It was my duty to shoot the enemy and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn't save: Marines soldiers buddies. I'm not naive and I don't romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about doing my job.

We also very importantly recommend continued growth in the Army and the Marine Corps end strength.

When you consider all the stars I have managed mere submarines make me smile.

Some Marines made fun of the fact that I had done plays and studied poetry but then I won the award for physical training.

The Marines was a fresh start - that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you change your name.

My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

One of the things that makes our military the best in the world is the certain knowledge of each soldier sailor airman and Marine that they can always count on their comrades should they need help - that they will never be abandoned.

If I could have been a marine biologist I would have but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point.

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea.

I think a submarine is a very worthwhile weapon. I believe we can defend ourselves with submarines and all our troops back at home. This whole idea that we have to be in 130 countries and 900 bases... is an old-fashioned idea.