They are eager to learn, they are like sponges. It's not about being Army or Navy anymore. The name of the game is staying alive.

The Somali government did not talk to the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Navy has no agreement with the Somali government.

There's obviously a lot of new terminology I've got to learn. Now I'm eager to go out and prove myself to show them they weren't wrong.

You have to learn to understand your partner, to be tolerant, sympathetic, encouraging. Those are skills that are not bad to have in life.

You don’t judge the strength of an army by how many soldiers sit and eat in the mess hall, but by how they perform on the front line. Likewise a church’s strength is not seen in how many show up, but in how many serve in the ministry.

It's not a criticism of the Salvation Army. I did the best I could.