Kevin Silbaugh served 5 years in the United States Marine Corps (two tours in Iraq, 3 years overseas including duty in Japan, Thailand and South Korea). He earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Management from the University of Phoenix after getting out of the Marines, and is currently working towards a MBA with an Emphasis in International Business at Keller Graduate School of Management. He is also learning Mandarin Chinese on his own. Silbaugh has been involved politically in grassroots operations, and has been studying monetary and economic history since mid-2007.