Ryan graduated from Middletown High School. Ryan went to UD for a year and decided to leave there and enter the Air Force. Ryan's Grandfather Cleon Eckler fought in the Korean War and was a Purple Heart Recipient. Ryan graduated from Lackland Air Force Base with High Honors. He spent 4 years in Montgomery Alabama he is now at Keesler Air Force Base as an Honor Guard. When his year is up for Honor Guard he will be an instructor at Keesler Air Force Base.