Matthew Rees

i was born to craig and debbie somewhere in utah in 1979. when i was about five or so they got a divorce and i went with my mom and lived in sandiego CA, and also Couredelene ID until i was about 11 years old when i moved in with my dad and my step mom mary down in sunny southern CA. growing up i spent a lot of time with the CA cousins (uncle joe and aunt chris' kids), and several of them even lived with us when i was in highschool. i graduated palmdale high class of 98. i served a mission from dec. 99 thru dec 01 in the Washington dc north mission. after coming home i went back to work, and also started going to college. i have had many jobs including working in the casinos in vegas, working at a chevron station, repo man, bodygaurd (dont ask), did part time work for a private i , and spent about 6 years fighting forest fires on a hotshot crew for the US Forest service. after about 8 years of college and no degree (i really really like electives) i decided to take a break from fire and seek some new adventure so i joined the United States Army. i am now stationed at ft lewis (jblm) in washington. i am an infantrymen in a striker brigade. in the near future i will be driving the striker. i think i might be one of the oldest cousins that is still single and doesnt have and kids yet. i love working on cars and driving them, i also love pinochle and play every chance i get. i never pass up the chance for a great adventure. recently i have taken an interest in grandpa (Lloyd) Rees' life and military history, and have discovered information is hard to find ( so if you have any feel free to share). i have 2 brothers- Jacob Rees and Robert Livingston. i guess that about sums it up (all the wild and stupid things i have done would take up to much space :) )