10 Things you didn't know about Brock Lesnar

7: He joined the National Guard when he was 17

Brock signed up for the National Guard at 17 years of age

Brock Lesnar joined the National Guard when he was 17 after a military recruiter came to his school and got him and his buddy to sign up. What brought The Beast’s military career to a screeching halt?

Brock wanted to be in the thick of the action, in the heat of the battle and to work with explosives but instead, he was saddled with a desk job which led him to quit and begin training as a wrestler. Yeah, it’s hard to visualize Brock Lesnar as some sort of clerk in the military sitting behind a desk.