John Miles

I kind of saw myself being out there and living this life of exhilaration, et cetera. And for me, that's exactly how my life was going up until about the age 28. I had gone to the Naval Academy, had spent time as a military officer where I was working at the counter-drug mecca for the United States.

I kind of saw myself being out there and living this life of exhilaration, et cetera. And for me, that's exactly how my life was going up until about the age 28. I had gone to the Naval Academy, had spent time as a military officer where I was working at the counter-drug mecca for the United States.

And in this command, we had all these different law enforcement entities and intelligence entities, and they all asked me to apply. And here I am making this choice of, do I want to go to the DEA, NSA, FBI, et cetera? And I ended up taking the route of becoming an FBI agent.

And in this command, we had all these different law enforcement entities and intelligence entities, and they all asked me to apply. And here I am making this choice of, do I want to go to the DEA, NSA, FBI, et cetera? And I ended up taking the route of becoming an FBI agent.

And it was literally a few days from going to Quantico when my detailer called me out of the blue and said, I've got some unfortunate news for you. Congress can't get their act together. You use stronger words than that. And your class has unfortunately been recycled. And to my nativity, I thought,

And it was literally a few days from going to Quantico when my detailer called me out of the blue and said, I've got some unfortunate news for you. Congress can't get their act together. You use stronger words than that. And your class has unfortunately been recycled. And to my nativity, I thought,

He was telling me I had a couple month delay and it ended up being closer to a four year, three and a half to four year delay. And by the time that the opportunity represented itself, I had been forced to take a plan B when this plan A vanished in front of me and that plan B.

He was telling me I had a couple month delay and it ended up being closer to a four year, three and a half to four year delay. And by the time that the opportunity represented itself, I had been forced to take a plan B when this plan A vanished in front of me and that plan B.

B ended up becoming then the next 20 to 25 years of my career, a career that I never thought I was going to get into and was kind of forced to go into because of circumstances beyond my control.

B ended up becoming then the next 20 to 25 years of my career, a career that I never thought I was going to get into and was kind of forced to go into because of circumstances beyond my control.

Well, I think when we get immersed in it, we don't really think that way. I guess I always had this mentality, regardless of what I did, I always aspired to do the best job that I possibly could. So before long, I had really excelled at what I was doing and was on this rocket ship climb to the top, so to speak.

Well, I think when we get immersed in it, we don't really think that way. I guess I always had this mentality, regardless of what I did, I always aspired to do the best job that I possibly could. So before long, I had really excelled at what I was doing and was on this rocket ship climb to the top, so to speak.

Yeah, well, it's funny. I think almost everyone who goes to the Naval Academy is an athlete. Yeah, I was highly recruited to be a cross-country and track runner, and that's where I got my start.

Yeah, well, it's funny. I think almost everyone who goes to the Naval Academy is an athlete. Yeah, I was highly recruited to be a cross-country and track runner, and that's where I got my start.

I would like to even go a little bit before I went to the Naval Academy. Please. When I was coming out of middle school, going into high school, I had always been kind of this chubby kid. And my salvation from that was I had always been a hard worker. My family kind of gave us the basics and anything beyond that. We were kind of called upon to find our own way.

I would like to even go a little bit before I went to the Naval Academy. Please. When I was coming out of middle school, going into high school, I had always been kind of this chubby kid. And my salvation from that was I had always been a hard worker. My family kind of gave us the basics and anything beyond that. We were kind of called upon to find our own way.

And so when I was in fifth or sixth grade, I actually started a paper route. And having to do that paper route every day and get that exercise in kind of reshaped my trajectory. But I still wasn't where I wanted to be going into high school. And so I thought, I'll try this cross-country thing, never expecting to be any good at it. When I first started, the seniors on the team had...

And so when I was in fifth or sixth grade, I actually started a paper route. And having to do that paper route every day and get that exercise in kind of reshaped my trajectory. But I still wasn't where I wanted to be going into high school. And so I thought, I'll try this cross-country thing, never expecting to be any good at it. When I first started, the seniors on the team had...

no dedication or wherewithal to make us a top performing team. And yet there was this group of sophomores and juniors on the team who were really serious about what they were doing. And I started to watch them and wanted to be like them. And the more I started to enter their circle, which was difficult because they were faster than me.

no dedication or wherewithal to make us a top performing team. And yet there was this group of sophomores and juniors on the team who were really serious about what they were doing. And I started to watch them and wanted to be like them. And the more I started to enter their circle, which was difficult because they were faster than me.