The story
Service has shaped every chapter.
Caleb joined the United States Army and served six years, including as a combat medic. He became EMT certified, earned a science degree, and later spent two years as a police officer before moving into entrepreneurship and financial services.
That is the version that fits on a résumé. Another story was running underneath it the whole time.
An injury that began during his military service turned into chronic back problems that followed him through essentially his entire twenties. He kept building anyway. He pursued treatment aggressively and invested heavily in trying to find answers. Some of it helped. Some of it did not.
The point of telling it is not sympathy. It is perspective. Life does not always proceed according to plan, and what a person does when the circumstances change is the part that actually counts. That single idea connects the military service, the insurance work, and Watchmen of Honor — they are all the same conviction applied to different rooms.
- ArmySix years in uniform
Enlisted service including duty as a combat medic. The habits formed here — preparation, accountability, staying useful when things go wrong — did not stay in the Army.
- MedicineCombat medic and EMT
Trained to be the person who is steady when someone else is having the worst day of their life. It is not a coincidence that he ended up in a profession about what happens to families after the worst day.
- EducationA science degree
Earned while the rest of it was going on.
- PolicingTwo years as a police officer
A second run at public service, and a second education in how quickly an ordinary day turns into a permanent one.
- NowInsurance, and a mission that outlasts the uniform
An independent life insurance practice, and Watchmen of Honor — built for the veterans and first responders working out what comes next.