Chris joined the Navy in 1991 where he was a yellow shirt on the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy CV-67. After his active duty time Chris became a Journalist in the Navy Reserve assigned to the Naval Reserve Center, Milwaukee. He has been a photographer since a child and being a journalist was his passion. After a deployment to Special Operations Command South in Puerto Rico Chris decided to change services and join the Air Force. He was assigned to Visual Information at the 440th Airlift Wing in Milwaukee. After two year he joined the 4th Combat Camera Squadron in Riverside, California. He is still assigned to the 4th now stationed at Joint Base Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. In his civilian life Chris owns a broadcast television company, Snap 180 Media producing live television events for ESPN, Fox News, The Weather Channel and other national networks. Chris just returned from a deployment to the Horn of Africa where for 8 months he documented operations in East Africa.