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USA INSULATIONMOLD MEDICS2025 · TOLEDO
Dan
26+ years in uniform, a single dad of six, and a house that's almost a hundred years old.
26+ yearsof military service
6 kidsraised by one dad
~100 yearsold, his house
Ohio Air National Guard · 26+ years
Meet our hometown hero
Dan enlisted in the Ohio Air National Guard in 2000 and went to active duty after September 11, 2001. He spent about two years in security forces protecting the 180th Fighter Wing and deployed to Kuwait in the summer of 2002. In 2008 he earned an active guard position at his unit, and he's been on active duty ever since. He retires in 2026 after more than 26 years of service.
He's also a single dad of six. His three oldest are in college; a freshman daughter and twin five-year-olds are still at home. Their Toledo house is nearly a hundred years old and never had proper insulation.
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When they told me I won, I couldn't believe it.
— DAN, TO THE BLADEWhat the crews did
The USA Insulation crewInsulated Dan's nearly hundred-year-old house, which had never had proper insulation.
The Mold Medics crewNo mold at Dan's, so the Mold Medics crew cleaned the air ducts throughout the house.
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