Jason Gunning

After growing up outside Chicago, Illinois, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as an M1A1 tank crewman in 2012 and was assigned to Bravo Company, First Tank Battalion, Seventh Marines stationed at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms. While serving, he deployed to both the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific region. He spent most of his career as a tank gunner, supervising the crew, preparing equipment, and weapons systems.