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Federal Way siblings serve in U.S. Army

Published 1:34 pm Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Laura Schrader and her brother Danny at his graduation from Army basic training on Sept. 30.
Laura Schrader and her brother Danny at his graduation from Army basic training on Sept. 30.

Siblings Laura and Danny Schrader, both graduates of Todd Beamer High School, are now celebrating another shared accomplishment: serving alongside one another in the U.S. Army.

Laura Schrader graduated from Todd Beamer in 2009 with four-year U.S. Army and four-year U.S. Air Force scholarships in nursing.

She is also an alumna of University of Portland and is currently serving as a nurse at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

Danny Schrader, Todd Beamer class of 2015, graduated from Army basic training on Sept. 30. He was selected as the Distinguished Honor Graduate (first in a class of over 2,000 cadets) and the Iron Soldier (best soldier in physical fitness).

He will be attending a U.S. Army technical school to become an aviation maintenance technician, working on drone technology.