Christopher Chance was born and raised in Rochester, New York. After Chance graduated from high school, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. After recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and the Marine Rifleman Course at the School of Infantry at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, he was selected for Marine Corps Security Forces training. Chance then went on to the Marine Corps Security Forces Training Company. Upon completion of training, he was assigned as a Marine Corps Security Force Guard to Marine Corps Security Force Company Guantanamo Bay at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Chance was later assigned to the 2nd Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Company at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown in Virginia. While with the 2nd FAST Company, he became highly skill