Born and raised in Long Island, New York and attended Sachem Schools in Lake Ronkonkoma before joining the United States Air Force as a Subsistance Specialist assigned to the Air Force Commissary Service (AFCOMS) and the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA).

After serving in the Air Force then went and worked as a civilian for the Defense Commissary Agency.

Assigned to Chanute AFB, IL, Hanscom AFB, MA, Kunsan AB, South Korea, Sheppard AFB, TX, Bolling AFB, Washington, DC, Fort Myer, VA, Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Holloman AFB, NM, Fort Bliss, TX.

Mother Arline Mary Mayer-Pollanen-McLaughlin
Father Edward Herman Pollanen

Born and raised in Long Island, New York and attended Sachem Schools in Lake Ronkonkoma before joining the United States Air Force as a Subsistance Specialist assigned to the Air Force Commissary Service (AFCOMS) and the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA).

After serving in the Air Force then went and worked as a civilian for the Defense Commissary Agency.

Assigned to Chanute AFB, IL, Hanscom AFB, MA, Kunsan AB, South Korea, Sheppard AFB, TX, Bolling AFB, Washington, DC, Fort Myer, VA, Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Holloman AFB, NM, Fort Bliss, TX.

Mother Arline Mary Mayer-Pollanen-McLaughlin
Father Edward Herman Pollanen