MEET MARK GEIL, 2025 1ST VICE PRESIDENT
I was born to James and Caroljean Geil in 1963. I am the third son of five children, two older brothers and two younger sisters.
I grew up in Park Forest South, Il (renamed University Park). In 1977, we moved to Chicago Heights, Il. Then in 1982 my father and I moved to Apache Junction, AZ as an advanced party for the family. The rest of family moved after school got out in June 1982.
After graduation from high school, June 1982, I have worked as a forestry firefighter, dry wall and construction laborer, volunteer firefighter & several misc. other jobs before entering the navy as a photographer in 1987. Shortly after joining the military, I met my wife, Shannon & we married in December of 1990.
We have one daughter, Sarai who is married to Jefferey and they have two children, Olivia and Grayson.
In my military career I spent 17 years in the Virginia Beach, VA area: being stationed at Fleet Imaging Command, Atlantic Intelligent Command, USS EISENHOWER (CVN 69), Joint Forces Staff College, and USS MOUN WHITNEY (LCC 20). For my last duty station, I was transferred to Jacksonville, FL and stationed at VP-16, War Eagles from which I retired from in 2007.
Since 2007, I have worked as a bartender at Sterlings (now Bluefish) in Riverside, TSA Officer at Jacksonville International Airport from 2008-2013 as well as a Real Estate Agent and Photographer since leaving TSA.
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