Any network?s going to have dropped calls due to weather or terrain.

And it's not slowing down. Even when you get warm weather like we've had, they're still trying to pay the bills from last month.

The stuff that coach Barnes gave us to work with is real good. Since Day One, he kept on saying, 'Have faith in me and I'll get you to a national tournament.' All the things he asked we did it, and see where we are.

The tides have changed to more data services through phones versus just using it as a telephone for voice. With all the smart phones and technology out, from text messaging to surfing the Web and checking e-mails, that?s the age that mobile phones are going into.

Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields andwoods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be coldand hungry and weary.

There have been some down days (during which patrols were not conducted) because of weather and other reasons, but we are still patrolling the no-fly zones, particularly in the south, aggressively.