 Hey, what's up guys? Hey, we are here with Mr. Reggie Reece from Veteran Safeguarding Americans, buddy. Thank you for your service. I appreciate it. And also, Mr. Reggie is from Fort Leonard, Missouri. He is a local guy. He's, how long have you been in the business? Five years. Been in the business, in terms of business, five years. He's growing an agency and a team, really successful agent. He's been giving me sales tips while he's been here. He's been a bunch of fun. Hey, tell me a little bit about your career, your success, your team, how you've been able to gel your background and your current business. Hi. I was in the military 11 years, MP, military police officer. I specifically did criminal intel on a task force with local law enforcement tracking down high profile criminals. And when I came out, I just took that skill set and became a bounty hunter. And that just, to be honest, kind of just dragged me down a little bit because it was so negative dealing with just criminals all the time. In the midst of all that, I was in some very dangerous situations. And I knew I needed some insurance because the probability of me getting hurt at some point was very high. So I sought out a friend of mine who I went to high school with. I knew she was an insurance agent here in Springfield, Missouri, Amelia. And I met up with her and she asked me what I did. I told her and she said, well, why don't you be an insurance agent? I laughed. I said, I'm not an insurance agent. I'm a terrorist hunter. And she was like, well, let me show you something. And no kidding, she pulls up her bank account and showed me six figures. And I told her, I said, this is from what Jake from State Farm does. She was like, no, it's what I do and I'm better than Jake. I said, well, sign me up. She was like, well, don't you want to know the history of the company? I was like, no, I see results. I don't care what the name of the company is. I see results. Teach me the concept. Well, I got in originally for the money because when you go from being a captain in the army and you lose a $5,000 a month income and you got kids to support and an ex-wife to keep happy and a responsibility there. And I was in a situation where I was desperate. When I got involved and started connecting with my clients, I then realized that especially with elderly folks, people were being price gouged and taken advantage of. And that really burned me inside. So I thought about it very long and I got with some mentors of mine that were in the company and I told them, I'm no longer in this business to make money. I'm in the business to help people. I said, this is my mission. This is my calling. I don't care if I have to do this broke for the rest of my life. I will not let anybody take advantage of grandma and grandpa anymore. And so I decided that I needed to speak to the CEO of the company. That was my IMO. And the first time I met him, and I won't use all the words that I said to him, but I walked directly up to him during a conference, a brand new guy, never met him before. And this guy is making like 30, 40 million dollars a year. And I asked him, I said, I want to know exactly how you did it. I want to know what your numbers are. He whispered into my ears. I told him, I said, thank you. Now I'm going to crush you. And he was like, wow, it's about time somebody has some guts to tell me that to my face. I said, well, I just want to add value to what you're already doing, but I'm not going to stay here long. I'm a branch off and I'm going to start my own because I need to build my own dream. So that day, I started my own insurance brokerage called Veteran's Safeguard Americans. And it started with me and my squad leader, Dean Johnson, who he was my squad leader back in 2004 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. And we've been running it ever since. He's now in Colorado, building business there. My ex-O, Arthur Alvarez, he's here with us today. And if it wasn't for those two guys, I'd be all over the place, but they keep me very grounded. But it's now our mission to seek out other individuals that believe in the same cause who live a life of the same values that we believe in to reach out and help people. Heck, even with my own parents, I looked at their policies and they were reluctant to show me their policies. I'm like, I'm your son. The state gave me a license to do this. Let me check it out. And I finally did. And they were being price couch. And that became kind of personal with me. And so I contacted our agent. I said, you're done. I'm their agent now. I don't know what to tell you. And I replaced their policies. And not only did I get them a better price, I got them a lot more living benefits that they can now utilize with their grandkids. And so I'm not going to allow that to happen to my family. I won't allow it to happen to anybody else's family. So I treat my clients like grandma and grandpa, or my aunt and uncle, or my brother and sister. And those are the people that we've added to our team. And that's our mission. And coming across Cody and Dominic and what Secure is doing, it's amazing. And you all have the same type of mindset, the same cause, the same values that we have. And so I'm very thankful that I got to be a part of this experience with you. And I look forward to building a bigger future with you also and saving a lot more people. Thank you, buddy. Dude, I appreciate the kind of words very much. And how about that story? That is incredible. Tell us real quick, for those new agents watching us, they're like, dude, I want to be like Reggie. They're out there watching like, dude, I want to be Reggie Rees. I want to be, you know, I want to grow, I want to make money, or I want to be like Miss Amelia with $100,000 in my bank. What's one tip that you can say to those new agents watching that you can have a chance to touch? Trying to be like me, you're going to waste your life because you're better than me. God created you as an individual. And for those who are watching, this is what I want you to do right now. I want you to take your hand, look at your hand. You got fingerprints, we got a hand print. Tell yourself that this hand print and fingerprint have never been on anybody else since the beginning of time. Nobody else walking the face of the planet right now has these fingerprints or hand prints right now currently. And nobody for the remaining of time will ever have these fingerprints or hand prints. So that makes you 100% unique, not only to this world, not only to your existence, but in this entire universe. You are the only one that can make a difference in your own life. Okay, so Chad, Matt, Paul, Becky, Ryan, whoever is out there, it's only one of you. So if there's never been another you, there's currently not another you, and there never will be another you, then why not live your own life being remembered as completely freaking awesome? That's what I will say. I love that. Dude, it's your choice. Thank you, Mr. Reggie. Hey, thank you. We love working with these guys. Awesome guys. As you can tell, again, veterans, safeguarding Americans, we love our service personnel, military, and we're happy to be able to have Mr. Reggie in our office delivering some free content to you. So thank you guys for watching and thank you to Reggie. Hey, thanks a lot.