David Karnes:  

Life Since high school life's been quite an adventure. I reported for Marine basic training 10 days after graduation. I eventually returned home a changed and better man, having added 25 lbs. of muscle and 100 lbs. of confidence. After a few years hitting the books at Penn State I decided to carry on the proud Karnes family tradition as a third generation steelworker (we know how that story ends). I will forever treasure the memories of working with my father and brother at U.S. Steel Corporation’s Structural Division. I served as a police officer over the next 6 years and discovered that although the money was lacking I was very rich in job fulfillment. I loved being a cop but in '88 went back to another love, the active Marines for another four. Two combat tours and a degree in government later, I got out and relocated to New York bound for ...Expand for more