Michael On
Michael On
prevent wars
I think that is a noble goal that all of us should seek, to end wars and prevent wars as much as possible.
kids met standard
I have met parents all over the world, and they all just want to raise their kids to a higher standard than they were raised with.
cut life run
Don't try to run your life through a single straw. Someone, some event, will cut it off.
across ask awful coast expect
Our training is world-class across all the services. We spend an awful lot on every soldier, sailor, airman, Marine, Coast Guardsman that comes in, and we ask them to do an awful lot, sometimes more than we expect of ourselves, and they do that.
america served
I would like America to remember those who have served and those that we've lost and their families.
civilian disconnect fewer increasing join less men people return women worried
Some 70% to 80% of all who join the military will return to the civilian workforce. They'll return to communities, and one of the things I've worried about is the increasing disconnect between the American people and our men and women in uniform. We come from fewer and fewer places. We're less than 1% of the population.
arms clear fair head national pay saying share threat
I've been pretty clear about saying that I think that the No. 1 threat to our national security is our debt. And we've got to get our arms around that and head it in another - head it in the right direction - that we have to pay our fair share of this.
concerned continued endorse iran nuclear strongly
I'm very concerned about the nuclear weapons development for Iran and the destabilizing influence it has and they have in that part of the world. And I strongly endorse continued pressure, diplomatically, financially, economically.
effort men mission public vietnam women
I'm a Vietnam veteran. I was here when there was no public support, not just for the effort in Vietnam, for the mission in Vietnam, but for our men and women in uniform.
counselor job simply
My job is simply to give advice, to be a counselor to our nation's leaders.
allowing cannot defend escape fact fellow forces gays lesbians matter men openly order policy position serve troubled women
It is my position that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens.
attach career change focused grown living people personal sort tells time
Basically, we've grown up very focused on the institution. The institution tells me what to do. It tells me where to go. It tells me what my career path is, and then I, sort of, attach my own personal desires, my own personal interests. I think we're living in a time where we're going to have to change - to put people in the center.
believe higher outcomes strategic
From a very strategic level, I believe the military is part of the solution to better outcomes around the world, but at a higher level, it's really about economies.
along bit cases failure failures wikipedia
Too often we just look at these glistening successes. Behind them in many, many cases is failure along the way, and that doesn't get put into the Wikipedia story or the bio. Yet those failures teach you every bit as much as the successes.