Kent Thompson grew up in Newcastle, Wyoming. When he was a junior in high school, his family moved to California, where he attended Atascadero High School before completing two years of college at Cuesta Junior College in San Luis Obispo. Most importantly, during this time, he met and married his high school sweetheart, Susan. Together, they moved back to Wyoming so Kent could finish college at the University of Wyoming, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in history. What started as a summer job at an oil refinery to replenish funds so he could continue his education turned into a career in the oil industry. The original goal was to teach history and coach football and basketball, but God had other plans. During the last eight years of Kent's career, he supervised three offshore platforms off Long Beach, California. He worked with Navy SEAL TRADET to plan SEAL training on those platforms for the last five years of his career. He is a lifelong student of the U.S. Constitution and the Federalist Papers. Kent and Susan live in the small mountain town of Pine, Arizona. They will never actually "retire." They have three grown children and two grandsons.
