I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

In a country with millions of people and cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there once in awhile.

You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway.

Since coming back from overseas, this is more of a foreign country than the places overseas. I don't understand it. It's like America has lost faith in rational thought.

For whatever trauma came with service in tough circumstances, we should take what we learned - take our post-traumatic growth - and, like past generations coming home, bring our sharpened strengths to bear, bring our attitude of gratitude to bear.

No matter how bad any situation, cynicism has no positive impact. Watching the news, you might notice that cynicism and victimhood often seem to go hand-in-hand, but not for veterans.

No matter how bad any situation, cynicism has no positive impact. Watching the news, you might notice that cynicism and victimhood often seem to go hand-in-hand, but not for veterans.

Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face nothing new under the sun.

Treachery has existed as long as there's been warfare, and there's always been a few people that you couldn't trust.

No war is over until the enemy says it's over.