Complex sentence: Maggard originally began his career as a deputy sheriff for the Brunswick County North Carolina Sheriff's Department after returning from the army which he served from 1974 to 1976 in the Vietnam War, he served three years as a sheriff before getting into acting in 1985.
Split into simpler sentences: Maggard originally began his career as a deputy sheriff for the Brunswick County North Carolina Sheriff's Department after returning from the army which he served from 1974 to 1976 in the Vietnam War. He served three years as a deputy sheriff before getting into acting in 1985.