Born in November, 1966 into a family full of military heroes, Carl had a feeling at a young age that his family's service would influence him to one day wear the uniform. Carl's dad was a Prisoner of War in WWII and retired Army officer and his older brother Bruce was a Viet Nam veteran and a retired Army officer as well.

In the fall of 1984, Carl began his first year at the University of Connecticut. Aside from the routine class load, Carl was in the Army ROTC program and played on the university's baseball team at the Hartford branch campus. Upon graduation, in 1988, Carl accepted a regular Army commission and embarked on a 22 year career that would take him to Korea, Egypt, Somolia, all over Europe, Kuwait and Iraq. Additionally, Carl was on site at the Pentagon on 9-11 approximately one hour after the disaster took place and worked there until the Military District of Washington's mission was completely. Aside from enjoying his interaction with all service members, Carl has two significant highlights outside command: he served on the Armed Force Inaugural Committee twice and Carl served as a military escort for President Reagan's personal physician when the country honored the passing of our 40th President.

Carl enjoys sports particularly softball, works diligently with the University of Connecticut DC Alumni chapter and has recently become a part of the Leonberger Dog enthusiast club. Starhavens in the Ninth or Niner is now part of Carl's household. Carl has one brother and one sister both married and 5 nieces and 2 nephews.