Jodelle Marie (Melander) Schroeder  was born February 17, 1975 in Morris, Minnesota to Jeff and Linda Melander. She grew up in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, Fort Worth, Texas, England and Colorado. Jodelle attended elementary school in Elbow Lake and graduated from Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colorado in 1993.

Jodelle enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps in December of 1997. She was sent to Fort Sam Houston for basic training and San Antonio, Texas for advanced training. After training her duty stations included Fort Lewis, Washington, Fort Riley, Kansas, Iraq, Kuwait, National Capital District, Fort Sam Houston and Germany. She is a colonel with the Army Nurse Corps, Health Services Command, MEDCOM, 1st Infantry Division. 

Jodelle and her husband Brian currently live in Landstuhl, Germany and San Antonio, Texas.

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