CPT Matthew Strack grew up in Champaign, Illinois. He is married to his amazing spouse Laura Strack. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research. He earned a Master of Science in Operations Research at North Carolina State in 2023. 

CPT Strack was commissioned as a Field Artillery Officer. His first duty was at Fort Campell where he served in 1-320th FAR as Fire Direction Officer and Battery Executive Officer and deployed as Fire Support Officer in 1-75 CAV in support of OIR in Iraq.  His second duty was Fort Bliss where he serve as a Battalion Fire Support Officer in 1-6 IN. He took HHC Command in Joint Modernization Command as his final assignment there.