[1] After graduating from Grant Community High School in Fox Lake, Illinois, Kazlausky attended the United States Air Force Academy.

[2] On the Air Force Falcons baseball team, Kazlausky was a four-year infield starter at shortstop in 1988 and second baseman from 1989 to 1991 under head coach Paul Mainieri.

[1][3][4] He was an All-Western Athletic Conference honoree in his junior and senior seasons (1990 and 1991), led the team in batting in 1989 and 1991, and ranks among the top Falcons in many offensive categories.

Kazlausky then returned to active service at Charleston Air Force Base as a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III pilot.

After two and a half years deployed abroad, Kazlausky returned again to the Academy and served his third tour as an assistant coach from 2006 to 2008.