So, John, please tell us how you started, what happened to you in your life and your journey bringing you to what you're doing today.

Yes, ma'am.

Well, my life, uh, my journey is very similar to many, uh, young boys that grew up in the Southern part of the United States.

Um, in a rural areas, you know, you kind of grow up raised.

I was raised by a very loving middle-class family.

I had pretty much every opportunity.

available to me to be successful to be loved i had a wonderful childhood um i can i can't point back to a single thing about my childhood uh that would that would ever cause me to do anything bad i was given every advantage that i could possibly have that would equip me for for life one of the things that was hammered into me at a young age was the importance of service.

Where were you actually? Were you abroad serving in another country?