Prior to his retirement, he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Reserve Affairs, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C.[1] Blaz was elected the delegate to Congress from Guam in 1984 as a Republican.

During the occupation he was forced to work in labor battalions building aviation fields and planting rice.

[4] At the beginning of the Korean War, Blaz joined the Marine Corps Reserve and attended Officer Candidate School.

He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps after graduation, and served in Japan during the war.

His thesis, The Cross of Micronesia, was published in the Naval War College Review and entered verbatim in the Congressional Record in August 1971.

General Blaz served in a variety of command and staff billets throughout the Marine Corps, highlighted in 1972 by his assignment as Commanding Officer, 9th Marine Regiment, which was one of the major units involved in the liberation of his native Guam during World War II.

In response to a New York Times editorial supporting statehood for the District of Columbia, Blaz took the opportunity to explain Guam's situation.

In spite of misgivings and his effort to point out the realities of Washington politics, Blaz faithfully introduced the Guam Commonwealth bill twice and advanced the cause of the return of excess lands and war reparations.

During his first term, in the 99th United States Congress, he introduced legislation — the Veterans' Educational Assistance Act — to expand eligibility under the G.I.