Louise was inducted into the U.S. Air Force in February 1956. She graduated from the University of Iowa Practical Nursing Program in 1955 on a scholarship and then worked at Manning Hospital until she entered the military. Louise went to San Antonio, Texas, for nine weeks of basic training and was then assigned as a Surgery Tech at the Travis Air Force Hospital. She was the first female enlistee to have the position at that time. A/2C Mohr was discharged on December 1958. She has four brothers who served in the military: Franklin, Robert, Russell, and Allen.