Sheriff Mark Lamb

And they're like, ah, don't bother, don't bother.

So I missed that one window.

That's the one regret I have in life was I wished I would have gone into the military because it's really what I wanted to do as a kid anyway.

And so instead, I come back, I get married, and next thing you know, boom, I got five kids.

It wasn't that fast, but I mean, it felt pretty fast.

Oh.

It's a lot.

And then as they get older, there's different sets of challenges that present themselves.

But yeah, so next thing you know, I'm 30 years old, I got five kids, and 9-11 happens.

So now I'm back to looking at going to the military.

and I'm 30, and I'm thinking, how do I make this work financially?

But I couldn't.

But I knew I wanted to do something.

I wanted to do some type of service.

The thought of being a cop never crossed my mind, never.

I'd never grown up thinking I was gonna be a cop.

I was driving by cops, and I was like, those freaking cops.

I was not a police officer guy.

And so 30 years old, I'm looking at the military, and financially, I just couldn't make it work.

It just wasn't.