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Kitt
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09-06-2000

Monday, January 24, 2011 - 10:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Mike

Name (Age): Mike Chiesl (31)

Tribe Designation: Zapatera

Current Residence: Del Mar, Calif.

Occupation: Former Marine

Personal Claim to Fame: Bringing all my Marines home after my first deployment to Iraq.

Inspiration in Life: My grandfather. He was a B-17 Navigator during World War II and spent two years in a POW Camp.

Hobbies: Scuba-diving, football and golf.

Pet Peeves: Selfishness and laziness.

3 Words to Describe You: Determined, disciplined and outgoing/outspoken.

SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: Rudy. Nobody was intimidated by him, so he wasn’t voted out early and he had the ability to tough it out.

Reason for being on SURVIVOR: Winning the competition and earning the million dollar prize.

Why you think you'll survive SURVIVOR: The mental toughness I've developed from serving in the Marines and playing college football at the US Naval Academy.

Why you think you will be the sole SURVIVOR: I like to think outside of the box, and I am socially aware and strong athletically.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
How can being a former Marine be a profession? At his age he certainly is NOT retired from the Marine Corp.

When I did my Road Scholar (formerly Elderhostel) program in Annapolis (an excellent one!) we learned that Naval Academy grads have a choice of going into the Marines (about 10%) or the Navy! Very interesting!!

Konamouse
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07-15-2001

Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
If that is what they chose for his "occupation" it's because he's really a model or aspiring actor. Remember, the producers "label" the contestants and heaven forbid we find out how many of these "real people" are actually trying to break into the business.



Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 1:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Aaaaaah, Kona! Color me naive!

Konamouse
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07-15-2001

Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 2:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
Well, it's just my guess, but he sure looks like eye-candy.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Friday, January 28, 2011 - 3:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Maybe he decided not to re-enlist somewhat recently? He probably graduated from the naval academy at about age 22 and had an initial commitment of service of at least 5 years. I think different professions require different commitments. Of course they would have offered him a re-enlistment package. I don't know how long he would have had to agree to re-enlist, but if it were only for 2 years, he could have done that and not re-enlisted after that.

I'm just saying that depending on his initial commitment etc, maybe it has not been that long since he separated from the Marines.

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Tuesday, February 01, 2011 - 5:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
He said something about his first deployment. That implies that perhaps there were more deployments.

Here's what I'm finding on a preliminary search:
http://www.facebook.com/chapmanchiesl

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-chiesl/7/b91/bab

http://survivorrealityshow.blogspot.com/2010/12/survivor-22-nicaragua-possible.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6154936/survivor_22_potential_contestant_mike.html

http://www.sandiego.com/news/next-survivor-series-includes-two-san-diegans

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Wednesday, February 02, 2011 - 8:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
They usually have them list the most interesting job. Being a marine is much more interesting than working in real estate or being a professor in a community college.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 10:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
"socially aware and strong athletically" that certainly can win the game, unless you're an ass....we'll see.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, February 14, 2011 - 7:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
He is some easy on the eyes...

Vsmart
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02-10-2003

Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 7:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vsmart a private message Print Post    
Don't ask, don't tell easy out of Iraq.