in the automotive, aerospace, and pharmaceutical industries. Taylor has been a serving member of the South Carolina National Guard since graduating and receiving his commission as an Army Officer from Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., and has deployed to Kuwait and Iraq. He has a Bachelor of Arts in History with minors in military science and Chinese. He likes to restore vehicles, snowboard and enjoy the outdoors.