Bill Thompson

I joined to be a military policeman, which I absolutely would have hated.

All of them got turned into infantry people or stand gate guard, which is a needed function in the military.

But it doesn't apply to my personality.

But when I went to the recruiter station out in Minneapolis, I think it was, I was a bonehead and I forgot my driver's license.

And they're like, well, and I was supposed to leave.

And at this time I had dumped my girlfriend, told everyone goodbye.

I'd wiped the dust off my boots, like left Cavalier, North Dakota.

And I was like, hey, I'm not going back.

So whatever we got to do right now,

And he's like, well, you can go home, get your license, because the MEPS station was in Minneapolis.

Was it Fargo?

It doesn't matter.

It was five, six, seven hours away.

And they're like, well, you're not leaving today without a driver's license.

So I looked at my recruiter and I was like, I don't know what job you need to get me into, but it needs to be a different job.

And they're like, well, you scored exceptionally high in your general technical part of your ASVAB, which is like understanding machines and objects and stuff.

So we could get you into this like Intel job where you'd learn about radars and stuff.

And that immediately clicked for me.

And then he's like, well, we got to go brief you in this skiff room.

There's a secure compartmented information facility.