I was born June 2nd 1984 in Bradenton, Florida.  I moved to New York when I was about 4 years old.  I grew up mainly in Central Islip, NY.  I graduated High School from Central Islip Senior High School at the end of June in 2002. Shortly after that I left for Navy boot camp July 10th 2002.

    My journey in the Navy started in Great Lakes, Illinois.  Boot Camp was actually fun for me.  I met a lot of great people and it helped change my life.  After my lovely 10 weeks in Great Lakes I went to Meridian, Mississippi.  I went to school for administration.  The school the Navy sent me to be fun.  MS was a big eye opener and huge culture shock for me.  I am used to walking right down the road to get whatever I might need.  In MS it was 30 miles to the nearest piece of civilization.  I made it through and moved on to Norfolk, Virginia.  I had received orders to the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3).

    I arrived on the USS Kearsarge the day after Thanksgiving.  Shortly after arriving there I went home for Christmas vacation.  When I returned I found out we were deploying at the beginning of January.  I called my family to let them know.  At least I got to see them for Christmas.

    I did three deployments on the USS Kearsarge in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.  I volunteered for the SSDF (Ship's Self Defense Force).  I thought it was fun being on the security team.  I won't go into details here about my deployments but I will probably explain them in my Journal.

    Currently I am still in the Navy.  I am on recruiting duty and going full-time to school.  I have been getting into politics pretty heavily so don't mind if I rant off somewhere on my page about that.  I am a proud card carrying member of the Libertarian Party.

    As for my personal life... I am married to Jamie Cavaggioni.  She is the best thing that's ever happened to me and supports me in whatever I do.  She is the love of my life and my best friend.