00:00From the time I was little, I always knew I was going to be a Marine. I guess after I'd spent a
00:05year and a half or so in college, I was kind of already done with chasing the things you got to
00:10do to keep a scholarship. It seemed like a little bit of pressure on me at the time because when I
00:15wasn't in classes, I was taking a full load and I also was holding a full-time job. Otherwise,
00:21I couldn't afford the rent and the groceries and everything else. It was also just time. You know,
00:26if I was going to go to Parasile and it was time to do it while I was still young, I think I was 19
00:31in December, 94, when I signed up. I had an opportunity at one point to join the Marine
00:37Corps band. I didn't want to be a Marine in the band, and so I joined the infantry, but I joined
00:43in the reserves. The reason I did that was I kind of had this idea that the GI bill and go back to
00:48school and at least have a little money to help me pay for things. I didn't end up going back to
00:53school immediately. I think I did a semester or two at AUM in Montgomery and learned a little bit
00:59about business and studied English and that sort of thing. I'm so glad I got to go and serve the men
01:05that I got to serve. Still, a lot of us get together today, keep up with each other. We support each
01:11other where we can, and they're some of the best men I know. A lot of them still come to my shows
01:16when they can. We get to visit from time to time.
