Submitted by Andrea Bird -

Ted Bloemendaal
U.S. Army

In 1999, Ted graduated from Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California and in 2003 he received a Bachelor's Degree from California State University Chico. Ted completed Basic and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina in 2004. In 2005, he deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, providing convoy escort security to Coalition Forces. In mid-2007, SGT Bloemendaal was ordered to Fort Huachuca, Arizona, to complete advanced Military Intelligence training.

Ted is currently assigned to the 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion, 40th Infantry Division.

Ted's mother Nancy Meyers Bloemendaal graduated from La Mirada High School in 1970. Ted's father Erik Bloemendaal graduated from Neff High School in 1969.