My Philosophy & Military Background
While many paths may lead us to our destination, I usually choose the path less traveled.
I am a contrarian by nature and believe that following the fads and the trends of the day usually leads to disappointment and failure.
A few examples:
- Most people want a masssive, brand new home. I own a brick home built in the 1880s.
- While brand-new pickup trucks are the best selling vehicles, I primarily drive a 40-year old european sedan with over 250k miles.
- Many people strive to be near a big city for all of its entertaining attractions; I prefer the serenity of a farm.
- When I wasn't getting enough flight time in the Army to advance my career, I bought an airplane and flew it around the country, proving myself as a capable aviator.
- Instead of getting my MBA and pursuing a corporate career after the Army, I started businesses.
You don't have to go against the grain in every facet of life to work with me. In fact, many of my most successful clients work corporate careers after their military service and have big families by today's standards. But the job is a means to an end... and career success is not the goal outside of helping them provide for their families.
Military Background:
In 8 years of service as an Aviator to the United States Army, I held multiple platoon leader positions and Battalion S1 in the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade at Fort Riley, KS which included a deployment to Tarin Kowt and Kandahar, Afghanistan. After the career course, I moved to the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade at Fort Hood where, following a stint in the Brigade S3, I took command of an attack recon troop consisting of AH-64 helicopters and Shadow UAVs.
18 months of command included fielding new versions of the Apache helicopter and Shadow UAV and leading the troop through a National Training Center rotation.
My military service ended in July of 2017.