Episode 320: Matt Stemmler

Stories from the Center of the Universe · Apr 14, 2025 · 1h 37m

Matt Stemmler and Paul served briefly together in the Virginia Army National Guard and know a lot of the same people. Matt was a military kid as his Dad was career United States Coast Guard. He told Paul they moved all over. His first two years of high school were in Connecticut and his last two were in Virginia. He made a lot of new friends through sports and in high school, his sport was wrestling. They talked about the benefits of wrestling and some of the life lessons that Matt learned and that it teaches. He had already thought about it, but when 9/11 happened at the beginning of his…