Mike joined the United States Navy March 11, 1999. His basic training was held in Chicago, IL and was stationed in Pearl Harbor, HI. His assignment was on a Destroyer, USS Hopper DDG-70.
He and his brother Anthony are fraternal twins.
His ex wife; Lyn, was born in Waterbury, CT and grew up in Oxford, CT until her early teens and moved to Kentucky. She has no siblings.