Where to start? Well, since your past makes you who you are, I suppose the beginning. Born in The Last Frontier but raised on the river, two miles down an old dirt road in the countryside of Oregon. I grew up in the woods, in a small valley where I lived the actual life they sing about in most country songs. Hunting, fishing, traversing the mountains just to see what was on the other side, with nothing but my dog and my rifle. It was the “Be home by dark” lifestyle that the kids of today will know nothing about, sadly.
I always wanted to be a Marine for some reason. Kids I knew often mistook them for soldiers or simply had no clue there was a difference at all, but not me. I knew early on in life the stories of Carlos Hathcock and the Island Hopping Campaigns. So as soon as I was able, I enlisted in the Marines. During MCT a Marine came to the mass of Privates ready to head off to our barracks and asked who wanted to jump out of planes. Of those who volunteered, three were chosen based off GT scores and merits. Those three were myself and who would become two of my closest friends.
After some joint operations with what was the early stages of 1st MSOB, I was pulled to their unit in the first wave of non-staff NCO’s after its initial stand up. There I deployed to Afghanistan, and ultimately served out my contract with the Marine Corps. I suppose the details of this time would be better discussed over some beers or whiskey, so if you want those, come have a drink with me sometime.
Shortly after separating from the Marines, I went into business for myself doing what was my hobbies, building cars and later, fabricating parts at Architekt Fabrication. I met with a good friend Brian Kovacs, and started to apply my skills in weapons training and tactics once again, and it felt great. So after many years of friendship and training, and sick and tired of the communist and anti-American news outlets, we have come to this point: Starting a media outlet, controlled by true Patriots, to accurately report on all things for the American people.
