Our heroes are those... who... act above and beyond the call of duty and in so doing give definition to patriotism and elevate all of us.... America is the land of the free because we are the home of the brave.

It's hard to get momentum going when you go on long drives and come away with no points at all. But we need to do a better job of not giving up such long drives.

We did make a lot of progress from last week so I'm happy about that.

I remember looking out the window and watching pieces of trailers and antennas flying by.

Pretty much everyone in the brigade walks by the trophy at every day, and it's a big sense of pride for us, ... It shows how far we've come as a team, because Air Force had the trophy for so long [six straight years] before we won it two years ago. I'm sure they want it back as much as we want to keep it.

I have to go see a man about a dog...