Charles Matheny is a military veteran of fifteen years, serving six years in the Navy as an electronic technician on the USS Carl Vincent and nine years in the Army as a tanker in the 303rd Armored. After his service ended abruptly in a medical discharge, he eventually started a Twitch channel as a compromise between his wife’s insistence to “Get out there and be more social” and his unwillingness to leave the house. He’s since grown his channel to 2500 followers and a bustling international community that served as a safe haven for veterans and others feeling isolated during the pandemic. Today he promotes mental wellness and suicide prevention while entertaining viewers with his ‘grumpy old tanker veteran’ persona. He can be regularly found on Twitch as the handle ghost_prime and more information about his channel and other projects can be found at www.grumpytank.com