Matthew Montgomery has spent most of his adult life serving others.
The Corpus Christi native joined the U.S. Marine Corps immediately after graduating from Tuloso-Midway High School in 2005, answering what he describes as a lifelong family tradition of military service and a personal calling that emerged in the years following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
“Every male Montgomery has served in the military all the way back to the American Revolution,” Montgomery said. “I felt a calling to do that. It was right after 9/11, and I felt compelled to do my part and serve my country.”…