Marine Corps
1996-2016

Chris was born and raised in Cedar Rapids. He joined the Marine Corps in 1996 at 18 years old after graduating from Kennedy High School. He attended boot camp at MCRD in San Diego, CA and then went on to training in Pensacola Fl for aviation mechanics. He spent a year in Okinawa, Japan and then back to MCAS Miramar, CA spending most of his career working on C130’s. He did tours in Kuwait and Afghanistan. Spent 7 years in upstate New York on recruiting duty and then continuing work with C130’s. While on active duty Chris completed his black belt in the airspeed program and completed his MBA in process improvement. Chris retired in 2016 as a Master Sergeant, finishing his 20 year career working with the V-22’s Osprey’s on Camp Pendleton. Chris resides in CA with his wife Jaime and two sons Brody and Jaicob. He keeps himself busy as a business owner of 3 sports card shops in Ca.

Honored by: CR Association of Realtors/The Trimble and Kleiman Families