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!

Lost Class Rings

Have you lost your Storm Lake High School class ring? Have you found someone's class ring? Visit our Tornadoes lost class ring page to search for your class ring or post information about a found ring.

Honored Military Alumni

Bruce A. Trickel
Bruce A. Trickel
Class of 1975
Air Force, 20+ Years

Served with the United States Air Force for 20+ years in the fields of Inventory Management, Recruiting, and Healthcare Administration. Retired as a senior noncommissioned officer, rank of Master Sergeant. Assignments included Denver, CO, Phoenix, AZ, Minneapolis, MN, Fargo, ND, San Antonio, TX, Sioux Falls, SD, Manchester, NH, Portsmouth, NH, and Boston, MA.
Jeff Bittner
Jeff Bittner
Class of 1992
Army, 20+ Years

I'm a lifer...
Lyle Coney
Lyle Coney
Class of 1975
Air Force, 20+ Years

Joined the Army Reserve in 1974 prior to graduating from High School, went Active Duty Army upon graduating in 1975 from High School, serving over 6 years active in the Infantry. Came back to Storm Lake and attended Buena Vista College, graduating in 1985. I stayed in the Army Guard until 1990, then went to the Air Force Reserve. After serving 5 deployments from 2001 through 2007 at forward operating bases supporting Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, I retired after 33 years of service.
Stephen VanRoekel
Stephen VanRoekel
Class of 1964
Marine Corps, 20+ Years

United States Marine Corps draftee in 1966, servered off an on over 37 months in Vietnam. Security duty for 7 years, deployed to Desert Storm. All kinds of excitement that the government saw fit to engaged me into.

Classmates Spotlight

Storm Lake High School Classmates

Jennifer Burns
Class of '96

Alumni Stories

High School Alumni Stores

Read and submit stories about our classmates from Storm Lake High School, post achievements and news about our alumni, and post photos of our fellow Tornadoes.

School News

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Our Storm Lake 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 Storm Lake High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Storm Lake are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!