 If you were to be killed in the line of duty, would you say that you died Serving your country your community and you died doing something that you love absolutely Absolutely, I don't think of that because I have Can you stop at that place? I love my wife and I have three little girls My wife is also a deputy so we think about it on both sides However, we are deputy U.S. Marshals if we are called and we have to put ourselves to assist in a situation We're gonna do it We have our badge took an oath Although when you take that oath you're not volunteering To die Is there a possibility? Yes However, you prepare and you train To minimize the possibility Now this is to yell can't give me I gotta be tough. She can't be like tearing up stuff You gotta take all that out I couldn't have asked for a better father for my kids, you know, it is difficult to be in this line of work and See things in the way that you see them when you deal with the kinds of things we deal with on the daily basis But you know, if I think about going home to any other profession a doctor teacher a lawyer a fitness anything They don't possess that thing Arrows My class supervisor is now a chief from Miguel Santiago Made that chant. I remember seeing the chant. I remember wanting to say the chant The tradition of that we finish strong That we take care of each other that we say family and that we mean family and the faster they get that I feel like on their dark days that's why they know no one's ever alone. He would push them in a way to be able to handle whatever life threw at them while they were in this job and as far as our girls go, we prepare them now as crazy as it sounds at 10 and 8 years old so that at 16 or 18 or 24 they have what they need to be able to protect themselves and to defend themselves. And I refer to it as making stepping stones out of stumbling blocks. You know, and one thing I always liked to instill in these kids was like, have the will to survive. Have the will to survive. And if you don't make it home, don't let it be because you didn't have the will to survive. You might have noticed I've been referring to the candidates and now deputies as kids. And much like a parental figure, we teach and guide them along this journey. Kids are always eager to prove themselves. They like to seek approval and want to make their parents proud. For me, there's a big difference in coming into work each day to teach a candidate versus coming in each day to teach my kids. My kids are now deputy U.S. Marshals. And it's time for them to leave the nest and forge their own way. But know that you will always be my kids and I will always be there if you need me. Because as you know, if the parent will do anything, they will always be there for their kids. You can't do the kind of work that the Marshall Service embodies without unifying as a family. You know, my kids will always know the significance of this agency on our family and the significance of us being where we are today and having the life that we have and living in the way that we are. We're going to be around regardless of the obstacles that get in our way. And I think most of them, well, all deputy U.S. Marshals, we have that. It's that warrior mentality. We're coming home tonight. I'm putting my babies to sleep.