"One of the symptoms of my PTSD is that I'm very untrusting of people; I'm a loner, I want to be alone. I have a hard time accepting people into my life. With the dog, I know she loves me without question, and it's a calming…

"Moral courage is the highest expression of humanity. Our commitment to defend did not end when we took off the uniform. #MarchOn Veterans!"~Tee Marie Hanible, Twitter, July 16, 2017 Gunnery Sergeant Tawanda "Tee" Marie Hanible retired from the…

“It was our way of paying back our adopted country, defending it with our lives.”~Alexander Vindman, Interview with HIAS, 2020"People come to this country as immigrants and refugees and serve-- whether that be in service in uniform like Alex and I…

"It is a slap in the face to my soldiers, peers and leaders who have demonstrated that an infantry unit can be professional enough to accept diversity, to accept capable leaders, to accept skilled soldiers. My subordinates know I'm gay.…

"I love ugly aircraft, machines that look like they shouldn't even be able to fly. The more brutal the better. I love the head-banging heavy metal of it. And that's why I'm a helicopter pilot. Can you imagine? My nation trusted in me and entrusted me…

“I am so blessed that the Navy gave me a second chance at life, so I submitted my resume for the Naval Nuclear Engineering Program.”~ Huey Nguyenhuu, Interview with HIAS, 2020 Born in Vietnam in 1965, Huey Nguyenhuu's family suffered during the…

“Mom, we're deploying tomorrow.”~Lori Piestewa, call to her mother from Fort Bliss, February 16, 2003 Born in Tuba City, Arizona, in 1980, Lori Piestewa was the daughter of a Hopi Native American father and a Mexican-American mother. Her family had a…

" You give them what they need to get the job done, building confidence and trust with them, and they with you. And that creates perpetual optimism – it's a force multiplier, meaning it makes your force more powerful than the design of the…