Lucas Bloedel is stationed at Okinawa Naval Base in Okinawa, Japan. After graduating from boot camp in Great Lakes, Ill., on Sept. 11, he received his medical evacuation and training at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, graduating on Jan. 13, 2016.
Lucas is a 2015 graduate of Montezuma-Cortez High School. He is the son of David and Gabriele Bloedel.
