I would storm the gates of Hell if Third Marine Air Wing was overhead.

The Army was always big on Clausewitz, the Prussian; the Navy on Alfred Thayer Mahan, the American; and the Air Force on Giulio Douhet, the Italian. But the Marine Corps has always been more Eastern-oriented. I am much more comfortable with Sun-tzu and his approach to warfare.

I would just say there is one misperception of our veterans, and that is they are somehow damaged goods. I don't buy it.

There are a lot of self-imposed restrictions by people who somehow believe they have to fall in with a certain military cant. There was always a sense that we had to put things into words that would touch our troops' hearts, not just their heads.

I'm not Bill Gates. And I'm not Ted Turner.

Whatever the job is, we can do it. That's why the nation has a Marine Corps.