Ryan Stein was born on October 7th 1975 in Tampa, FL.

He joined the US Navy in June of 1994, retired from active duty on October 1, 2014.

He is married to the beautiful Amy Stein (Formerly Cruz) of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, and they have a total of 7 children (blended step-family) and 2 grandchildren.

Quoted from the movie Courageous: “I don’t feel like I started well, I want to finish well!”