Hey, what's going on, guys? Welcome back to the Mike Force podcast. What happens when a man loses

his mission, his purpose? And what is that? I often think about my very young experience in the military at the age of 17

and how the military defined me, but also gave me left and right limits and a backstop

structure to allow me to operate, make mistakes, but also give me the

discipline and purpose in this mission that really shaped my life, profoundly distilled my purpose

because I was focused. I was mission oriented and set

and everything I wanted to accomplish. The motto back then was be all you could be.

And I read the pamphlet and I watched the movies and I read the books and I knew all the

specific gates, the short term and long term objectives that I wanted to accomplish.

And then one day it was over.

It was behind me.

I remember the term lifer. It was often used when somebody would

basically commit their entire lives to the military. At the 10-year mark, being a sergeant first class,

I said to myself, do I want to continue this journey? Is this worthwhile? Because

once you're beyond 10 years, you might as well commit and being a life remit, your entire

life was committed to the military. Except because I went in when I was 17, if I retired at the age of 37 after 20 years of service, well, I had a lot of

life left in me.

I look at myself, even in my own reflection on video and think to myself, I'm in my 40s.

And I feel like my entire life has started over.

I mean, truly it has.

We'll get there, but truly it has.

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