—and I remember on the base we would go every Sunday to church. I was too young; I used to enjoy it because it was a chance to get out on Sunday and throw darts in the mess. I've grown up a lot since then and learned a lot more of the value of what I learned in those times.
Colonel, your comments are right on, because a lot of what you talk about is respect. It's respect for the job that our soldiers do, but also respect for life. Your job is a big challenge: to try to be there for them to support them. I want to roll that into the concept of this idea. We talk about respect for our families, and we talk about respect for our soldiers, but the soldiers, airmen, and seamen need to know that someone has their back. That respect comes with knowing there's confidence in that person and in the job they do. Believing in something is of tremendous value. Whether someone believes in whatever, it doesn't matter to me. The reality is the belief of our soldiers, who become our veterans, that the military would be there for them.
We're studying transition, and we're studying it again and again and again. I don't believe our veterans see that respect, because they aren't getting the benefits, and things are not changing. We're studying the same things that we studied weeks ago, months ago, years ago, and we haven't implemented those things.
I'm just wondering if you can comment, sir, on how we can enforce that respect.