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Kitt
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09-06-2000
| Monday, January 24, 2011 - 10:50 pm
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.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 9:37 am
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!!
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Konamouse
Member
07-15-2001
| Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 11:35 am
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.

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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 1:47 pm
Aaaaaah, Kona! Color me naive!
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Konamouse
Member
07-15-2001
| Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 2:48 pm
Well, it's just my guess, but he sure looks like eye-candy.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, January 28, 2011 - 3:15 pm
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.
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Gemma120in2002
Member
07-05-2003
| Tuesday, February 01, 2011 - 5:53 pm
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
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Wednesday, February 02, 2011 - 8:00 pm
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.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 10:39 am
"socially aware and strong athletically" that certainly can win the game, unless you're an ass....we'll see.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, February 14, 2011 - 7:34 am
He is some easy on the eyes...
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 7:09 am
Don't ask, don't tell easy out of Iraq.
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