I'm trying to raise the awareness of the troops that, when they deploy and go to war, it's not just them at war - it's also their family. Their family is having to go through all the hardships and the stresses.

I'm just trying to be the me that I am and not all of this other crap. I just want to be the family man, and if somehow I can make the money to get my ranch and get the hell away from everybody else, that would be awesome.

I really don't care what people think of me. I've got my family. I've got my friends. Yes, I have been trained to be a little more aggressive if I need to be, but I don't go around thumping people.

You know, I'm pro-troops, but I'm not pro-war.

So often, it's seen as that if you're not for the war, you're not for the troops. We're so much for the troops that we want them home safely.

We knew shortly after the war that our troops were becoming ill.