My dad was a builder and drywall contractor and I spent many summer days helping him out on jobs. As I grew older I developed an interest in building my own stuff from models then on to bigger things. In High school I was a welder and I felt that that was my calling. I enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2001 before 9/11 happened so that I could get money for school to become an underwater welder and salvage diver. The way the political tension in the world was going after the 9/11 attacks had me going to war instead of school. When I wasn't deployed overseas I still made extra money building and repairing homes for friends to make extra money.