Bill Thompson

There's only one guy who's got a clearance and he can brief you on the job.

And if you want that job, then you can leave tomorrow.

I instantly started hearing like the James Bond music.

Yeah.

And so they walked me in this back place and nothing super crazy and briefed me up on the job.

And I went back out and I said, yeah, this is actually the job for me.

So the absurdity of life is me forgetting my driver's license when I was 16.

I was 16 when I signed up.

Maybe 17.

No, I was turning 17 that December.

When I signed up for the military, I can connect with a string to forgetting my driver's license to being here with you today.

You can sign up when you're 16?

I think I was turning 17.

I didn't even know you could sign up when you're 17.

I had signed my delayed entry program thing, and I left a little bit before my 18th birthday.

So I just graduated from high school.

But yeah, you can sign up when you're 16, I believe, as long as your parents sign the waiver.

My mother signed the waiver.

She was happy to get me out of the trailer.

So yeah, I was 17, almost 18 when I left.