"I'm livid the whole situation is taking my dignity I need to find the strength to get it back honor what an overused word it's an abstraction who can define it all year and Iraq" "If they had to fill sandbags until three in the morning I'd be out there in the dirt mud with them. I would never give an order then go relax as they worked my example is all I have as a non-commissioned officer  that is my honor" 'We cannot allow fear to dictate us who we are and how we act we cannot let it control us we must master it that is another essential element of honor'