Matthew Starsiak:  

I always wanted to be a Marine when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a crazy idea. As it turns out, they were right. I live in Key West FL on a little island called Cudjoe Key. The fishing is great and you can eat as much lobster you can catch right in front of your house! You have to be quick though. I admit, the novelty of eating lobster every weekend wears off after the first couple years;) If you come to the Keys in the summer time, the water is so warm you feel like you are in a Jacuzzi. One of my favorite pastimes is taking my family out on the boat so sit on a sand bar and have lunch. Later you watch the sunset and head back home. The people are great and the fishing is some of the best I have ever experienced in the world. We have some great friends that are charter fishermen and will teach you everything you need to pull in swordfish. Just a little history about myself, I have been in the Marine Corps since December of 1991. I joined after my mission while I was at Utah State and it was either becoming a Scout Camp counselor or going to boot camp. Talk about a bad choice. I wish I would have seen FullMetal Jacket before I signed on the dotted line:) I first went into the reserves but when I graduated they offered to make me an officer and I thought it would be good to serve my country a little more and see the world. I have been stationed in California, Texas, Okinawa, and Virginia. I have deployed to various countries throughout Asia, the Middle East, Australia, South and Central America, the Caribbean and many of the Islands of the Pacific. Australia, Thailand, and Singapore are some of the most fun places I have been! In retrospect, it was one of the greatest decisions I could have made next to serving a full time mission. As a Lieutenant I lived in Oceanside California for 4 years and was over in the Gulf during 9/11. I married and had a beautiful baby girl while living in San Diego. I left them on a pier, waved goo...Expand for more