Episode 320: Matt Stemmler

Matt Stemmler and Paul served briefly together in the Virginia Army National Guard and know a lot of the same people. Matt was a military kid as his Dad was career United States Coast Guard. He told Paul they moved all over. His first two years of high school were in Connecticut and his last two were in Virginia. He made a lot of new friends through sports and in high school, his sport was wrestling. They talked about the benefits of wrestling and some of the life lessons that Matt learned and that it teaches. He had already thought about it, but when 9/11 happened at the beginning of his senior year, the military became the path that Matt chose. They talked about his four (4) tours of duty, the various units he served in and duties that he performed. They also discussed him going to college in between tours and having an internship with the Washington Redskins. They finished by talking about his wife and their three kids.