Michael grew up as an Air Force brat. His dad was in the Air Force and Michael had the opportunity to move around every three or four years. He lived in Japan a couple of different times. Michael’s family finally settled in Phoenix where he graduated from High School in 1966.

He did find that the best way to dodge the draft in the 60’s was by joining the US Marine Corps in 1968. He went to Vietnam where he spent 2 ½ years with Kilo 3/4 3rd Marine Division.

After he got out of the Marine Corps, he moved back to Phoenix and became a Police Officer and later moved to Las Vegas and worked in the gaming industry until he retired in 2016 and moved to Hurricane.