Brainerd High School Alumni

Brainerd, Minnesota (MN)

Military Alumni

Military High School Alumni

Honoring Our Heroes

This area is dedicated to our alumni that have served or are serving in our armed forces!

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Honored Military Alumni

Lane Crawford
Lane Crawford
Class of 1983
Air Force, 20+ Years

Avionics Specialist in the regular Air Force from '86-'91. Oregon Air National Guard WG-13 Avionics technician ( civilian) '91 to present. Pilot Debrief NCOIC ( weekend warrior position), SMSgt.
Matthew Moilanen
Matthew Moilanen
Class of 1979
Air Force, 4 Years

Aircraft Maintenance and Pararescue.
Michael Hallas
Michael Hallas
Class of 1999
National Guard, 7 Years

Deployed to Bosnia in 2003 for 11 months and Iraq for 22 months. I am a Sergent in the National Guard.
Mike gilbertson
Mike gilbertson
Class of 1996
Army, 12 Years

Cavalry scout!
Mike Millam
Mike Millam
Class of 1979
Navy, 6 Years

Served as Reactor Operator on board CGN-39, the USS Texas, one of 4 Virginia Class nuclear cruisers with 2 D2G 150MW reactors. Spent 114 days straight at sea, 94 of them in the Persian Gulf (around 1985 or so). Lot's of fun, but not enough to stick around for 20 years!
Mindy Finlay
Mindy Finlay
Class of 2002
Army, 3 Years

MOS 63W, wheel vehicle repairer, Stationed at Fort Lee, Va. 49th QM group, 109th, 54th, and 267th QM co.'s
Nicole A Goochey
Nicole A Goochey
Class of 2003
Navy, 3 Years

United States Navy Corpsman, Petty Officer 3rd Class
Quinn Marana
Quinn Marana
Class of 1992
Air Force, 4 Years

Avionics Technician
Grand forks Air Force Base
Operation Southern Watch
Richard Imgrund
Richard Imgrund
Class of 1979
Air Force, 20+ Years

Served March 1980 to 1 April 2004. Retired Senior Master Sergeant (E-8). First 13 years I was a crew chief on fighter aircraft (F-4, F-111), last 11 years I was an intelligence analyst. Lived in Nevada, Germany (four years), New Mexico, England (three years), and Nebraska (since 1998).
rick reineke
rick reineke
Class of 1977
Coast Guard, 6 Years

stationed on uscgc glacier (icebreaker), uscg air station los angeles
Robert Albrecht
Robert Albrecht
Class of 1966
Air Force, 4 Years

Viet Nam-ECM SGT
Robert W. Huston
Robert W. Huston
Class of 1998
Air Force, 6 Years

Been in the United States Air Force for almost 6 1/2 years. I am currently a SSgt serving as an Airman Leadership School Instructor in Grand Forks, ND
Ross W. Duda
Ross W. Duda
Class of 1970
Air Force, 4 Years

Served in AF in Thailand
Scott Montgomery
Scott Montgomery
Class of 1977
Navy, 20+ Years

30 years spent in the Navy, retire 18 July 2008 on my 50th birthday.
Shane Canfield
Shane Canfield
Class of 1977
Army, 13 Years

Army and Army National Guard
Shane Canfield
Shane Canfield
Class of 1977
Army, 13 Years

4 Years Actice Duty. 4 years as a Federal Employee with the Guard, and 9 Years of Guard service in Wyoming and Minnesota.
steve hurst
steve hurst
Class of 1973
Army, 3 Years

Served with 2nd mp co, 2nd inf div, camp casey,Korea. also served with 759th mp BN AT Ft.Dix, NJ, as a AWOL /Deserter investigator
steven amic
steven amic
Class of 1972
Army, 6 Years

tactical communications chief, 11th armored cavalry regiment
steven l moe
steven l moe
Class of 1986
Navy, 4 Years

hospitalcorpsman
Steven Mankowski
Steven Mankowski
Class of 1988
Army, 20+ Years

MN Army National Guard, presently serving. Several tours to Iraq. Various other deployments. CW4 in the Signal (Communication) arena.
Susan Mark-Edwards
Susan Mark-Edwards
Class of 1977
Air Force, 6 Years

Law enforcement/K9 explosive and narcotic detector dog handler.
Susan Mark-Edwards
Susan Mark-Edwards
Class of 1977
Air Force, 6 Years

Law enforcement K9 explosive and narcotics detector handler.
Ted Quale
Ted Quale
Class of 1967
Navy, 20+ Years

I retired as an LDO LCDR. I served primarily as a Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Reactor Safety and Radiological Safety Oversight Officer
Tim Harcey
Tim Harcey
Class of 1977
Marine Corps, 20+ Years

I have served on active duty in the US Marine Corp 1977 to 1982, US Navy 1983 to 1988 and US Naval Reserve 1990 to 2005. Total 24.5 years. I'm now retired.
Wanda Murray
Wanda Murray
Class of 1987
Air Force, 4 Years

Served in Air Force as an Aircraft Structural Maintenance tech, worked on F-15, F-16 and C-130's.
William Goetze
William Goetze
Class of 1979
Army, 2 Years

13 bravo gun bunny, stationed in Germany in 1983 to 85
william mose
william mose
Class of 1985
Navy, 8 Years

boswain mate 3rd class served on USS ADROIT(MSO-509)USS SAN JACINTO(CG-56)and QUANTANAMO BAY CUBA as a military police
WILLIAM WELLIVER
WILLIAM WELLIVER
Class of 2002
Navy, 2 Years

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Our Brainerd High School military alumni are some of the most outstanding people we know and this page recognizes them and everything they have done! Not everyone gets to come home for the holidays and we want our Brainerd High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Brainerd are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!