 Lujan akakurira muLittleton, Colorado asati apinda muUnited States Marine Corps muna 1993 uye akaburitswa zvine ruremekedzo muna 1997, kwaakadzokera kuColorado kuti ave mubereki anoshingaira mukurera mwanasikana wake muduku Emily. Pashure pokurwiswa kwaSeptember 11, 2001, akapindazve muMarine Corps uye akazoendeswa kuKuwait kunotsigira Operation Iraqi Freedom. Mukati mehondo yapasi yokutanga Lujan akakuvadzwa achikwira kumashure kwemotokari uye akatambura madiskiti maviri akaputsika muchikamu chake chepasi. Zvinetso zvakabva pakuvhiyiwa kwacho zvakaita kuti makumbo ake ari pasi ave akaoma mitezo. Akasiyiwa muchiuto muna 2006 nokuda kwezvikonzero zvoutano nemhaka yokukuvara ikoko. 