Jimmy Geracollo grew up on the Lower Eastside of Manhattan. He may have been above average in intelligence but his school grade never reflected that capacity. His teenage years as a gang member were imprinted on police blotters and one such incident left him with a choice of jail or the military. Against his wishes he ended up in the Marine Corps. Marine Corps discipline in boot camp was his next obstacle but he managed to survive it. He was sent to Iraq and survived that too. After Iraq his company of Marines became test subjects in a government program to study the effects of combat on those who fought in it. At the testing center he was reacquainted with a lost love. His relationship with his love was his reason for living and they both hoped to marry and live happily ever after, but then tragedy struck and his life was turned upside down. That tragedy led to his problems with the justice system and controlled his future.